Guy: I liked it. What’d you think?
Date: It was okay, I guess. I don’t know about the ending, though.
Guy: Well, I’m pretty sure it has some deeper meaning. I’ll have to check some message boards and find out.
–Regal Cinemas, Union Square
Guy: I liked it. What’d you think?
Date: It was okay, I guess. I don’t know about the ending, though.
Guy: Well, I’m pretty sure it has some deeper meaning. I’ll have to check some message boards and find out.
–Regal Cinemas, Union Square
Girlfriend: Come on, I really wanna see that movie about Jane Austen.
Boyfriend: She was the one that lived with the chimpanzees, right?
Girlfriend: No, that was Jane Seymour.
–38th & Lex
Boyfriend: Have you ever heard of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
Girlfriend: No, wait… Isn’t that your grandfather?
Boyfriend: No… My grandfather’s boyfriend was a kleptomaniac. Every Christmas my grandfather would have to rip all the tags off of everything so that no one would know that his boyfriend stole all the gifts.
–6 train
Girl: You’re so strong and handsome!
Guy: You’re so skinny and fuckable.
–East Village
Black guy: So, are we going to fuck tonight, or what?
White girl: I can’t, I have my period.
Black guy: Your mouth isn’t bleeding, is it?
White girl, giggling: Okay, fine.
–F train
Overheard by: Carrie
Chick: Are you coming right home after work? I need sex so badly.
Guy: Yeah, I can tell… Why don’t you use your Valentine’s Day gift?
Chick: The Rabbit? It’s not the same.
Guy: Why isn’t it the same?
Chick: Well, it doesn’t talk.
Guy: Wait — so if it talked, you wouldn’t need me at all? Is that what you’re saying?
Chick: Um… No?
–Carnegie John’s, 56th & 7th
Overheard by: cheech
Guy: I love you like I love sliced chicken…
Girl: Huh?
Guy: … And I love sliced chicken.
–Mo Pitkin’s
Fat guy: I love you.
Cute girl: Do you really mean what you say, or are you just saying it?
Fat guy: Of course I mean it. [They make out, then chick leaves.] What a dumb bitch.
–W4 station
Overheard by: Ting
Tourist hubby to wifey who jumped up from taking a seat: What happened?
Tourist woman, disgusted: I just saw some dirt!
–4 train
Blonde: What? I can’t say ‘I want to fuck my Korean boyfriend’ out loud in here?
Embarrassed Asian guy: Please not here. Keep your voice down. We’ll talk about it when we get home.
Blonde: What’s a girl gotta do to get some kimchi around here? I’m dying. You’ve got to give up the goods more.
–Duane Reade
