Angry black lady: I’m gonna 69 that motherfucker!
Friend: What?!
Angry black lady: I mean, 68 or 67 or… I dunno. Star 67! That way the bitch won’t know it’s me callin’.
–City Hall Park
Overheard by: This is what makes New York City so great
Angry black lady: I’m gonna 69 that motherfucker!
Friend: What?!
Angry black lady: I mean, 68 or 67 or… I dunno. Star 67! That way the bitch won’t know it’s me callin’.
–City Hall Park
Overheard by: This is what makes New York City so great
Tourist fighting his way off the train: Look, people. You actually have to let us out of the train before you can get on.
Old guy: This is New York, son. A simple ‘Fuck you’ will do.
–Metro, 53rd & Lex
Thug: Hey, Ma, you are one fine piece of ass. What do you like in a man?
Chick: I’ll tell you what I don’t like: fat mothafuckas calling me ‘Ma.’
–23rd & Lex
Overheard by: Renee
Woman #1: Have you tried Lichido?
Woman #2: Is that a new kind of karate or something?
Woman #1: It’s a liquor.
Woman #2: Don’t you mean ‘kicker’?
Woman #1: Why do I talk to you?
–Astor Wines & Spirits, Astor Pl
Guy: ‘Live Girls’? The girls in the picture don’t look like sexy girls.
Chick: You’re right.
Guy: I mean, she looks mad. The black one? She looks like she wants to punch somebody. She looks like that guy from Seinfeld just said something about her.
–Urban Stages
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
Ranting man: Fuck George Steinbrenner now, fuck George Steinbrenner now!
Passerby: But why?
Ranting man: Don’t be an idiot! Because tomorrow will be too late! Fuck George Steinbrenner now!
–Broadway & 63rd
Overheard by: Mark
Gay guy: I really hate her! I just really can’t stand her!
Chick: Ugh, me neither. She’s such a bitch.
Gay guy: Did you know she’s a robot?
–Washington Square Park
Woman: So, what you’re saying is, you want me to leave my calendar open so that you could possibly cancel on me?
Old lady: Yes.
–Annie Leibovitz exhibit, Brooklyn Museum
Overheard by: d.s.
NYU chick #1: How do we get there?
NYU chick #2: The yellow line!
WASP lady screaming: There’s no yellow line! There are numbers and letters, no colors!
NYU chick #1: God! What a bitch!
WASP lady: Damn straight I’m a bitch! Get the fuck out of town!
–Union Square
Overheard by: um, I agree
Son: Today someone in class called me a ‘Jew.’
Drunk dad: Did you tell them your dad’s Presbyterian and your mom’s a bitch?
–42nd & 8th
