Girls

Woman: This block has the best garbage!

–2nd Avenue & 8th Street

Girl on cell: We’ve already got plans again for this weekend. I’m really excited about this guy; he’s great. He’s really driven, really ready to succeed. He’s a doctor…No, not in real life, on TV.

–57th & Lexington

Overheard by: Heather

White guy: That wasn’t the best day of my life, though. The best day was the day after my birthday when I recoverd my hard drive.

–Astoria party

Overheard by: Noah Starr

Man on cell: I like them shoes with the ruffle. The ones you wore to the Olive Garden that one time.

–Broadway & Prince

Girl: In theory…I was going to end that sentence with, “the dolphins will be OK.”

–7 train

Overheard by: Amado Angel

Lady: Well, he’s an ex-junkie, an alcoholic, mean-tempered, a practicing bisexual, and he has hepatitus C. But he’s a wonderful man and, as guys like that go, he does have great taste in jewelry.

–Midtown office

Girl: Why are you in a Dunkin’ Donuts t-shirt from Key West?
Guy: It was the best thing in Key West.
Girl: The Dunkin’ Donuts?
Guy: Yeah.

–Freeze Peach Cafe, Astoria

Overheard by: Greg

Girl #1: You know, if you think all songs are sung by a penis, they suddenly become funny.
Girl #2: You are high, you know that?

–91st & Amsterdam

Overheard by: SexyJewThang

Guy: I touched your eyeball, doesn’t that mean I love you?
Girl: Touch it again!
Guy: No you freak!

–N/W Broadway station

Girl #1: Shit, yo, I just talk to him, I don’t fuck him.
Girl #2: You don’t fuck him? You lyin’.
Girl #1: Well, only if I’m bored.

–M57 bus

Overheard by: pete

Chick #1: Do you think I should have another Texas-sized margarita?
Chick #2: I think your eyes are bigger than your liver.

–Dallas BBQ, 166th & Broadway

Overheard by: djlindee

Girl #1: Oh my God, I watched American Treasure last night.
Girl #2: What, no good?
Girl #1: Oh my God it was horrible.
Girl #2: The trailer made it look kind of cool.
Girl #1: That’s what I thought too. But then you actually watch it and there’s nothing about American currency.

–Bar 288, Elizabeth Street

Overheard by: Margaret

Girl: Oh my god, I read today that a woman who won a million dollars in the lottery last year won another million again.
Guy: Yeah, I heard that. That’s amazing. She seems really nice and humble about the winnings.
Girl: Yeah, fuck her.

–23rd & 10th gas station

Girl #1: She’s, like, a total socialist. She’s all like, “Capitalism is bad. America is bad.” And she’s always plotting about how we can get their money. You can’t take other people’s money. What’s wrong with you?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: But as extremists go, she’s pretty cool.
Girl #2: Totally.

–L train

Overheard by: Samuel Bennett

Chick: I think the difference between a blog and a website is that a blog is something you can set up without doing any of that website shit.

Black Table party, Slainte, The Bowery