Drunk tourist guy #1 to guy on movie set: Hey, what are they filming?
Guy on movie set: Arthur.
Drunk tourist guy #1: Cool! With Dudley Moore?
Drunk tourist guy #2: Dudley Moore is dead, you fucking idiot!
–Park Ave & 51st St
Overheard by: Annie
Drunk tourist guy #1 to guy on movie set: Hey, what are they filming?
Guy on movie set: Arthur.
Drunk tourist guy #1: Cool! With Dudley Moore?
Drunk tourist guy #2: Dudley Moore is dead, you fucking idiot!
–Park Ave & 51st St
Overheard by: Annie
Guy: So she invited me in and I had a beer.
Girl: You had a beer?! What?!
Guy: Yeah, I had a beer.
Girl: Oh my god! That is so weird!
Guy: Well, I mean, I didn’t have my own. So I had a beer and then we rehearsed.
Girl: Oh my god. I can’t believe you had a beer and then rehearsed! That is so weird!
–Waverly Place & Broadway
Overheard by: Sam
Girl: It's so good to see you, it's been like two years. What have you been up to?
Guy: Well, I've been playing a lot of Guitar Hero.
–Union Square
Overheard by: Kristin
Dominican guy: I really like your haircut.
Brooklyn guy: Yeah, the women at work really liked it, but I never take anything they say seriously because I know how ugly I am.
Dominican guy: Yeah, I know what you mean. You know like when women say “I want to be with you,” but they really don't do that…
Brooklyn guy: Okay, this is the only thing that is going to be true of what I say from now on. Every girl I asked out has said yes, but didn't mean it.
Dominican guy: Is this a hypothetical situation?
–Harlem
Metrosexual guy: Oh, there were babies everywhere in there.
JAP #1: I know, babies are so trendy!
JAP #2: I have to get one.
–Outside Anthropology, 5th Ave
Overheard by: population control
Guy on cell: You don’t want to move here…No! I’m telling you, this place sucks. You make $1000 bucks a week, $600 after taxes. Then you can’t go to all of the fun bars and places like that because you can’t freakin’ afford it. All you end up doing is watching all of the freakin’ wealthy people go out and have a good time. Dude, I’m telling you, it’s not what it’s hyped to be. I was totally tricked.
–Houston & Lafayette
Guy: Dude, I’m not allergic to cats when I’m drunk.
–PATH train
Overheard by: Laura Tipaldo
Preppy guy: Libertarianism has nothing to do with showing your breasts.
–Uncle Ming’s, Avenue B
Overheard by: Djlindee
Girl, as subway doors open: It smells like ass.
Guy: It's New York City, were you expecting sunshine and rainbows?
–Uptown F Train
Guy: My wife is just a hoot. She just tries and tries to undermine me.
–Craft, E. 19th Street
Girl: She’s into God and stuff like that. I hate that shit.
–C train
Overheard by: jason steinhauer
Slut: …all I know is that it’s $40,000 and you’ve gotta buy him breakfast in the morning.
–Dock’s Oyster Bar, 40th & 3rd
Overheard by: Greg Rutter