The Girls Learn How Important It Is to Be Cute

Man: That’s a very cute dog!
Girl #1: Yes, she is. My dad got her at a pet store. He was going to get a dog at the shelter, but he didn’t want to.
Girl #2: Yeah, so the dog he would have gotten at the shelter died, because it was a kill shelter.
Dad: Um, I’m not really taking full responsibility for that.
Girl #1: The dog was killed. Just because you didn’t want it.
Girl #2: Yeah, dad.
Dad: Really. I think this is less than 5% my fault. Look, this where we get off.
Man: Have a good night! Sleep well.

–Elevator, 82nd & 3rd

Overheard by: emily

Posted on July 26, 2008
Compliments, Dads, Death, Default, Elevators, Girls, Men, Upper East Side, We Love Our Pets

So It’s Like a Blog That You Carry Around?

20-something girl: Today I saw the cutest rat, it was just sitting there cleaning itself.
20-something guy: No way! I saw a cute rat today too. When I came to New York I thought that all the rats would be huge with glowing eyes and sharp fangs, but I kind of wanted to keep it… Look! I even wrote it down. (gets out notebook) Saw first rat today, it was surprisingly cute.

–4 Train Station

Posted on July 21, 2008
Animals & Nature, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Girls, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

It Was the Moustache

Bum #1, slurring: Hey! That’s a nice shirt you got!
Bum #2, walking across the crosswalk, also slurring: You look like a catfish! [Turns to guy in a car.] Doesn’t he look like a damn catfish!?

–12th St & 8th Ave

Posted on July 18, 2008
Animals & Nature, Clothing, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Hobos, Insults, Physical appearance, Questions, West Village

It’s Always Useful to Keep a Spare

Girl #1: You know who is really cute? That kid… I don’t know his name…
Girl #2: Which one?
Girl #1: Oh, you know, the one with the hat…
Girl #2: Oh, Max!
Girl #1: Yeah, him. I really want a boyfriend. He’s really cute.
Girl #2: Yeah, he is, too bad I already have one.

–F Train

Overheard by: That kid, you know, the one with the hat

Posted on July 13, 2008
Beauty, Compliments, Default, Girls, On the Subway, Relationships, Wishes & desires

Except Now I Have to Start Wearing Makeup When I Work Out

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

Posted on July 13, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Diet/Weight, Girls, Rockefeller Center

Good Girl, Omarosa!

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

Posted on July 12, 2008
Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Men, Poop, Suits, We Love Our Pets

…Now That She’s Pregnant

Drunk girl #1: How is Beth* doing?
Drunk girl #2: Oh, she’s doing great. Very centered and serious… She only does a couple of drugs.

–Phoenix Park, 67th b/w 2nd & 3rd

Posted on July 10, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Drugs, Drunks, Girls, Questions, Upper East Side

Let’s Talk About Wednesday One-Liner, Baby

Serious tween girl: I wanna get my braces off. I’ll be able to chew gum and be sexually active.

–1 Train

Old Italian man to young, really drunk Asian date outside of a restaurant: So, you wanna eat or you wanna fuck?

–17th & 7th

20-something girl on cell: So we get done and he’s like: "That was amazing. I don’t even want to know where you learned to do that." Is that a rhetorical question? Seriously, am I supposed to answer that?

–LIRR

Girl to friend: But I didn’t mean to have sex with him!

–Washington Square Park

Hot bald guy: I would have thought hurried bathroom-floor sex to have little ambiguity.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: McFreaky

Woman to mailman: I never reported my mailman, and I was banging him!

–68th St b/w Lexington & Park Avenue

Posted on July 9, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Columbia (& Barnard), Columbia University, Compliments, Food, Girls, Guys, Italians, Men, Offers and requests, Old People, On Cell, On the Subway, Questions, Sex, Sexuality, Trains Not Subway, Tweens, Upper East Side, Washington Square Park, Women

Billy Joel: “Hey!”

Girlfriend: I just don’t get it. Dan* can be such a nice guy, such a sweetheart. And then other times, he’s Satan. Something must have happened to him when he was a child.
Boyfriend: He’s from Long Island.

–Upper West Side

Overheard by: Not from Long Island

Posted on July 7, 2008
Boyfriends, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Girlfriends, Kids, Psychology, Satan, U.S. Geography, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

When I Try That, My Throat Burns for Some Reason

Chick: My theology professor is sooooo in tune with everything.
Dude: Well, duh, he probably drinks holy water and shit.

–Washington Square Park

Posted on July 5, 2008
Compliments, Default, Drinks, Education, Girls, Guys, Religion, Students, Washington Square Park

Compliments