Toddler being pushed through park: Music!
Hobo, playing guitar: Give me cookies!
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Anna P.
Toddler being pushed through park: Music!
Hobo, playing guitar: Give me cookies!
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Anna P.
A group of little kids are selling M&Ms on the train, perhaps to raise money for their school’s basketballing team. Homeless black dude with silver teeth enters and proceeds to yell at them.
Hobo: I WANT WHAT’S IN YOUR BELLY! I WANT WHAT’S IN YOUR BELLY!
–L Train
Overheard by: Vickers Bastard Gringo
Hobo: ‘Scuse me. You wanna give a quarter to the United Negro Pizza Fund?
–44th & 8th
Hobo: Listen, girls, do you care to donate to the United Negro Pastrami Sandwich Fund?
–Bowery between 3rd & 4th
Hobo: Would you like to donate to the United Negro Pizza Fund?
–82nd & Amsterdam
Overheard by: Leigh
Hobo: Can you offer a contribution to the United Negro I Didn’t Go to College Fund?
–60th & Columbus
Guy, to girl: Smart girls are never pretty. That’s why you’re a dumbass.
–Union Turnpike station platform
Overheard by: Erna
Hobo: Ain’t no good here, only cheap. Cheap, cheap, and very cheap. And very beautiful.
–L train, Bedford Ave station
Consoling friend: Just think about what you want out of it.
Crying girl: I really don’t know what I should do!
Eavesdropping hobo: Damn, bitch — do what the fuck you want!
–Washington Square Park
Hobo, yelling on the train: Oh, god, I know I've made a lot of mistakes. This is all my fault, but if you could just give me something to eat for lunch, or a nickel, anything!
(girl offers him an orange from her bag)
Hobo: No, that ain't food. Thanks anyway.
–Downtown R Train
Overheard by: Kinda have to agree
Hobo: Yo, can I get a cigarette? [Girl hands him one.] Can I get a light? Don’t worry, I’m not going to mug you — it’s too cold for that shit.
–90th & 1st
Teenage girl: Ohmigod. Doesn't she know that the "having big boobs" thing is, like, not in anymore?
–86th St
Overheard by: Kevin
Girl to another: It splashed on my boob… Then he slurped it off!
–Charles & 4th
Overheard by: Eric
20-something guy, singing: I wanna touch some boobs. I wanna touch some boobs. I wanna touch some boobs. I wanna find my motherfucking sock, 'cause I don't know where it is. I wanna touch some boobs…
–Pratt Institute
Angry hobo to college chick with big boobs zipping up her jacket: Don't put them titties away!
–5th & 21st
Elderly woman to husband: I keep my business in my bosom!
–Carnegie Deli
Hobo: Man you got a nail clippa?
Guy: Um, what?
Hobo: You know…a nail clippa. I got this nail on my toe and I need to clip it.
Guy: Um. Sorry…don’t have a nail clippa.
Hobo: That’s cool. Got any change for me?
–R train
Overheard by: Lindsay Kivna
Hobo: Spare some change?…Why are you so selfish?
Man: Why are you so poor?
–West 4th Street & 6th Avenue
Overheard by: David B.
