Lower East Side

Store girl: “Fraternity test”?
Store guy: I’ve been saying it that way all these years.

–K-mart, East 8th Street

Hobo #1: What flavors you got?
Clerk guy: We have regular, orange, raspberry, and vanilla.
Hobo #1: We’ll take vanilla.
Hobo #2: Vanilla? What are you, gay?

–Nizga Liquors, Avenue A

Overheard by: A. Sterling

Chick on cell: Mother! That duvet situation is a complete nightmare!

–59th & Madison

Old woman: I was only a bridesmaid once, and the dresses were just impossible. The color was this menopause blue!

–Jojo, East 64th Street

Overheard by: Molly the Mole

Girl #1: I have to go soon, I have a child at home.
Girl #2: Oh, an undead abortion?

–Hi Fi, Avenue A

Girl #1: What’s an animal that sleeps for a long time?
Girl #2: A dead baby. You’ll sleep like a dead baby.

–Grand Hyatt New York, Park Avenye

Overheard by: Dann

Girl #1: I never realized how nice his back was until we broke up.
Girl #2: As he was walking away from you?

–Stuyvesant & 3rd

Overheard by: katyunextraordinaire

Girl on cell: I cannot believe you just said that! I can’t tell my roommate…Because she’s Indian!
Girl #2: What can’t you tell her?
Girl on cell: Shh.
Girl #2: Probably outsourcing.

–Starbucks, West 4th Street & Washington Square East

Jessica Cutler: Twelve of my last sixteen boyfriends were Jewish.

–Happy Ending, Broome Street

Girl on cell: Oh my god, I’m the embodiment of crack right now. I’m still drunk from last night. And wow, I just got a bad look from two Mexicans and we know that never happens. Oh my god, another bad Mexican look. What the fuck is happening? Oh my god, a cat…Shut up, oh my god, the world is conspiring against me. As soon as I said “cat” a kid came around the corner. What’s next, a demon? Cats, kids, demons.

–12th & A