Men

A man is stumbling down the street. He trips, falls hard and hits his head on the ground.

Guy: Sir, excuse me, are you okay? You just fell really hard.
Man: …Fuck you.

–14th & 6th

Overheard by: The L0rdz

Governor Pataki: Go out and study hard so you don’t get a bad exam on your grades.

–Cantor Film Center, East 8th Street

Overheard by: StyX

Man #1: The Tet Offensive was just confusing.
Man #2: Not really. I understood it completely.
Man #1: Well, let me use an analogy: it would be like if tomorrow, we went into Baghdad and removed all the troops. Is that how it was?
Man #2: Maybe; I don’t know what analogy means.

–Washington Place & 6th

Overheard by: Gradie Smith

Filthy man: You three ladies know this dude?
Girl #1: Uh, yeah.
Filthy man: Oh. Okay. ‘Cause I was about to pull out my AK47 and shoot him dead.

The elevator stops.

Filthy man: You all have a nice night.

–Hotel Carter, West 43rd Street

Overheard by: onesong

Girl: When we were younger, we totally took for granted the fun in playing Spin the Bottle…I would love to play now but it wouldn’t be the same.
Man: Yeah, playing now would just end with an abortion two months later.
Girl: Ugh.

–Broadway & 46th

Overheard by: Jeff Rigby

Guy: Is this where I get off?
Girl #1: No, 34th Street is next stop.
Guy: I wouldn’t know these things. I’m a tourist.
Girl #2: No you’re not!
Guy: I’m a tourist…from Queens.

–R train

Overheard by: Dani_Nisa

Man: So you went to the Champs Elysee in Paris?
Woman: Yeah, it was cool. Kinda like Madison Avenue, just smaller…

–Frank, 2nd Avenue

Overheard by: Englishman in NY

Man: Why would anyone ever give a clown money?

–76th & 3rd

Overheard by: Val

Man: You say Pataki, I say bukkake.

–40th & 7th

Overheard by: Derek P

White man: Yeah, and he has that puppet. I’m not sure if it’s a hand puppet or the kind with strings, but man, that shit used to fuck me up.

–Houston & Varick

Overheard by: Eve’s droppings

Tourist man #1: We can probably find it at a Wal-Mart.
Tourist man #2: Yeah, Wal-Mart.
Tourist man #1: So let’s just keep walking until we find one. Keep your eyes open.
Tourist man #3: Well, in any case, we shouldn’t keep standing here on this corner looking at this map. We’ll get mugged.

–30th & 7th