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Preppy girl #1: I don’t get it. She looks human.
Preppy girl #2: But she’s not.
Preppy girl #1: But she looks human!
Preppy girl #2: But she’s not!
Preppy girl #3: I get into your head and make you think I look human, but I’m not, really.
Preppy girl #1: Oh. So what do you guys want for lunch?

–Penn Station

Pampered Tribeca child #1: Daddy! Please!
Pampered Tribeca child #2: Daddy! Please can we have Mediterranean eggplant for dinner??
Nebbishy Tribeca dad: You know I can’t eat that! It’s a carb!

–7th Ave

Overheard by: Briguy

Girl #1: When she was up on stage, she totally pulled her tampon out and threw it into the crowd.
Girl #2: That’s sick!
Girl #1: I think it’s so cool. I’ve always wanted to do that.

–6 Train

Overheard by: Mike

Insurance guy #1: Man, I love this weather!
Insurance guy #2: Yeah, I love global warming… That’s why I drive an SUV. We’re tropical animals, we’re supposed to be in tropical weather!

–25th St & Madison Ave

Six‐year‐old kid to lost‐looking mother: So, where’s downtown?
Mom: Well, it’s not uptown!

–42nd Street Subway Station

Overheard by: Excellent deduction, Watson.

Whole Foods employee #1: Yo man, do you know if we have any Kanye pepper?
Whole Foods employee #2: Nah, I think we’re out.

–Whole Foods, Union Square

Overheard by: Darling Pinky

Man #1: You know that saying about how if you teach a man to fish, he can fish?
Man #2: Yeah.

–Grand Central Station

Guy behind line of girls into the women’s bathroom: Whoa!
Girl: Hey! You can’t come in here!
Guy: It’s okay, I’m Swedish – I’m practically gay.

–Madison Square Garden

Boy: When I was little I used to think that if the planet got heavy enough, it would start to fall.
Friend: You must have been pretty smart to even think that when you were a little kid.
Boy: But what if I still think that?
Friends: Then you’re a dumb ass.

–C Train

Overheard by: Rafael DaSilva

Asian woman #1 (reading ad for tv show): This looks kind of like Dynasty. You know, rich people stabbing each other in the back.
Asian woman #2: Oh, please. Look – the whole cast is white. I see conniving white people all day at work: why watch them again when I get home?

–4 Train

Overheard by: Iris K.