Ranting woman: We should be boycotting products from all those big corporations like Microsoft, and General Motors, and Nike, and–
Hobo: Shut the fuck up before the corporation gets to you and tortures you to death.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Ting
Deli guy: Getting some beers?
Customer guy: Yup. Three for me and one for my dog.
–Bodega, Amsterdam & 109th
Guy: Oh my god, no art is worth this. I don’t care if I get to blow Picasso, I’m not waiting in this line.
–75th & Park
Overheard by: Long John
Woman #1: So, your vagina’s open, right?
Woman #2: …yeah.
Woman #1: And there’s a smell.
Woman #2: Um.
Woman #1: And it’s a very personal smell!
–Broadway & Waverly
Guy on cell: Yeah, I spoke to Jack Black about it… right, yeah. I think he’ll do just about anything at this point. [pause] Jack Black. Jack Black. [pause] Oh, Jack White. Jack Black is the comedian. Yeah.
–Starbucks, 51st & Broadway
Overheard by: Jim
Girl #1: What did she just say?
Girl #2: She said “quesadilla”.
Girl #1: Huh?
Girl #2: It’s Latin.
–AMC Empire 25, West 42nd Street
Gay man: Have you ever smelled your ass, after you buttfuck?
–18th & 6th
Overheard by: Dana
Guy: Have you ever been to D.C. before?
Girl: Yeah I used to go there and go to museums all the time for spring break because I’m not a, you know, go-to-Mexico-and-get-date-raped kind of person.
–119th & 2nd
Overheard by: epsd101
Chick: Hi, how much are these?
Vendor hippie: Ten, or two for 18.
Chick: Oh.
Vendor hippie: Yea, on Macdougal they sell them cheaper, but they’re made by Chinese kids who make one-fifty an hour. Capitalist bastards.
Chick: Oh. Are you going to be here tomorrow?
Vendor hippie: Well, tomorrow it’s going to rain, and then for the next fifteen days the government is paying me to take ecstasy and play on the computer while they observe me.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Emily Leonard
Guy: Ooh, actuarial, eh? That’s like birds, right?
–Silver Center, Washington Square East
Overheard by: Chirag Shah
