Hence the Expression “All Truckered Out”

Girl #1: I so passed out last night. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a truck.
Girl #2: …A what?

–Inwood

Overheard by: Elizabeth

Posted on June 1, 2026
Friendship, Girls, Washington Heights and Inwood

Don’t Forget the Ironic Lawn Jockeys!

Black guy #1: I don’t want a fucking lawn.
Black guy #2: But that’s the American dream.
Black guy #1: I swear, you have become such a bitch since you moved to Georgia.
Black guy #3: Yeah, that nigga’s got a screen door.

–West 4th between Sullivan & MacDougal

Posted on August 24, 2025
Black People, Friendship, West Village

It’s Almost As If Someone Were Listening…

Woman: Here’s something really funny. I was getting on the train, the 6, and the 2 friends I was supposed to meet were sitting there! Out of all the cars in the train. That was weird.
Man: I don’t believe in that, in coincidences.
Woman: You don’t?
Man: No, I believe that what happens is what was meant to happen.
Woman: Well, I hope “what is meant to happen” isn’t wasting its time
with me getting on the train.

–N train

Posted on July 16, 2025
Friendship, Men, On the Subway, Public Transportation, Talking/Convos, Weirdness, Women

Stubborn or Sterile, It’s Not Jonny’s Fault

Guy: Jonny sent me on an errand. I feel like a mule. I’m like a donkey to him!

—NY2LON show, Bowery Ballroom

Posted on May 28, 2025
Bowery Ballroom, Friendship, Guys, Jobs & Careers, Lower Manhattan

Thank You for Being a Friend?

Old lady #1: Here she comes now.
Old lady #2: I’ll be dead by the time she gets here.
Old lady #3: She’s not moving too fast.

Their friend arrives.

Old lady #1: Aren’t you dead yet?

–5th Ave. & 9th St.

Posted on May 5, 2025
Age/Aging, Death, Friendship, Old People, The Village

I Think Those Stories Stink

Girl: One of my favorite stories is about my dead friend Kim.
Guy: Oh, I love the dead Kim stories.

–Dos Cominos, Park Ave South

Overheard by: Scott

Posted on March 25, 2025
Death, Friendship, Girls, Guys, Names, Restaurants & Cafes, Talking/Convos

Camp David Isn’t Really Rehab

Chick: He keeps checking himself into rehab, but then he gets out and…well, you know all his friends are crackheads.
Guy: That’s pretty funny, actually.
Chick: Yeah, it is!

–N train

Posted on February 4, 2025
Drugs, Friendship, On the Subway

Still Smarter Than That Movie

Teen guy #1: My dad’s gonna get me fucking Yankees tickets this year!Yankees tickets!
Teen guy #2: You said that last year, and it never happened.
Teen guy #1: Uh, Earth to moron, last year was different. I lied to you last year.
Teen guy #1: You are so fucking Zoolander, man.

–1 train