Compare/Contrast

Blonde: And it totally tasted like plastic or Styrofoam or some shit.
Redhead: Oh my god, maybe he’s a robot!
Blonde: Huh?
Redhead: If your boyfriend’s cum tastes like plastic, he’s a robot. Duh.

–Manhattan Mall

Overheard by: Marlee

Very young girl talking to friends: I know that there are other kinds of private parts besides what I have. I’ve seen them. (a minute later, giggling) It looked like a finger coming out!
Little friend: Haha! Vagina!

–5th Ave

(two girls standing in line)
Girl #1(with two cupcakes): I can justify buying two because I walk here and walk home.
Girl #2: Are you walking home tonight?
Girl #3: No.

–Magnolia Bakery

Girl #1: Oh my god, I used to go to Lucille Roberts and now I am thin enough to go to New York Sports Club.
Girl #2: That’s great! I’m so jealous.

–Smoke Break, 30 Rock

Conductor: Attention, passengers. This is the last stop on this N train. For service to Brooklyn, please exit and take the R train. Again…
Tourist: Wait, is this the N train?
Passenger: Yes.
Tourist: Does the N train go to Brooklyn?
Passenger: Yes.
Tourist: Does this train go to Brooklyn?
Passenger, exiting: No.

–N Train

Overheard by: Still searching for the logical flaw

Laughing suit to man with dog: What a nice dog! He must love playing in the snow.
Man with dog: Thank you.
Suit: He must love playing in the snow.
Man with dog: I think she’s just looking for a place to take a dump.

–Central Park

Professor (explaining some complex syntax in language and then proceeds to use example): So, the dog ate the cat.
Student: Oh! Ooh!
Professor: Oh…? Oh! No, no, no! Not in that way!

–Queens College Linguistics Lecture

Overheard by: YoungEnoughNotToKnow

(Native American cop is arresting a black man)
Black man: Fuckin’ discrimination, man! Leave me the fuck alone! I ain’t done nothin wrong!
Native American Cop: Fuck you! We were oppressed first!
Black man: Apache motherfucker!

–82nd St, Queens

Overheard by: Lea

Teacher: Alright, so what are the positives and negatives about eating ice cream?
Student #1: It’s good on a hot day.
Teacher: Good. What else?
Student #2: (under his breath) It’s also good on a hot body…
Teacher: Let’s pretend you didn’t just say that.

–Edward R. Murrow Highschool Classroom, Brooklyn

Overheard by: anonymous

Teenage girl #1: I feel so bad so bad for her.
Teenage girl #2: Why? She brought it upon herself, I didn’t tell her to snort that coke, I didn’t tell her to roll up that $20 bill and put it in her nose.
Teenage girl #3: Let’s be honest now, it was probably only $1.

–Forever 21, Union Square