Girl on Nextel: Oh baby, you shoulda woke me up…We coulda done the do again.
–Commerce Bank, 42nd & 9th
Overheard by: Meghan
Girl on Nextel: Oh baby, you shoulda woke me up…We coulda done the do again.
–Commerce Bank, 42nd & 9th
Overheard by: Meghan
Chick on cell: Mother! That duvet situation is a complete nightmare!
–59th & Madison
Girl: Oh look, this would be cute for the baby.
Guy: What baby?
–Gift shop, Empire State Building
Overheard by: Calvin
Cheerleader girl #1: Terry, what are those people doing? Is that fake blood?
Cheerleader girl #2: I think they’re representing Chinese torture or something.
–51st & 7th
Overheard by: Alvin Cheung
Woman: I don’t even know why we’re here. All the characters do in this show is run around and sing stupid songs.
–Majestic Theatre, West 44th Street
Professor man: Can anyone tell me what’s an entourage?
Guy: A posse.
Professor man: A what? A “posse”? Is that really a word?
–Silver Center, Washington Square East
Girl: Well, as a lesbian, it’s not something I understand…
Guy: You mean, she’s a size queen?
Girl: I didn’t say that…but I don’t get it.
Guy: I don’t get it either. I mean, I’ve slammed into someone’s cervix, and it didn’t look like that was too fun for her.
Girl: Well, I guess you have nothing to worry about.
–Under The Volcano, East 36th Street
January 31st sees the release of Overheard in New York, the book. There are apparently people out there who have lives and don’t read websites; now they can see for themselves what this site we all love so much is all about.
The book is perfect subway reading, and makes a great gift for Chicks, Dudes, Old ladies, Tourist moms and Crazy guys. And unlike
almost every other website turned into a book, we weren’t censored. You get the best of the best–and the worst of the worst!–as well as a bunch of quotes we saved especially for the print edition.
We’re very excited and hope to make this an annual tradition. It’ll be
like Zagat’s, but with hobos. You can order it here.
–Morgan & Michael (and 4 pages of contributors!)
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
Hipster girl: I though she was like, moving to Africa or some shit to save the children or something.
Hipster boy: Well that didn’t happen. She moved to Williamsburg to save the trendy from hurting themselves with accessories.
–Happy Valley, East 27th Street
