Girl #1: What kind of proof did you offer when you said that?
Girl #2: I don’t NEED proof, I say it, it comes out of my mouth, that makes it REAL!
–Starbucks
Overheard by: Allison
Girl #1: What kind of proof did you offer when you said that?
Girl #2: I don’t NEED proof, I say it, it comes out of my mouth, that makes it REAL!
–Starbucks
Overheard by: Allison
Thug #1: So you know her, then.
Thug #2: No.
Thug #1: But you just said “that hot spic chick.”
Thug #2: No, I didn't.
Thug #1: You did! You just called her “that hot spic chick!”
Thug #2: No, I said “that hot delicious chick.” Because everyone's been talking about her.
–7th & Berry, Brooklyn
Overheard by: EthanK
Little boy to mom: What do you mean, I’ll appreciate them one day? I’ll like bras?
Little girl: My mom’s boyfriend likes bras, and he’s only twenty-two.
–Victoria’s Secret
Overheard by: Juliette
Woman: Honey, how about McDonald's? You want some chicken nuggets?
Toddler in a stroller: I'd rather die.
–JFK Airport
Overheard by: Darcie
NYU guy: Jake* has problems.
NYU girl: Does he have polio?
–NYU Dining Hall
Overheard by: Shanaca
Lady: Do you sell falafel?
Vendor: Ah! Falafel is gyro, gyro is falafel!
Lady: Falafel is chick peas. Gyro is meat.
Vendor: Falafel is bullshit!
Lady: I’ll have a gyro.
–Canal & Greene
Overheard by: Melina the Sad Falafel
Crazy guy: There is something wrong with Winthrop Street. Do not get off the train there! You ever notice how they never say ‘Winthrop Street’? They say Franklin, President, Sterling, then it’s Wooothup. Never trust anybody who can’t say clearly what they mean.
Disembodied train voice: This is President Street. The next stop will be Sterling Street.
Crazy guy: You see?! President! Sterling! You do not want to get off this train at Winthrop!
–2 train
Overheard by: Got off at President
Big guy: My grandmother is a science teacher, my father is a math teacher, and my brother is going to be a professor.
Little chick: And you want to be an actor — what a disappointment.
Big guy: Well, if the acting thing doesn’t work out, I’ll be a gym teacher, because those who can’t do, teach. And those who can’t teach, teach gym.
–Olive Garden, Times Square
Overheard by: teetee
Girl #1 jumps around in glee after giving a man directions: Oh my god! He totally believed I was a New Yorker!
Girl #2: I guess your junkie face really makes you fit in here…bitch!
–Bowery & Delancy
Child #1: Daddy! You’ll fall backwards!
Dad: What?
Child #1: You’ll fall backwards!
Dad: No, I won’t.
Child #2: Or we’ll push you!
–Belvedere Castle
