Man’s Best Friend

Chick #1: Oh my god, that girl just opened her mouth so wide she could swallow the world.
Chick #2: Seriously, I think she just swallowed me. And while I was in there, there were three children with me…and a lhasa apso.

–44th & 2nd

Man: Those are some fine-lookin’ sweaters!
Old lady: Do you like them? I made them, you know.
Man: You made those?
Old lady: I did.
Man: Do you think you could make one for him?
Old lady: I would be delighted!
Man: But, you know…I mean…like, for a boy chihuahua.

–11th & B

Overheard by: Stephanie Matthew-Diaz

Girl #1: What? What are you talking about? I’m talking about the Johnny Cash song, A Boy Named Sue!
Girl #2: And I’m talking about my dog being a cross-dresser.

–27th & 7th

Cop: How do you say “dog” in Spanish?
Starbucks guy: Perro.
Cop: Okay. How do you say “dog” in Mexican?
Starbucks guy: Usted es un idiota.

–Starbucks, 47th & 5th

Old lady #1: Oh, how awful! You cut your dog’s ears. How horrible! How’d you like to have your ears trimmed?
Old lady #2: I would.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Robert Hall

Lady: I was fighting with this guy and his dog was in the room; that dog bit me.

–Cobble Hill

Overheard by: d.luxxe

Announcement: Please do not disturb the canine dogs.

–Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Staten Island

Guy: My dog is so racist. She is scared of black people. But she also hates the black people of dogs.
Girl: What does that even mean?
Guy: Pugs.

–33rd & 8th

Girl: I heard on CNN today that this woman in France just received the first successful face transplant after she was mauled by her Labrador. They replaced like her whole nose and lips and chin or something.
Guy: Whoa.
Girl: I know!
Guy: I mean, I thought Labradors were, like, really friendly.

–19th & 8th

Overheard by: Lara P

Lady: My dog hates morbidly obese people.
Guy: That’s so cool.
Lady: I guess a fat person must’ve sat on her at the crackhouse where I found her.

–Tompkins Square Park