Death

Woman on cell: No, I mean, whatever. I cried for that baby when it died and all. Shit! I even went to its funeral and the damn thing wasn’t even born! Who the fuck has a funeral for a baby that wasn’t even born?…Whatever, that’s not the point. The point is, I’m sure as hell not going to a birthday party for a baby whose funeral I went to a year ago. That is fucking morbid…and they had better not be expecting presents.

–14th between 7th & 8th

Overheard by: Laura Mathis

Girl on cell: Wait, was this the eating disorder cousin or the crack dealer cousin?…Oh, she’s having a baby? Wow, I hope it doesn’t die.

–Waverly & University

Asian chick: Like you’ve ever even seen a baby prostitute.

–56th between 5th & 6th

Guy: No, she was four months pregnant when I started dating her. But I certainly did bathe the baby in sperm!

–Hungarian Pastry Shop, Amsterdam Avenue

Girl: I’m not sure, but we are thinking of putting the baby in the closet; it’s small but we can fit a crib in there and keep the door open.

–12th Street & 3rd Avenue

Teen girl: It was the saddest thing ever. It was almost as sad as watching a baby cough.

–F train

Overheard by: drewseph

Chick: Omigod, I totally want an Asian baby. Asians make the best mixers. Like vodka.

–49th & 10th

Overheard by: Uncle Jimmy

Girl: Excuse me, do you have any biographies of TuPac?
Library guy: Probably, though they’d be with the other biographies on the second floor.
Dude: But isn’t this the fiction section?
Library guy: It is. You might be able to find some books about him in non-fiction.
Girl: “Non-fiction”?
Library guy: Non-fiction means true.
Dude: …And fiction means false.
Library guy: Sort of.
Girl: So if it’s in non-fiction then that means he must still be alive.
Library guy: I don’t think you understand.

–Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza

Overheard by: Matthew Sahd Mohammed

Little girl: Mommy, do you have veins in your head?
Mom: Of course you do. That’s how Grandma died; a big vein in her brain exploded.

–Starbucks, 54th & Broadway

Overheard by: Glynnis O

Old man: Life is just a game.
Dude: Totally.
Old man: Some people do crosswords, I wake up in the morning.

–Mama B’s Cafe, Greenpoint

Overheard by: Terrence Adams

Cashier chick #1: Girl, I had a dream last night that I was pregnant!
Cashier chick #2: Damn girl, don’t you know that mean someone is gonna die?
Cashier chick #1: Oh no. I don’t want no one in my family to die. Except my grandma.

–C-Town, Astoria

Overheard by: Cap’n Ron

Guy: The only reason she was hanging out with those dudes is because she was hoping that one of them would kill me…But that’s neither here nor there.

–6 train

Shopgirl: Can I help anyone with anything?
Man: Yeah, can you give me a lobotomy? ‘Cause I really need one.
Shopgirl: Sorry, no.
Man: C’mon, just bring out a sledgehammer!

–Magnolia Bakery, Bleecker Street

Guy #1: All I remember is walking into your room and everyone was smoking opium and sitting on the bed that was two feet from the ceiling.
Guy #2: Yeah, and remember Mr. Millard?
Guy #1: Yeah, remember when he died?
Guy #2: Oh my god, yeah, I was so happy, that fucker!

–L train

Overheard by: Mary C.