Couples

20-ish guy: Can I please put my balls in your hair?!
Girlfriend: No! Knock it off!

–Staten Island Ferry

Distraught girl: Is there an ‘I’ in ‘relationship’?
Guy: [Silence.]Distraught girl: Well, is there?!
Guy: Um… There’s two, actually…
Distraught girl: God… You’re so selfish! You just don’t understand me.!

–Brother Jimmy’s, 92nd & 3rd

Overheard by: issheaskinghimthis?

Girl: Get the fuck outta here! I’ll fucking kill you!
Guy: So, I was thinking about…
Girl: I just threatened your life and you have nothing to say?!
Guy, shrugging: I love you.

–Park Ave

Overheard by: LiveNY

Girlfriend: My shoes are killing me.
Boyfriend: If you don't stop I'll have to punch you in the cunt.
Girlfriend: Would you even know where to find it?

–East Village

Overheard by: C

Thug: So, if I’m half black and half American Indian, that makes me Puerto Rico.
Thugette: I told you that you was Puerto Rican.

–149th & 3rd, Bronx

Headline by: Mariya

Runners-Up:

· “Actually, it makes you unemployed” – Mr. Bone

· “Bitch, don’t be callin’ me no adjectival form!” – was “rico”/”rican” the first thing you noticed too?

· “Dora the Explorer: South Bronx Edition” – Scott

· “Runs With Hookers didn’t excel in Ethnic Studies” – bri b

· “The new theory of relativity” – sara swank


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Old Park Ave husband: Now this is what the weather is supposed to be.
Old Park Ave wife: Yes. Not too hot, not below zero.
Old Park Ave husband: One of many reasons why Florida is a shit show.

–Park Ave & 61st St

Overheard by: JayHammy

Dude with insane tattoos and piercings: I hope there’s someone sitting in my seat.
Girlfriend with insane tattoos and piercings: Why?
Dude with insane tattoos and piercings: So I can crush his larynx!

–JFK

Overheard by: wrong row, wrong time

Sailor: It was your idea.
Lady friend: You think I should dress like a man?

–Little Italy

Middle aged woman, loudly: Spring is in the air, and I'm feeling sprung!
Middle aged husband: Babe, what the hell ya doin?

–Starbucks, Queens

Girl: This popcorn is soft. I hate soft popcorn.
Guy: I know, I hate soft-core, too. It’s such a tease.
Girl: No, no. I was talking about the popcorn — it’s soft. But I agree: if there is no penetration, it’s not worth my time.

–Ziegfeld Theater