Health and Hygiene

Thug #1: I got pain in my legs and arthritis in my balls.
Thug #2: Damn, you fucked, nigga!
Thug #1: That’s some category 10 pain!

–White Castle, 36th St & 8th

Overheard by: Only in category three pain

Mother: When you go into the stall do not sit down on that toilet seat!
Girl: OK, Mommy.

Mother closes the door and goes into the next stall.

Girl: Mommy?
Mother: Yes?
Girl: I’m sittin’ all over this toilet!
Mother: Girl, I told you not to sit on that toilet!

–Wendy’s ladies room, W. 34th and 8th Ave

Cum slut: I thought the spermicide would take the sperm away. But it stayed in there and just got itchy. And burns.

–Ginger, Ave. A

Overheard by: Tibbie X

Man: I can’t eat ketchup. It makes my scalp sweat.

–West Village

Young woman: You need to get a car so you can take my kitty cat to the vet.

–Starbucks, 71st & Broadway

Overheard by: Zvi Mowshowitz

Yuppie #1: I really want a drink
Drunk Homeless man (to Yuppie #2): What are you reading?
Yuppie #2: I’m reading a book on sobriety.
Drunk Homeless man (looking over her shoulder): Oh
Yuppie #2: Yes, it’s also about drug additions..valium, etc.
Drunk Homeless man: Really that’s interesting

— Union Square Park

NYU Girl #1: Oh my god! I was so drunk this weekend, and now my legs are covered in bruises. They look terrible, you have no idea. I don’t even know how I got them.
NYU Girl #2: Ha, ha! I love when that happens. I love drunk bruises.

–NYU Elevator

Overheard by: Stephanie

Teen Girl #1: …and like it felt like something was crawling…it felt weird.
Teen Girl #2: Didya scratch?
Teen Girl #1: Hell naw! What I’ma look like, scratchin’ my crotch in front of the whole class?

–D train

Guy: Of course I’ve drank kerosene. But it wasn’t like I used a cup, though. I used a siphon.

–Astoria

Overheard by: Stephie Russell

Mom: I don’t know. I think you have to be, like, 21 to go to outer space.

–83rd & Amsterdam

A six-year-old stops coughing and asks: Mommy, why did you cover my mouth?

–Q Train