Lady lawyer: Hey, what animal year are you?
Boy attorney #1: The monkey, I think.
Boy attorney #2: Dude, chimpanzees freak me out after seeing Outbreak.
Boy attorney #1: That was a monkey, not a chimpanzee.
Lady lawyer: The thing I don’t like about monkeys is their butts.
–Office, East 45th Street
Man #1: Hey, did you hear they’re remaking The Poseidon Adventure?
Man #2: Really? Are they going to get anyone from the original? Is Shelley Winters in it?
Man #3: Yeah. She plays the boat.
–Film Forum, Houston Street
Overheard by: JP
Girl #1: Is there a movie version of Catcher in the Rye?
Girl #2: No, but a lot of films based on the concept.
Girl #3: I have always been so attracted to that character.
–M27 bus
Girl: I want to see that.
Guy: What’s it about?
Girl: The war in Europe.
–West 4th Street station
Punk guy: You know somethin’? I could have been home right now, watching Gremlins.
–2nd Avenue between 6th & 7th
Overheard by: Tibbie X
