Friends

Girl: I would so date Danny Zucco. I mean, the character.
Boy: But he was a dick. I mean, a sweet dick in the end, but still a dick.
Girl: Well, I like sweet dicks… Oh, god.

–17th & 5th

Overheard by: widdershawns

Guy #1: Why you spoiling a girl who ain’t putting out?
Guy #2: I’m bored.
Guy #1: Read a book, dumbass!

–A train

Overheard by: brian

Chick #1: Oh my god, what happened?
Dude #1: That taxi just crashed into the building.
Dude #2: Yeah, it was just like in Lethal Weapon 4.
Chick #2: Wow, that’s crazy.
Dude #2: There’s no better way to pick up chicks than at the scene of an accident!

–57th & 7th

Hot ethnic chick: I’m thinking about going to IKEA this weekend. Wanna come?
Curly-haired designer type: You know, I’m gonna pass. I’m just too old for particle board.

–Mule Coffee, 5th Ave, Park Slope

Dude: Look, I don’t get it! Why doesn’t she take my opinion seriously?!
Chick: Because she’s a graphic designer and you’re an anthropologist.
Dude: I am not an anthropologist! God!

–Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Abram

Columbia girl #1: His parents invited me out to Greenwich this weekend, so I took time off from my internship and was all ready to go…
Columbia girl #2: You’re not going to go?
Columbia girl #1: Well, no. You know that rash I had on my right boob? It’s back.
Columbia girl #2: No way!
Columbia girl #1: Seriously. You’re not getting that thing near a bikini with my future mother-in-law anywhere nearby. She sniffs stuff like that out in no time. Like a bloodhound.

–E 74th St & Park

Dude #1: Yeah, he tans all the time by the track. He uses, like, a quarter of a bottle of tanning oil.
Dude #2: Well, there’s a lot of skin cancer.
Chick: I think skin cancer is overrated. Not to be disrespectful, but is it even legitimate?

–Jamaica-bound Q30 bus

Overheard by: Liza

Girl looking at ad for Flight of the Conchords: I have family in New Zealand.
Boy: What the fuck is wrong with your family? They’re, like, all over the place.
Girl: Well, they’re rich.
Boy: But you’re not. [Pause, then] We should kill them.

–B train, Church Ave

Overheard by: Kris N.

Chick: James Brown died.
Dude: No, he didn’t!
Chick: Yeah, he did!
Dude: But… He’s right there! [Points at TV.]Chick: Yeah. That’s cool, isn’t it?
Dude: What were we talking about before this shit?
Chick: Cutting off your cheek.
Dude: Right.

–McDonald’s

Girl: Oh my god, I love bridges. They are so useful!
Boy: Oh, don’t even get me started on bridges…

–Coney Island