Gangsta #1: … And then these bitches…
Gangsta #2: Wo‐men. Nigga, they’re women!
–26th & 8th
Gangsta #1: … And then these bitches…
Gangsta #2: Wo‐men. Nigga, they’re women!
–26th & 8th
Stoner: How do you spell “helter skelter”?
Friend: …exactly like it sounds.
Stoner: H‑e‐l‐k‐e‐t‐o‑r s‑k‐e‐l‐e‐t‐o‑r?
Friend: (shakes head in dismay)
–N Train
Blonde coed: After he finished yelling at me for a solid ten minutes, he’s like, “So, do you want to be my girlfriend?”
–3rd Ave & 11th St
Overheard by: simon
Middle school girl to boy: I don’t normally get with sixth graders, but you’re different…
–10th St & 1st Ave
Woman on cell: You are not listening to me. (pause) When you say whatever it is you’re bitching about’, I know that you are not actually listening to me.
–Riverside Park
Guy on cell: I don’t treat you quite as bad as you say.
–Amtrak
Overheard by: Flooey
Boyfriend, about girlfriend enthusiastically cheering on Colbert: Why don’t you scream like that for me?
–The Colbert Report Set
Party girl to friend: So I asked my priest, and he said “I think you should see other people.”
–Park Ave & 29th St
Overheard by: petey
Dude #1: Women today, they’re just like men. They’re just more…upfront about things. They’ll tell you what they want, and they aren’t shy about it.
Dude #2: Yeah?
Dude #1: Yeah! And it’s great, because it means I don’t have to work as hard.
–Brooklyn Heights
Girl #1: Unisex bathrooms are so weird.
Girl #2: I know. It’s so Euro.
Girl #1: In Europe they pee in holes.
–Element, Houston & Essex
Overheard by: krizia
Man #1: She’s got a kid, and I want no part of that. But I like her a lot…
Man #2: Right.
Man #1: I mean, she’s not that attractive, you know, but she has a nice ass.
–3 train
Overheard by: rat
Sober chick: Hey, c’mon, let’s go inside. It’s cold out here.
Tipsy chick: Okay… [Closes shirt.] Tell me if you see a nipple, ’cause that would just be awkward.
Sober chick: Of course.
–Spring & Elizabeth
Overheard by: Wear A Bra
Man running by with dog to teenage girl: Woof!
Teenage girl to friend: He better have been talking to the dog.
–Central Park
New wave boy: You're like Lou Reed with a vagina.
New wave girl: Since when did he not have one?
Random stoner friend: Hey, do you want to get Indian food!?
New wave girl: What would Lou Reed do?
--2nd Ave &14th
Overheard by: Mischa
Little kid: I’m the highest reader in my class!
Dad’s friend: What, are all the kids in your class Chinese?
–The Great Lawn
Overheard by: Mariah
