Girl: If I were a lesbian, I’d totally go for her!
Guy: Who?
Girl: Priscilla! Well…I mean, if she weren’t my sister.
–M23 Bus
Overheard by: Claire
Girl: If I were a lesbian, I’d totally go for her!
Guy: Who?
Girl: Priscilla! Well…I mean, if she weren’t my sister.
–M23 Bus
Overheard by: Claire
Straight guy: I need to change my hair. Four out of five girls with that bachelorette party last night thought I was gay.
–LIRR
Overheard by: Phil
Guy: Listen, it’s not hair replacement. It’s a system.
–Sterling & 7th, Park Slope
Overheard by: A White Bear
White guy: Yeah, and I ripped out her weave.. it was awesome!
–14th & 5th
Overheard by: Amelia D
Hobo: All Democrats must have pink hair, by mandate of the homeless Republican!
–12th & 6th
Overheard by: theNJl
Ghetto girl: She wanted to charge me $400 for my hair. She was gonna charge me by the pound! Who charges for hair by the pound? I could get my homegirl to do it for $20. Never buy your hair from someone in the ‘hood!
–5 train, 125th St
Overheard by: La Liz
Bald queer: Oh, now I have to do my hair again. It’s so difficult to keep my hands out of it!
–Elevator, 1250 Broadway
Queer: He’s really smart. I’m really smart. It’s good, it works out. I think smart people should be sleeping together, it’s the natural way.
Woman: You guys could have smart kids!
Queer: Uh, I hate to be the one to tell you, but that’s not the way it works.
Woman: …from China!
–Franklin St & Freeman St, Greenpoint
Overheard by: Matthew K Johnson
Queer: Darling, if I were to undergo de-gayifying electroshock therapy, I swear that you would be my first piece of woman to pursue.
Girl: No, never.
Queer: Ummm… And why not?
Girl: Because then you would just be another hot-on-the-street like the rest. Stay gay, I love you that way.
–Midtown
Overheard by: Adrian
Queer: Fuck you! I’m a smart gay!
–23rd & 6th
Overheard by: Keesha Brown
Accidental ironist: Yeah, obviously he has no sense of smartness.
–68th & Lex
Overheard by: Casti
Hipster guy: I erased two years of my life with drugs. Two solid years! But I’m too smart to erase more than that.
–Chinatown bus
Girl on cell: They said that I’m smart, and that I can articulate well. But I’m not… you know… Oh, whatever.
–Queensboro Community College
Overheard by: LizDayglow
Tween boy to dad: I’m looking for a girl who’s younger and smarter.
–71st & West End
Overheard by: Susan Volchok
Rabid coworker: Hey, can you come over to my house and help me install some doors?
Lesbian coworker: I’m not that kind of lesbian!
–Apple Store, 5th Ave
Overheard by: i sell the ipods
Queer #1: You are so gay.
Queer #2: I am not gay! Why do people keep saying that?
Queer #1: Well, you made out with Robert, and you slept with Jimmy.
Queer #2: Robert kissed me, I didn’t kiss him.
–Greenpoint
Gay in cab: Hey, look, it’s a fiiireman!
Fireman: Hey, it’s a fag in a cab!
Gay in cab: Are there any more firemen?
Fireman: Are there any more fags in the cab?
–319 W 48th St
Overheard by: gianni jones
NYU kid: I’m waiting for a roomba that runs on solar.
–Washington Square
NYU hipster: Do you ever find a little self-deprecation to be charming?
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Joey Gillis
NYU chick: I drink Sprite not Pepsi because you know, it’s colorless so there’s no fat or calories so I can stay thin. You drink Pepsi and that’s brown and thick so it’s got carbs.
–NYU dorm
Overheard by: Low Fat Soda
NYU girl: I don’t like that sour is attached to cream; don’t let the fucking cream go sour!
–Williams & Wall
Overheard by: Genevieve
NYU girl: So they call it a keg stand…they hold your legs up and you’re just supposed to drink out of the spout thingy. SOOOOOO weird, but the guy was hot so I did it.
–W 4th St
NYU student: So I said, "I don’t care what time it is, you are supposed to be a lesbian!"
–Union Square Whole Foods
Overheard by: Batman
NYU girl: Yeah, she did kinda look like a lesbian. I mean, she had really bad posture.
–Church & Murray
Overheard by: Jason
Queer #1: Ann and Leslie are here.
Queer #2: Shit, are they lesbians?
Queer #1: Yeah.
Queer #2: Uh, I’m a D.C. gay. I don’t hang out with lesbians.
–3rd & B
