Lower Manhattan

Woman selling crap on side of road: Come on, let’s go get high, so you can make love to me, so we can get something to eat. Come on.

–Fulton and Gold

Naked chick #1: I tried to call you Sunday, but your boyfriend said you were taking a nap.
Naked chick #2: Oh, why?
Naked chick #1: Well, I was reading Craigslist and this guy said he’d give someone $100 for 14 pills of tetrazepam and I was like, “Wait a minute, I have that!”
Naked chick #2: So you were calling to ask me if you should sell drugs over the internet?
Naked chick #1: Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Naked chick #2: Was there anyone on there offering money for a blowjob?
Naked chick #1: Um, no.
Naked chick #2: Because that’s another career option I wouldn’t recommend.

–14th Street Y sauna

Overheard by: klingrap

Child whining in stroller: I’m hungry!
Mother: No, you’re not.

–Liberty & Broadway

Deli worker: What part of Mexico are you from?
Tourist: Umm… We’re from Canada.
Deli worker: Oh. You sure like spicy peppers.
Tourist: Yeah. All Canadians like spicy peppers.
Deli worker: True.

–Broadway & Liberty

Guy #1: What’s with the queerfest?
Guy #2: It’s tomorrow night.

–Ave A & 3rd St.

Guy: I really hate it when people mop my feet. I am Jamaican, after all.

–Bryant Park

Overheard by: Stephie Russell

Guy: Has anyone ever accidentally dated you and your sister at the same time?

–Diner, 22nd and 9th

Overheard by: Greg Rutter

Guy: Yeah, man, that’s true. But you have to keep in mind that while you’re emotionally emasculated, he’s physically emasculated, and there’s a helluva difference.

–Knitting Factory

Overheard by: Patrick Taylor

Arab man: Did you dance at your wedding?
Marine: I prefer not to think back at that point in my life.

–Casa Bella, Mulberry St.

Teacher, pointing to three figures on board: Now, greeny is on his computer sending an e-mail to reddy, who is on the phone with blacky.
Student: Blacky?
Teacher: Oh, dear. Person A is on the phone with person B…

–Millennium High School, Lower Manhattan

Overheard by: Adriana