Food

Guy: Give me a break, she’s into scat! She’ll eat shit, but she won’t lick some ketchup off my hand?

–Folsom Street East

Hipster chick: I didn’t get spat on. I wanted to real bad. But it didn’t happen.

–3rd & St. Marks

Overheard by: robothater

Guy #1: The menu is on the board.
Guy #2: What’s the sea red dumpling?
Guy #1: Sea red? What are you talking about?
Guy #2: Right there, monster…sea red.

–Dumpling Man, St. Marks Place

Overheard by: Rathan Haran

Skinny girl: I’m hungry.
Friend: Same here. I want dinner. I want a salad.
Skinny girl: You want, like, a whole meal.

–N train, Times Square

Hobo, yelling on the train: Oh, god, I know I've made a lot of mistakes. This is all my fault, but if you could just give me something to eat for lunch, or a nickel, anything!
(girl offers him an orange from her bag)
Hobo: No, that ain't food. Thanks anyway.

–Downtown R Train

Overheard by: Kinda have to agree

Dude with a crutch: Can I get something to eat?
Lady: You need a seat?
Dude: I don’t need a seat! I need something to eat!!!

–1 train

Overheard by: Marcus

Woman: Your hair smells like apple pie. Did you do a handstand in the apple pie?

–F train

Overheard by: mikey frenchman

Frazzled mother to young child: Hurry. Hurry. Look, the monster is going to get you if you don't walk faster!

–Queens Mall

Mother to small child: If you eat your two pieces of chicken, I'll give you a raisin.

–College Point Shopping Center

Overheard by: Yesenia

Mom speaking to son: Sweetie, do I look like a eggbeater?

–Waterside Plaza

Woman on bus to child with large hearing aid: Sit down properly! Are you listening to me?

–M23 Bus

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Mother to whiny toddler: I can't listen to you anymore! I fear for both of us.

–15th St & University Place

Overheard by: Sarah M.

Hipster #1: I think he just wanted to go out in the street and have a hipster fight about it.
Hipster #2: What is that? They see who can eat the least amount of food?
Hipster #3: No, they see who can squeeze into the tiniest pants.
Hipster #1: That’s funny, but I don’t see how that solves anything.
Hipster #3: Whatever — fucking hipsters.

–Crash Mansion on Bowery

Chick #1: I am so pathetic.
Chick #2: You are not pathetic! If you and I lived together and did nothing but eat chocolate, guacamole and chips and ice cream and play Nintendo, and we ended up weighing 500 pounds each, but having weirdly toned hands and forearms from the Nintendo playing, that would be pathetic.

–111th & Broadway

Overheard by: djlindee

Man, painted completely silver, to lesbian: I'll cook you dinner if you let me eat you for breakfast.

–Uptown 6 Train

Overheard by: Adrienne