Young guy #1: So are you doing anything for Cinco de Mayo?
Young guy #2: Uh, I guess I’ll just go out like regular.
Young guy #1: Yeah, that’s cool.
Young guy #2: Actually, one of my friends knows a ton of Puerto Rican people, so that’ll be good.
Young guy #1: Um…yeah…
–6 train
Overheard by: Saltman
Guy: …we were just talking. That’s all that happened.
Girl: I said, do you swear to God? Do you swear on your life?!
Guy: We were just talking…
–Houston between 2nd & 3rd
Guy #1: Yeah, she wouldn’t shut up so I peed on her.
Guy #2: Just what I would have done, bro.
–Central Park
Guy #1: Yo! She was sooo busted.
Guy #2: Kay, are we talking criminal record or cup size here?
–Bryant Park
Girl: I don’t look like an Eskimo, I have a tan.
Guy: I thought Eskimos were darker skinned.
Girl: [silence]
Guy: I thought Eskimos were darker. I think their skin is darker.
Girl: [silence]
Guy: I think they have darker skin.
Girl: [silence]
Guy: Anyway I think it’d be funny to see you in an igloo.
–2/3 train
Girl: Did you just fart?
Guy: That’s an awkward question.
Girl: Is that a yes?
–Silver Center, NYU
A guy is standing outside the door to a party. A few other people arrive, and the guy says hi to each one. Each one says hi back, except the last one to walk in.
Guy #1: You don’t say hi?
Guy #2: I just nod.
–McKibbin between Bushwick and Seigel
Guy: Dude, I think I just farted on a model.
–Broadway & Bleecker
Overheard by: Adam Tetzloff
Guy #1: Did you bring your cell phone charger today?
Guy #2: Oh yeah. Like, they be giving free electricity up in here, for real.
–Kings Criminal Court Building, Downtown Brooklyn
Overheard by: Chris Thompson
Guy: Man, I totally wish I was in India right now where you can buy like anything on the internet, like human organs and shit.
–8th between Broadway & University
