Bag lady: Can you spare some change?
Woman: No, I’m sorry.
Bag lady: Is that your boyfriend? Lose him.
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Husband.
Bag lady: Can you spare some change?
Woman: No, I’m sorry.
Bag lady: Is that your boyfriend? Lose him.
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Husband.
Tween girl on tour #1: This hallway smells like a hospital.
Tween girl on tour #2: Yeah, it reminds me of my mom’s wake.
Tween girl on tour #1: Yeah, mine too.
–NBC Studios, 30 Rock
Tourist man: Honey, is this Times Square?
Tourist wife: No, I think this is Union Square.
New Yorker: This is Herald Square. If you wanna go to Times Square, just walk north until you see all the lights and shit.
Tourist man: Thank you!
–33rd and 8th
Tween girl #1: I don’t understand why anyone would be pro-life.
Tween girl #2: Yeah, I’m gonna get my tubes tied once I’m old enough.
–16th & 2nd
Overheard by: alex duncan
Hipster girl: You know Mabel’s dead, right?
Hipster boy: [Snickers.]
–9th St & Ave B
Overheard by: Rebecca Katherine Hirsch
Headline by: troy
Runners-Up:
· “And hen I heard about 9/11 I laughed so hard the milk came out my nose” – David Reitmeyer
· “If I Knew You Were Going To Take That Attitude, I’d Never Have Named The Fetus” – ED
· “Stan never thought about the awkward exchange AFTER you put your girlfriend’s cat in the microwave” – alexcalibur
· “There are people named mabel who are still ALIVE?!” – mimi marquez
Mom: It’s not the holidays now.
Little girl: Why?
Mom: Holidays are only some of the time. The rest of the year, it’s
just regular days.
Little girl: Why?
Mom: ‘Cause that’s how God made it.
–Bryant Park
Overheard by: Angry Atheist
Trendy big black woman #1: Girl, did you see that woman?
Trendy big black woman #2: Hell yeah.
Trendy big black woman #1: Looks like she got dressed without instructions!
–McDonald’s, 34th & 5th
Overheard by: Joey Madison
Teen boy: What kind of trains are those?
Woman: They’re called the PATH. They go to places like New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Long Island.
Teen boy: How about Staten Island?
Woman: Whatchu wanna go there for?
–M101 bus
Overheard by: Kimberly Johnson
Old man #1: Would you like something to drink?
Old man #2: Sure, what is there?
Old man #1: Well, there is white wine and white wine.
Old man #2: I’ll take the white wine. What are you having?
Old man #1: White wine.
–Allan Stone Gallery, East 90th Street
Overheard by: Fatty McFingers
Guy #1: I’m thinking of doing bio-medical engineering.
Guy #2: Isn’t that where people create animals–
Guy #1: No, you dumbass film major.
–Hayden Hall Residence, Washington Square West
Overheard by: Calvin T.
