Dim bulb: I’d say the odds are pretty good. At least fifty-fifty.
Dimmer bulb: No, they’re not that good. More like forty-forty.
–6th Ave
Overheard by: Emilio Lizardo
Dim bulb: I’d say the odds are pretty good. At least fifty-fifty.
Dimmer bulb: No, they’re not that good. More like forty-forty.
–6th Ave
Overheard by: Emilio Lizardo
Dude: What’s that movie — the one with the ghosts on the ship?
Chick: Ghost Ship?
Dude: Maybe.
–Kingsborough Community College
Overheard by: Lotte
30-something ramper: So, Gerald Ford died, huh?
20-something ramper: Who’s he?
30-something ramper: A president of the United States, you dummy.
30-something ramper: Oh, he was that Bay of Pigs guy, wasn’t he?
–Ramp breakroom, LaGuardia
Conductor, over speaker: Excuse me, young lady in the pink shirt. Stop holding the door!
Someone else wearing a pink shirt: But I’m not!
–E train
Frustrated looking suit: Okay, well, how about the duck? It looks good.
Vapid looking hottie: I told you! I do not eat seafood!
–Gramercy Tavern, Union Square
Girl #1: So he told me that no matter what happens on June 31st, he will come to my house and we’ll discuss our wedding.
Girl #2: I wish my boyfriend would be there for me.
Girl #1: It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Except there is no 31st of June.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Ting
Catholic schoolgirl: I am so mature! I’m gonna be 16 soon. That means I can drive.
Boyfriend: That’s awesome.
Catholic schoolgirl: How many months is that in?
Boyfriend: I dunno…
Catholic schoolgirl: Let’s see…June, July, August, September, November…December? No, that’s not right…January, February, April, May…
–N train
Overheard by: Olga Kogan
Guy: “1-800-Deportees”? That’s a horrible phone number.
Chick: That’s “deportes.” Sports!
–1 train
Overheard by: djlindee
Conductor #1: This is a J train all the way to Coney Island. Stand clear of the closing doors.
Conductor #2: What?
Conductor #1: What?
Conductor #2: Dude.
Conductor #1: J train to Jamaica!
Conductor #2: Dude.
–Jamaica-bound J train
Overheard by: bdogg
Ditz #1: I hate libraries.
Ditz #2: I know, they're so stressful.
Ditz #1: I even hate Barnes & Noble, it's so hard to understand how they organize books in there!
–Eugene Lang College, New School University
Overheard by: Ashamed that I go to this school
Girl #1: I don’t know, she’s weird!
Girl #2: Where is she from, anyway?
Girl #1: Sweden, I think… She’s, like, an exchange student.
Girl #2: Sweden? What is that, anyway — a religion?
Girl #1: Oh, please, it’s a country, dumbass.
Girl #2: You were the one to say that Canada was a part of Arizona.
–Times Square
