Girl, looking at a David Smith sculpture: This is very Picasso.
Guy: Yeah. Like…blues. Remember that period he had?
–Guggenheim
Overheard by: Kate
Girl, looking at a David Smith sculpture: This is very Picasso.
Guy: Yeah. Like…blues. Remember that period he had?
–Guggenheim
Overheard by: Kate
Chick #1 It’s not like I told him I wasn’t wearing underwear. He asked me. I was so offended!
Chick #2: But you don’t wear underwear, and you were wearing a see-through top.
Chick #1: OK, that’s totally not the point.
–1 train uptown platform, 28th St
Voice over PA: This train will not be continuing and we need to evacuate the train. There is a car in the station so we are going to have everyone walk forward.
Guy #1: There’s a car in the station?!
Guy #2: Yeah, a car from this train…
Guy #1: Oh, thank GOD! I thought someone really fucked up.
–Manhattan-bound F, stopped just short of East Broadway Stop
Overheard by: That Guy
Girl: [chuckling] You know what’s funny? We always manage to notice how much other people stink but we could never gauge how bad we smell.
Guy: Heh. That’s so true!… Wait, you said that just to tell me how bad I smell.
Girl: Yeah.
–94th & Park
Overheard by: hunter 05
Blonde preteen with braces: You know what’s so weird? She’s black and converted to Judo-ism.
Friend: [annoyed stare] It’s Judaism.
Blonde: Potato, tomato. It’s all the same.
–7 train
Overheard by: your mom
Girl #1: This isn’t ice tea…
Girl #2: Right. There’s no ice in it. The difference between ice tea and tea is that ice tea is cold.
Girl #1: This is cold.
Girl #2: Then it’s ice tea.
Girl #1: But that’s not the difference.
Girl #2: That’s unsweetened ice tea.
Girl #1: Then it’s tea.
–Bay Terrace Shopping Center, Queens
Girl: I don’t look like an Eskimo, I have a tan.
Guy: I thought Eskimos were darker skinned.
Girl: [silence]
Guy: I thought Eskimos were darker. I think their skin is darker.
Girl: [silence]
Guy: I think they have darker skin.
Girl: [silence]
Guy: Anyway I think it’d be funny to see you in an igloo.
–2/3 train
Frat boy #1: Dude! So if you had a pencil, and she was naked, you could totally fit the pencil in the folds under her ass. She’s just flappy, man!
Frat boy #2: Yeah, dude!
–2 train
Latino: There’s a six hour minimum wait for a SUV.
Latina: What?
Latino: To get a SUV, it’s a six hour minimum wait.
Latina: What you mean, “a six hour minimum”?
Latino: If we want an SUV there is a six hour minimum wait!
Latina: So we can only rent it for six hours?
–JFK
Overheard by: Paul Ferris
Girl #1: We have to turn right on this street.
Girl #2: But it’s a one way…
Girl #1: Dude, we are walking!
–Fort Greene
Overheard by: pratt radio
