Poetry in Motion

Girl: I love watching people on subways.
Guy: I know, right? I like making short poems 'bout them, too. (points discretely at JAP across subway car) “Slutty white girl looks around train. Adjusts boobs. Looks around again.”

–1 Train

Posted on December 22, 2021
Books & Writing, Girls, Guys, Nicknames & name calling, On the Subway, Public Transportation, Race, Rack

And You Better Be Wearing Plastic Shoes, Bitch

Guy in fur coat handing out fur sale brochures: Sale! Sale!
Tourist girl with lollipop: Animal killer!
Guy in fur coat: You’re killing that lollipop!

–7th Ave & 25th St

Overheard by: furry

Posted on December 18, 2021
Animals & Nature, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Comebacks, Flyer people, Food, Girls, Insults, Murder, Politics, Tourists

I Had to Go through the Rinse Cycle Twice Later

Girl #1: So, I finally let him give me a massage, and it was totally gross.
Girl #2: Really? Like how?
Girl #1: You know, the usual. He went through the boner cycle, like, three times.

–A train

Overheard by: Dash Riprock

Posted on December 14, 2021
Erections, Girls, On the Subway

Hey, at Least We Gave It to Him Straight.

Straight boy to group of girls: Hey, what are you guys talking about?
Girl #1: Are you sure you want to know?
Boy: Yes.
Girl #2: We're talking about hot gay guys.
(other girls laugh)
Girl #3: Do you think Jonathan Groff is hot?
(straight boy leaves)

–Bard High School, Queens

Overheard by: Sunny

Posted on December 12, 2021
About Celebrities, Beauty, Fast Times at New York High, Gays and Lesbians, Girls, Guys, Queens

It Wasn’t Even Wii Rollerblading!

Shaggy high school boy: I totally saw her roller blading on my block.
Shaggy high school girl: Oh my god, she would be roller blading.

–Calhoun School, 81st & West End

Overheard by: Booters

Posted on December 11, 2021
Default, Girls, Gossip, Gripes, School, Students

From ‘The Darwin Awards’ Outtakes

Girl: What are you doing tonight?
Guy: I gotta help a buddy at his new house. We’re gonna get some beer and fix his basement steps.
Girl: You really think that’s a good idea, drinking and repairing stairs?
Guy: Nah, I’m just kidding. We’re actually installing a new toilet.

–7 train

Overheard by: Danielle

Posted on December 10, 2021
Drinking & Drunk People, Girls, Guys, On the Subway, Stupidity, Talking/Convos

All You Eastern Hemisphere People are the Same

Guy: Those accents are hot! Where you guys from? New Zealand? Australia or somethin’?
British girl #1: Ugh! I never!
British girl #2: How could confuse a London accent for Australia, of all places?

–BLVD, The Bowery

Overheard by: E Diddy

Posted on December 3, 2021
Creepsters, Girls, Sex

If Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Were on the Air Today

Guy: I was reading the script, trying to figure out which part to read for the audition, but they're all so…
Girl: Disturbed?
Guy: Right! Like, my first thought was the albino dwarf, but he's planning to kill someone, so… obviously not.

–68th & 2nd

Overheard by: ultra-condensed movies