Girl: Do you know they make cameras without film now?
–L train
Girl: Do you know they make cameras without film now?
–L train
Bag lady: Hey, you guys, can you help me out? I’m really hungry!…You need a dye job, you know! Your roots are showing.
–Park Slope
Overheard by: Drew
Woman: So they’re paying the kidnappers child support? I mean I know they want to support their child, but where is the money going? To those crazy people.
–L train
Overheard by: Kelly Marie
Teen girl: So I read that article and cried and cried until my Mom was
like, “Stop crying. You’re retarded.”
–1 train
Girl: Do you sell tights with feet?
Store chick: Sorry, we only sell stuff that’s trendy.
–Urban Outfitters, 14th & 6th
Overheard by: Amusled
Promoter guy: This your first time at the Empire State Building?
Dude: Yeah, it is.
Promoter guy: Cool. Where are you from?
Dude: Native New Yorker.
Promoter guy: I don’t want to talk to you.
–Empire State Building
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Tourist chick: So far the experiences have all been good!
Cop #1: How long you been here?
Cop #2: About 5 minutes?
Cop #1: You just wait…
–Rector Street 1 station
Waitress: Do you have a baby in that bag?
Teen girl: No, I have books.
Waitress: Oh, well, it’s almost like a baby.
–Chat ‘n’ Chew, East 16th Street
Overheard by: Tourist in Town
Guy #1: Why don’t we make him escaping a bank robbery?
Guy #2: Okay, he just robbed a bank and now he’s eating lunch with his girlfriend.
–12th & University
Overheard by: reggae sarkar
Guy #1: You should feel honored to live in New Jersey.
Guy #2: I like living in Jersey. It just really sucks commuting here every day.
Guy #1: It’s like the Jews being kosher. It’s the price you pay for being chosen.
–12th & 5th