Health and Hygiene

Mom: Stop giving your sister the evil eye! What did I tell you about giving people the evil eye?
Little boy: That they would be sent to Hell forever to live with the devil.

–Bx22 bus

Bookchick #1: I had to go and see a circumcision yesterday. Any mother who does that to their son is evil and should burn in Hell.
Bookchick #2: Yeah, but it’s much more hygienic.
Bookchick #1: So? Your labia gets dirty too.

–Barnes & Noble, 22nd & 6th

Overheard by: Vic Payback

Girl #1: You know when I goes out with a boy, I like to make sure that I am all clean and shit.
Girl #2: I know, me too.
Girl #1: Come to think of it, I like to be clean when I go out with the girls, too…Ya know, one of them always ends up touching ya.
Girl #2: I hears ya.

–2 train

Overheard by: jonathan

Girl #1: I really need to buy cigarettes. Would they sell them there?
Girl #2: Um…that stands for “General Nutrition Center.”

–10th Street & 7th Avenue

Overheard by: djlindee

Guy: You can never underestimate the importance of cuticles.
Girl: Yeah, you can.

–108th & Amsterdam

Drunk girl: Is that the line for the bathroom?
Sober guy: No, that’s people who like looking at the bathrooms.

–Harry’s, Long Island City

Overheard by: Trix

Pretty boy: Man, I think I’m getting a migraine.
Southern chick: Guys don’t get migraines, they get cluster headaches.
Pretty boy: Go the fuck back to the prairie, Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman.

–Delancey & Orchard

Overheard by: dj wantwo

Guy #1: I just don’t like the taste of water.
Guy #2: Who doesn’t like water?
Guy #1: Me.

–Palladium, 14th Street

Overheard by: Brian

Girl: This isn’t right. We’re supposed to be on Murray Street.
Guy: Dude, you know I’m dyslexic!

–Warren & Greenwich

Guy: Your breath stinks, get away from me!
Girl: I just woke up. Imagine if the Prince had said that to Snow White? You think her breath smelled so great?

–98th & Columbus

Overheard by: Danielle Harris

Doorman: Out for your morning power walk?
Old woman: Power walk? I’d fucking drop dead before I got to the corner.

–55th between 5th & 6th

Woman: His breath stinks. It smells like…it smells like shit to me. He’s gay, that’s why. He’s always suckin’ it, you know.

–Delancey Street station

Overheard by: Palaverist

Mom: I’d hate to drop dead of a heart attack, but I’d rather it be at Six Flags.

–W train

Chick #1: Oh look, you’ve got color back in your cheeks! What did they give you?
Chick #2: Oxygen.

–St. Vincent’s, W. 12th Street