NYU Guy: Hey! I know you!
Foreign NYU Girl: Good! How are you?
–14th & Irving Place
Overheard by: NewYorkerNick
NYU Guy: Hey! I know you!
Foreign NYU Girl: Good! How are you?
–14th & Irving Place
Overheard by: NewYorkerNick
Russian Man: Don’t push.
Spanish Lady: This is the subway. What do you expect?
Russian Man: Well, you don’t have to push.
Spanish Lady: Welcome to New York City!
Russan Woman: Yeah, welcome to New York City.
Spanish Lady: You welcoming me? You’re the one with the accent!
–L Train
German tourist: You can’t smoke inside and you can’t drink outside. What the hell do you people do in New York City?
–Carroll Gardens
Overheard by: Christopher
Jewess: That’s the third time you mentioned Jews. What’s wrong with Jews?
Goy: They are demanding, confrontational, and have a hard time telling the truth. What religion are you, anyway?
Jewess: Uh…Baptist.
–Times Square
Overheard by: J. Peter Jones
Russian Lady: Oh no, he’s too gentle to be a teacher. He went there before and the kids did whatever they wanted. They took everything from the tables.
–D Train
American Man: Do they know in Africa who Helen Keller is?
African Woman: Yes…didn’t she have a television show a couple of years ago?
–Forest Hills
Drunk: They’re, like, Mafia terrorists! …but they’re French.
–Divine Bar West
Overheard by: Megan Buckley
Brit Businessman: I hate having to eat. Because you eat and you just feel like a fattie.
Brit Businesswoman: I haven’t eaten.
Brit Businessman: You haven’t eaten?
Brit Businesswoman: Well, I had breakfast and then lunch.
–57th and Park
Overheard by: Heather
Woman walking in Stanley Park in Vancouver to the man with her: “Your serotonin levels seem really high today.”
Tourist in Vancouver: Where is a neighborhood with lots of bars and cafes?
Vancouverite: The street with all the bars and cafes is…. [then points and gives directions]
