Burly man: …but that’s just me. I think it’s ridiculous for Chicago to ban foie gras when you can buy veal anywhere. How is veal any more cruel? But I admit, it’s just me. I’m a big foodie. I love the finer things in life. I just have to enjoy all the finest foods.
Dyke: But you just said you eat Taco Bell 4 times a week.
–DBA bar, 1st Ave between 2nd & 3rd
Overheard by: common people
Hobo to girl: You shouldn’t be here. [Vomits the contents of his stomach on her] Do you have the time?
–Rivington & Allen
Overheard by: Rachel
Hipster boy #1: I’ve decided to start a blog.
Hipster boy #2: It’s about time!
Hipster boy #1: I know. And I’m not doing it because of the peer pressure. It’s just for me.
–Bowery Ballroom, Delancey St
Tammy Ealom: When I’m in New York, I eat way too much Chinese food.
Dude: Did you go to Chinatown?
Tammy Ealom: No, just some place up the street. When you come from Denver, pretty much everything is good.
–Dressy Bessy show, Sin-e, Attorney & Stanton
Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer
Guy: And there’s one more thing you could say. It’s “I love you.”
Girl, looking through her purse: Ha ha, I know, one sec.
–Tompkins Square Park
Thug: You as an individual have to decide what is right for you as an individual…You have to decide as an individual whether or not you want to turn yourself in.
–Outside 1 Police Plaza
Overheard by: Erin
White dude: I’m blacker than the fucking poops you shit, son!
–Ditmas Ave
Latina: Shit, where’d all these white people come from?
–Ludlow St
Overheard by: Caroline McGraw
NYU chick: Oh my god, I think it was the worst night of my life. When they found me, I was passed out on the toilet with my pant around my ankles. I’d thrown up into them.
–Attorney & Houston
Hipster with small dog: I used to be in the Navy. What is your training?
Sailor: I’ll be on a sub, learning to shoot nuclear warheads.
Hipster: Shit man, that’s intense.
Sailor: I know, I’m not really into violence.
–Stanton & Ludlow
Overheard by: Dan Levin
Hipster chick: Why are you lying on the ground?
Drunk Peruvian starts doing pelvic thrusts.
Hipster chick: Are you talking to me with your crotch?
–Bowery Ballroom
Overheard by: Siegal
