Idiots

Idiot, 50s: That’s the one argument against capital punishment that cannot be refuted. If you do it, someone is dead.

–Westway Diner, 9th Ave

Idiot tourist, in line at TKTS: Hmmm… I wonder what “TKTS” stands for.
Friend: Are you serious? It stands for “tickets”!
Idiot tourist: Oh! I never knew that! Well, I guess that makes sense.

–TKTS

Security Guard: …and so now I have her DNA and I can, like, reproduce her any time I want.

–57th & West End

Overheard by: Kaitlyn

Drunk: Are you going to San Francisco?…Hey, I’ve been there! Why won’t you believe me? Look at this tattoo I got there!…Shut up, bitch!

–LIRR

Overheard by: marissa

Woman: So did you know that cheese has the same chemicals as heroin in it? That’s why people who eat cheese get so addicted to it.

–1st Avenue & 4th Street

Overheard by: alison

Girl #1: Yeah, that French kid’s pretty hot.
Girl #2: His butt is like…it’s like a croissant!
Girl #1: Ohmigod, ew. But yeah, it’s true.

–1 train

Hipster: It’s so retarded he would name himself Sean Lennon.
Random dude in track suit: Um, it’s his son.
Hipster: Oh.

–Outside Ryan Adams concert, Town Hall, 43rd & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Not A Hipster

Hispanic teen #1: Yo, man, I was with this girl last night, and she was dressed all naked and shit, man.
Hispanic teen #2: Word? She was dressed all naked?
Hispanic teen #1: [Nods.]Hispanic teen #3: Word?

–Houston & Washington

Guard dude #1: There’s a guy over there touching himself again.
Guard dude #2: What, the same one as before?
Guard dude #1: Yeah.

–New York Public Library Main Branch, 42th & 5th

Overheard by: Rob

Bank teller: What state was your account opened in?
Customer: Brooklyn.

–59th & Lex

Overheard by: Captain Finance

Bimbo: I’d put on a sweater and baggy pants, and everyone would be like, “Wow, that’s so Margello!”

–Ave A & 3rd St.

Chick: Does India have internet access?

–Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: pixelvisions