Guy #1: Okay, so, important question: fantasy or science fiction?
Girl: Both! Oh, totally both!
Guy #2: I’m not even going to lie here. I really like those Magic cards.
–Columbia University
Overheard by: SCS
Guy #1: Okay, so, important question: fantasy or science fiction?
Girl: Both! Oh, totally both!
Guy #2: I’m not even going to lie here. I really like those Magic cards.
–Columbia University
Overheard by: SCS
Girl #1, about bonsai plant: So, you’re not going to get it?
Girl #2: No… I’ll probably kill it… I’m not good with things that don’t talk.
–Chinatown
Guy #1: Look at that car. That’s a nice car.
Guy #2: Yeah, I would trade my wife for that car… if I had a wife…
–50th & 6th
Guy in elevator: God, it’s hot! Must be my underwear…
Chick: Underwear, yeah?
Guy in elevator: Yeah, I got plastic underwear… [Chick is silent.] … For easy cleaning.
–28th & 6th
Big black man: I think I like you. You have an aura, a glow. I like you.
Little Asian girl: That’s just perspiration.
–Queens-bound E train
Overheard by: trying not to laugh
Intern #1: This job blows.
Intern #2: Yeah, today I felt like an Enron employee… I shredded documents for like three hours.
–Broad & Stone, Financial District
Guy on cell: I said to send flowers to his grave! What? Flowers! Wait. I just lost you for a second. Can you hear me now?
Annoyed passenger: Yes, we fucking can.
–NJ Transit
Woman: How much are those?
Man selling roses: Two dollars.
Woman: They die.
–W 4th & Barrow
Overheard by: SarahW
Pedestrian #1, covering nose: Why can’t people take a damn shower?!
Pedestrian #2: Why can’t some people not shit in the street?
–Outside Radio City Music Hall
Overheard by: AA
Customer: So, can I have three tacos — two with chicken, and one chorizo?
Waitress: Eh, what was the last one?
Customer: Chorizo taco!
Waitress: Oh, I don’t know… The chef may not understand that. Y’know, he doesn’t really speak English…
–El Sombrero restaurant, LES
