Son: Dad, can we buy Popsicles?
Dad: Why don’t we make our own at home?
Son: Yay! I want to make seltzer flavor!
Dad, sighing: Well, that would just be an ice cube.
–C-Town, Park Slope
Overheard by: Hiland
Son: Dad, can we buy Popsicles?
Dad: Why don’t we make our own at home?
Son: Yay! I want to make seltzer flavor!
Dad, sighing: Well, that would just be an ice cube.
–C-Town, Park Slope
Overheard by: Hiland
Girl: I wish I hadn’t eaten those pancakes for breakfast. I feel sick. Thanks a lot.
Guy: “Thanks a lot”? All you wanted to do this morning was eat pancakes!
Girl: What? I just wanted oatmeal. You are the one who woke up and said, “Yay! Let’s make pancakes!” You are the one who wanted them!
Guy: That’s because last night you said you wanted pancakes!
Girl: Oh. I was drunk.
–Houston & B
Overheard by: alison
Bald, dorky white guy on date: What kind of Italian restaurant doesn’t have Chicken Parmesan on the menu?
Homely-looking white girl on date: I know.
–Isola, 83rd & Columbus
Fortysomething dude: Don’t tell me I don’t know about metabolism! I have known about metabolism my entire life. Metabolize yourself!
–The Gate, Park Slope
Overheard by: Moochy and D-Rock
Girl on cell: I don’t want to talk about your eating disorder every fucking time we talk!
–Penn Station
Overheard by: mondo man
Girl #1: I just don’t think I’m his type. He’s very intellectual.
Girl #2: What do you mean?
Girl #1: He’s all “yada yada yada” and I’m very “What’s your favorite Starburst?”
–Cosi, 31st & Park
Overheard by: Clara
Girl #1: Ha, ha, you said first was the worst.
Girl #2: No, I said, “first was the burst.”
Girl #1: What the heck does that mean?
Girl #2: It means…Starburst.
–M104 bus
Overheard by: Fatty McFingers
Construction worker #1 to #2: I don't think I want a rub and tug. You want a rub and tug?
Construction worker #2: Is it spicy?
–Broadway & Waverly
Comedy club promoter: Do you like asparagus?
Random person: No.
Comedy club promoter: Me either!
–14th St & Broadway
Overheard by: shayshay
50-something woman: Do you have pastrami?
Deli worker: Yes.
50-something woman: Is it good?
Deli worker: Yes.
50-something woman: Okay, then. I'd like a pastrami on rye. Lots of pastrami.
Deli worker: Will that be to stay or to go?
50-something woman: Oh, it's to go home to my husband. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of his triple bypass surgery.
–Deli Store
Overheard by: ydnew naej
Guy: Oh look, they have buffalo burgers! I love buffalo burgers.
Girl: It’s just chicken.
Guy: No, not Buffalo style. It just says buffalo.
Girl: Didn’t you see that episode of Nick & Jessica? She made the same mistake. It’s just chicken. There are no more buffalo anymore, they’re extinct.
–Evergreen, West 47th Street
Woman #1: So are you still seeing that Rob guy?
Woman #2: I guess. He came over the other evening.
Woman #1: Oh, that’s good. Did you do anything fun?
Woman #2: Well, we were going to make cookies, but then I remembered I had some fish I needed to cook.
–Bistro 60
