Manhattan

Dude #1: Turkey and swiss.
Deliman: Sorry, no cheese.
Dude #1: Jesus Christ! What kind of deli doesn’t have cheese?
Dude #2: Um, dude…Jewish deli…
Dude #1: I don’t suppose they’d have hot peppers either, then.

–2nd Avenue Deli

Overheard by: Adam Nathan

Filthy man: You three ladies know this dude?
Girl #1: Uh, yeah.
Filthy man: Oh. Okay. ‘Cause I was about to pull out my AK47 and shoot him dead.

The elevator stops.

Filthy man: You all have a nice night.

–Hotel Carter, West 43rd Street

Overheard by: onesong

Girl: Oh hey, that’s my high school mascot!
Guy: What, a black woman?

–8th & Broadway

Girl: When we were younger, we totally took for granted the fun in playing Spin the Bottle…I would love to play now but it wouldn’t be the same.
Man: Yeah, playing now would just end with an abortion two months later.
Girl: Ugh.

–Broadway & 46th

Overheard by: Jeff Rigby

Ghetto guy: Dat movie was da bomb.
Ghetto hoochie: Yeah guy, 10 thumbs up!

–City Cinemas Village East, 2nd Avenue

Overheard by: Faceman

Twin girl #A: It’s my birthday on Sunday…
Unique girl #1: Oh, so like, your sister was the one whose birthday it was Thursday. God, this must be so confusing for you guys.
Unique girl #2: Um, no, I highly doubt it is. They’re twins; they were born on the same day!
Unique girl #1: Did your parents just change it on the birth certificate to make it less confusing…or what? I would’ve just let you guys keep the different birthdays.

–40th & 5th

A hobo has a cardboard sign that says “Ninjas killed parents, need money for Kugn [sic] Fu lessons.”

A cop comes up, and the hobo says: I don’t know why. I’ve already had five police come by and bother me today.

–14th & 5th

Overheard by: Casey

(cf. This guy.)

White guy #1: Dude, so I was like, moving in on this girl, and she was pruding. So she was saying, “I’m not that kind of girl, find someone else to hook up with.”
White guy #2: But you weren’t gonna let her off that easy.
White guy #1: Course not. So I’m like, “But I wanna hook up with you.” So then I’m like, “Wanna dance?” And she’s like, “Okay.” And then when we get on the dance floor, this girl who was like a total prude the entire time becomes a freak. She was just like rubbin’ up on my pee-pee and everything.
White guy #3: So you think you’re gonna hook up with her tonight?
White guy #1: Nah nah, the odds of her touching my pee-pee tonight are slim.

–Palladium, 14th Street

Overheard by: The Smut Gremlin

Roach coach guy: How was your trip?
Hipster girl: Oh good! But I didn’t go…

–31st & 6th

Overheard by: Stephanie Landry

Queer: When did this song come out?
DJ: I was in diapers.
Queer: That’s hot!
DJ: You think?
Queer: I won’t date guys in their thirties anymore. They’re so conservative.
DJ: Uh-huh.
Queer: I wanna be your daddy!
DJ: Put it on paper.

–Barrage, W. 47th Street

Overheard by: Nick Salvato