Man: When I told her I worked for the State of New York she seemed to
lose interest.
–F train
Man: When I told her I worked for the State of New York she seemed to
lose interest.
–F train
Guy: What do you like, then? What do you like?
Girl: Progressive rock.
Guy: “Progressive”? Meaning…to change with the times?
Girl: Yes, I guess as opposed to conservative rock.
Guy: There is a conservative rock?
–Barnard College elevator
Overheard by: tiddlypomtiddlypom
Girl: Do you ever think about us? Like, how many more of us there are than of you?
Professor guy: Of course. That’s why I always pack heat.
–Columbia University
Overheard by: Jeff
Speaker girl: Any questions?
Audience girl: Were you able to find out about how much women paid for the abortion procedures?
Speaker girl: About $200 a pop.
–Columbia University
Overheard by: Julia Kite
Professor guy: …they were shipping prostitutes across state lines–
Girl: Wait, what do you mean by “shipping”? Like in boxes?
–Baruch College
Indian guy: Yo, I never told you I almost became a monk.
White guy: Shut up. You serious?
Indian guy: For real. I was this close. Before I applied for colleges, I checked out what you had to do to become a monk.
White guy: I couldn’t picture you as a monk. You don’t even go to church.
Indian guy: I know, right? I found out that they don’t allow piercings so I never applied.
–6 train
Overheard by: Yasmin Henning
Professor lady: Does anyone know why dentists have the highest suicide rate?
Chick: They have to look at the same thing every day.
–FIT
Overheard by: Rachel
Eva Pigford: I’m even wearing a bra and I’m still cold.
–Madison between 28th & 29th
Chick #1: Yeah, and the grasshoppers caused Hurricane Katrina.
Chick #2: Did they really?
Chick #3: Right, of course they did.
–Fordham University, Rose Hill
Overheard by: hockeygurl
Actor guy #1: Are you from the South?
Actor guy #2: The South of this country?
–Lehman College
Overheard by: BriGuy Ferrari
