Girl: Ew! I don’t want to hear the words ‘mother’ and ‘nipple’ in the same sentence!
Friend: What? It’s a legitimate question.
–Queens-bound R train
Overheard by: spacegirl
Girl: Ew! I don’t want to hear the words ‘mother’ and ‘nipple’ in the same sentence!
Friend: What? It’s a legitimate question.
–Queens-bound R train
Overheard by: spacegirl
Woman: I used to be delusional.
Friend: What was happening, were you medicated?
Woman: Oh yes, I had to be severely medicated. I thought I was going to marry Peter Jennings.
Friend: Was it hard for you when he died?
Woman: Actually, I was selfishly happy because I didn’t have to worry about having delusions about him anymore.
–W 105th St & Amsterdam Ave
Guy: You always shit on my plants.
Girl: You fuckin’ shit on your own plants, asshole.
–14th & 3rd
Overheard by: Ronen Trigoli
Gangsta to friend: Yeah, so, she started jerkin' him off and instead of cum, man, it was blood!
Friend: Oh shit, nigga!
Gangsta: And then she got one of those knife sharpeners.
Friend: Fuck!
–189th & Belmont
Dude #1: Look at me — I’m a hairy beast. I don’t think even I could date myself.
Dude #2: Yeah, man, I don’t think I could even date you — you just wouldn’t be my type.
Dude #1: That hurts, man.
Dude #2: It would be a shitty relationship, anyway.
Dude #1: … Yeah, you’re right.
–Neptune Diner
Overheard by: Nathaniel Jones
20-ish chick: That girl beasted your seat.
College guy: Which girl?
20-ish chick: Some girl — when you got up she made a beeline for your seat.
College guy: Was she hot?
20-ish chick: What?
–Barnes & Noble, Astor Pl
Overheard by: she was hot
Guy: So the other night Taryn was over with her kid, and my ex-girlfriend came by and happened to see, and Taryn’s baby is really light-skinned, so now my ex-girlfriend thinks I have another kid that I didn’t tell her about.
Friend: Did you tell her it wasn’t yours?
Guy: Yeah. I already have two kids, I really don’t need another one. Why would I keep it from my mom and my dad and her anyway?
–L train
Overheard by: Mina
Average Joe: Short people are insufferable!
Shorter friend: Tell me about it!
–Bleecker St & Carmine St
Overheard by: Lezbotron
Headline by: Jane
Runners-Up:
· “…And They Have Limited Vocabularies and Will Agree With Anything” – Bob
· “I Thought I Just Did.” – Katie
· “That Scene From “The Wizard Of Oz” Was Like Hell on Earth!” – space coyote
· “To Be Fair, He Did Reply in That High-Pitched Cackle” – Kenneth
· “Tom Cruise Is Refreshingly Self-Aware” – Meg
20-something guy on BlackBerry: No, he's not gay. I was in a fivesome with him, but he's not gay.
–L Train
Girl to gay friend after walking into gay bar: Dude, either find me a straight boy or two Asians that will let me watch.
–NYC
Girl to guy friends: I mean, he's okay he had the threesome–the guy was his best friend!
–8th St & 5th Ave
Angry woman on phone: While you're out having orgies I am doing the real work!
–Victorian Flatbush
Pretentious professor type in academic tone: My ex had unrealistic fantasies. She used to dream about being fucked by God and Satan and the same time. How could I live up to that?
–NYU
Walking guy: I don’t walk.
Walking girl: Why?
Walking guy: ‘Cause I just hate walking.
–Austin Street, Forest Hills
Overheard by: Prefers Piggyback Rides