Manhattan

Dude on cell: She was a size 16 before the baby, but now she’s a 32. She went from Kermit the Frog to Snuffleupagus!…What size are you?

–Staten Island Ferry

Guy #1: Did you hear? The Yankees just bought the Boston Red Sox logo. Now the Red Sox can’t use it anymore; they’ve got to come up with a different one. They did it just to piss off the Red Sox.
Guy #2: For real?
Guy #1: No.

–NY Health & Racquet Club, East 57th Street

Girl #1: So I got that, like, Wal-stat stuff. Whatever the generic brand of Monistat is.
Girl #2: Dude, don’t skimp when it comes to your vagina. That’s an area where you really want quality.
Girl #1: Says the girl who slept with John!

–1020 Bar, 110th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: djlindee

Man: I am living the American dream — I am unemployed, I wake up and play Xbox, and the state pays me! I am going to stay unemployed for as long as possible.
Hobo: The state pays you to not work? Shit, son, what am I doing wrong?

–W 51st & 11th

Guy to three cute girls: You’re the best looking gay guys I’ve seen all day!

–Christopher & Bedford

Chick to dude: You could wear a dress if you wanted to.

–Broadway

Abercrombie tot: Wait, you can’t carry a boy dog in a purse. That’s unnatural!

–Penn Station

Tween girl to friends: No, she’s a boy now and she looks gay.

–Staten Island Ferry

Overheard by: R

Cute brunette: Who am I, forcing your lovers into a male-female dichotomy? I am terrible!

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Wild Dog Boy

Hobo: Spare some change, miss?
Hipster girl: I have some food. It’s still warm, you want it?
Hobo: No, thanks. I’m on a special diet. I don’t eat food.

–10th & Broadway

Overheard by: Anna Wolinsky

Queer #1: So when he showed up I was surprised because he was kinda gangsta.
Queer #2: Ok, so what’s wrong with that?
Queer #1: Well, I guess I should have expected it because his profile said he was from the Bronx… but I mean you can still be from the Bronx and be Americanized.

–Union Square East

Girl: He had so much damn earwax!
Guy: Girl, I know… Sleeping with boys like that is just so awkward.

–The Hudson Hotel

Teenage girl: I really admire immigrants…even though most of them are criminals.

–Times Square

Overheard by: intern