Four‐year‐old girl to sister: You’re hitting me with your violin case!
Upper West Side mom: Anne, sometimes you have to endure a little bit of pain on the subway.
–1 Train
Four‐year‐old girl to sister: You’re hitting me with your violin case!
Upper West Side mom: Anne, sometimes you have to endure a little bit of pain on the subway.
–1 Train
Seven‐year‐old boy: You know Britney’s on crack, she’s on crack. And your girl Lindsay is so going to jail for selling cocaine. That Britney is crazy.
Aunt: That boy watches too much TV.
–LIRR
Overheard by: I think lindsay is going to jail too
Mother to son, at semi‐crowded subway: Where’s Alliyah?
Son: I don’t know, somewhere over there.
Mother: Alliyah!
(Alliyah walks over)
Mother: Where were you?
Alliyah: Over there.
Mother: Sitting down?
Alliyah: Yeah.
Mother: Then why’d you get up?
Alliyah: (shakes head and rolls eyes)
–F Train
Overheard by: Respect is relative
Dad to sullen goth son: Are you okay?
Goth: I will be…someday.
–Midtown
Little boy: Do kids go to jail?
Mom: No, kids don’t go to jail.
Little boy: What if they kill someone?
Mom: Well, when kids are real bad, sometimes they go to juvenile, which is a sad place where they don’t let you do things you want.
Little boy: And they don’t feed you!!
Mom: Well, no, the kids there get fed. But maybe the food isn’t very good.
Little boy, to himself: They feed you McDonald’s. Because McDonald’s is bad for you.
–Downtown 1 train, 50th St
Overheard by: riding the train
Teen daughter: Dad, what do you think we might see when we get there?
Straight‐faced dad: Naked lady on a white horse.
Red‐faced mom, after long pause: No.
Dad: What? When’s the last time you saw a white horse?
–A train
Hipster girl: I hate it when obviously uncool people wear flannel.
–E Train
Overheard by: dru
Hipster girl: Shark Week is a week? It lasted like a month last year.
–N 6th St, Williamsburg
Frumpy hipster: No! Hipsters melt in the rain!
–McCarren Park Pool, Greenpoint
Hipster on cell: No, I’ve never heard of a nocturnal squirrel… Do you even… Wait, are you trying to tell me you’re gay?! No? Well, this is awkward…
–Central Park
Hipster guy to another: Have you ever played with yourself under a blacklight? There’s like all kinds of shit on your dick!
–Union Hall
Overheard by: Cass
Frumpy mom, holding up item for hipster tween daughter: Catherine, is this ironic?
–Beacon’s Closet, Williamsburg
Girl to friend: She has a Shakespeare quote tattooed on her body, so she must be smart.
–Bleecker St
Overheard by: Lyssa
Middle aged dude to another: That fucken bitch, man. I wish I had her on a t‑shirt instead of on my chest and back.
–Prince & Lafayette
Slightly ghetto white girl on cell: What happens when a bug bites you on your tattoo?
–D Train
Overheard by: 4‑dumb
Tourist grandmother to eight‐year‐old granddaughter: Do, do you like mommy’s new neck tattoo? (pause) Yeah, me neither.
–Times Square
Overheard by: Jas
Wholesome‐looking man, walking with several families with kids and carrying a cross: Jesus Christ died for our sins today so that we can all give blowjobs whenever we want!
–Union Square
Girl with food: Do you think I’ll get on the JumboTron if I deep throat this pickle?
–MSG: Rangers — Caps Playoff Game
40‐something, during high school reunion: How dare you tell my husband I gave you a blowjob? I was a virgin in high school!
–Outside Jake’s Dillemma
Women on cell: I told him, if he didn’t start shampooing his pubes I would stop blowing him!
–14th St & 9th Ave
Middle‐aged Romanian: I heard he gives better BJs than Santa Claus!
–Astoria
Overheard by: Crazy Romanians
Mexican lady: Simpsons Movie, five dollars.
Young boy: Look, Dad The Simpsons Movie…
Dad: If you don’t shut the fuck up about The Simpsons Movie, I’m gonna throw you in front of the goddamn train!
–5 train
Overheard by: ARi
