Oprah, to Hitman: Yeah, She’s About Eight, Eight and a Half. Blonde Hair, Green Eyes…

Little girl: Mom, look! I saw that lady on TV! That lady is on TV!
Mom: What lady? Where?
Little girl: That fat lady! That fat lady over there is on TV!

–Dinosaur BBQ, W 131st St

Overheard by: Alison R.

Posted on July 6, 2006
Diet/Weight, Fat People, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Kids, Manhattan, Moms, Parents, Pop Culture, Restaurants & Cafes, TV

A Soundtrack of Tinny Audio Leakage From Sixteen Million Earbuds

Boy #1: Damn it! I forgot my iPod.
Boy #2: Don’t worry. The city is a soundtrack in itself.

–44th & Broadway

Overheard by: Liz

Posted on July 2, 2006
iPod, Manhattan, Only in New York, Times Square

But It’s Just About Good Enough for an Open Casket

Annoyed friend: Yeah, I like what you did with your hair. Seriously, it’s a nice look for you.
Vain guy: Thanks. You know, I’m always amazed at how a good haircut can drive away the usual enthusiasm for suicide.
Annoyed friend: Hold on. It doesn’t look that good.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Jeremiah

Posted on June 30, 2006
Beauty, Manhattan, Suicide, Union Square and East Village

If I Were Adam Sandler I Would Have Asked Satan for My Soul Back Circa Mr. Deeds

Man: Wow, you’re here already? That was quick.
Woman: Yeah, if I was Adam Sandler I would have said, “That was click!”

–West 44th St

Overheard by: Tomer Langberg

Posted on June 30, 2006
About Celebrities, Celebrities, Manhattan, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Movies, People, Places, Pop Culture, Topics, Women

I Get a Helmeting for Each Party I Refer to Them

Six young guys are trying to check into the Hotel Chelsea late on Saturday night of Pride Weekend.

Desk clerk: Two beds for four men, not six! Not six men for two beds. [Pause] That’s a different hotel!

–Hotel Chelsea, W. 23rd St

Posted on June 29, 2006
Business and Commerce, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Clerks, Gays and Lesbians, Hotels, Manhattan, Parades & Festitivites, People, Places, Queers, Topics, Tourism, Travel, Venues

That Explains the Boots but Not the Crop

College girl: Oh. Did you use to ride horses as a kid?
Jappy guy: No. I’m just rich

–12th & 5th

Overheard by: Mehler

Posted on June 25, 2006
Animals & Nature, Jews, Manhattan, Money & Class, People, Places, Questions, Sorority Girls, Students, Thanks, Long Island! (Male JAPs), Topics, Union Square and East Village, Yeaaahhh College!

Now We Understand Her Choice of Boyfriends

Girl on cell: Oh my god, I’ve been having the shittiest day today. No, it has nothing to do with our conversation this morning. Listen, believe it or not, I can have a shitty day that has nothing to do with you…Ugh, I have no idea why I called you. [hangs up] My fucking dad. I can’t even get a sympathy “it’s all rainbows and bunnies” phone-hug from him!

–Union Square W & 15th

Overheard by: someone who knows how she feels

Posted on June 23, 2006
Anger Management, Dads, Manhattan, On Cell, Parents, People, Places, Topics, Union Square and East Village

I Bet It Was an HMO

Guy #1: So when I started telling him my feelings on the Iraq war, he rolled over to me in his wheelchair and started cursing me out. He was going on about his time in Vietnam and how there are things about war I’ll never understand.
Guy #2: That sucks.
Guy #1: I was like, “Whoa. You’re my shrink! I’m paying you to listen to me!”
Guy #2: Seriously.
Guy #1: Well, at least the co-pay was only $15. But anyway, I’m definitely not going back to him.

–Von, Bleecker & Elizabeth

Overheard by: Blondie