Little girl with accent, pointing to picture of hot dog: Do you like hot dog?
Dad: No.
Little girl: Why? Because it's dog?
–Jackson Heights
Overheard by: Jobee
Little girl with accent, pointing to picture of hot dog: Do you like hot dog?
Dad: No.
Little girl: Why? Because it's dog?
–Jackson Heights
Overheard by: Jobee
Hobo: Wow! Your dog is skinny.
Woman: Well, we feed him but he doesn’t eat a lot and he gets a lot of exercise…
Hobo: No. That dog has AIDS.
–100th & Broadway
Woman on payphone: I totally woulda done it too, I woulda kicked her ass…I’m telling you if that bitch wasn’t pregnant I woulda killed her. So instead I just punched the bitch.
–19th & 6th
Overheard by: Kaitlyn Meehan
Producer: Hey, you look like a psychotic baby. Maybe you should grow a bit of the hair back and a bit of the goatee back.
–27th Street office
Pregnant girl: I’m gonna have me a big bottle of E&J mixed with Hennessy after I have my baby.
–Highbridge
Overheard by: Kaitlen
Man on cell: Are you crazy? She can’t control a six pound dog and you want her to have your baby?
–46th & 8th
Overheard by: Renee Florence
Woman: Dogs are supposed to sniff their trails. I mean, that’s what dogs do, right?
Man: Yes, but that was one stupid, stupid, unintelligent dog…
–Lexington & 59th
Fordham girl #1: Is your miniature poodle white?
Fordham guy #2: No, she’s dead. But yeah, she was white.
–60th & Columbus
Woman on cell: Oh yeah, I got the iPod, but he got the dog.
–Park & 57th
Lady on cell: So, I don’t know if I should get a coffee table or a dog…
–Stanton & Essex
Woman, about her dog: No, no one ever asks me if he’s ugly. I think he’s the most beautiful dog in the world. In fact, he looks exactly like Humphrey Bogart!
–25th & 7th
Asian chick on cell: … Haha, yeah… Well, I hope so! I mean, I had to sell my dog for it…
–107th & Broadway
Overheard by: Xiao Hoah Dze
Hipster girl to another: We should mate your dog with my cat.
–Hanover Square & Water St
Guy in puffy coat to NYU student: Hey, you — you wanna buy a puppy? [Opens coat revealing puppy.] It’s cheap.
–Union Square
Overheard by: The Meganator
Student: Are all furry animals primates?
Anthropology teacher: Is your dog a primate?
Student: No.
Anthropology teacher: Is a rat a primate?
Student: No.
Anthropology teacher: Is the stuff that gets stuck in your drain a primate?
–Brooklyn Tech
Overheard by: Julie
Queer #1, stopping at store window: I don’t know. Should I? Well, actually, can I go in?
Queer #2: Sure you can. They let dogs in. Why can’t you go in with a cigarette?
–The Village
Conductor: Tickets, please. Oh, wow, is that a parrot?
Lady with parrot on her shoulder: Yes, it is. I take him out every mother's day to see my parents. He's on a leash, though, and won't make any noise.
Conductor: Okay, no problem. There's actually a cat in the next car and a dog in the one after that.
Parrot lady's kid: A cat in the next car?! Cats eat birds. One animal per car!
Conductor, deadpan: I've got bad news for you, kid–there's more animals on this car than just that parrot.
Casual observer, not looking up from his paper: Truer words have never been spoken.
–Metro North
