Old lady: … And he was so fed up with this other guy that he killed him.
Old man: Oh.
Passerby, shocked: You’re talking about a movie, right?
Old lady, confused: No.
–83rd & 1st
Overheard by: Wants the book rights first
Old lady: … And he was so fed up with this other guy that he killed him.
Old man: Oh.
Passerby, shocked: You’re talking about a movie, right?
Old lady, confused: No.
–83rd & 1st
Overheard by: Wants the book rights first
Dude #1: If I had money I’d eat there everyday.
Dude #2: If you had money I’d kill you and wear you like a pelt.
–Outside Walter Kerr Theater
Chick #1: I should go to sleep earlier. I want to, but for some reason I just can’t.
Chick #2, reading: Uh-huh.
Chick #1: I should also kill my roommate. I desperately want to, but I don’t think prison would agree with me. I don’t want to be someone’s bitch.
Chick #2, still reading: Uh-huh.
Chick #1: Are you even listening to me?
Chick #2, exasperated: What the hell do you want?!
–NYU
Dude fighting his way through crowd of tourists: Ugh, it’s like being in a video game. It’s like being in Asteroids!
Chick: Yeah, only you can’t shoot anybody, so it’s not as much fun.
–Rockefeller Center
Overheard by: Marizzle
Girl: What? It’s not so messed up. He wanted to kill him, because he killed his girlfriend.
Guy: Um…
Girl: What? If someone killed me, you wouldn’t want to kill him?
Guy: Well… There’s no way I’m getting out of this conversation well, is there?
–PATH train
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Dude #1: I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Dude #2: Ummm… Hmmm.
–F train
Girl: This friend of mine, her cat killed an endangered bird… in Germany. They had to bury it, like, three feet underground.
–Queens-bound E train
Overheard by: Collegiate Cutie
Dude on cell: I saw Tim Burton on an interview the other day, and I said to my cat, ‘Snicket, behold a man who has never yet combed his hair!’
–AMDA entrance
Overheard by: McKinley’s Friend
Girl: And her cat and my cat are, like, really close…
–BX26 bus
Guy: I mean, I don’t even eat cat…
–14th St & 5th Ave
Guy to friend: No, cocaine. Cats really like cocaine!
–Whole Foods, Union Square
Overheard by: Kerri
Hipster guy: So, in two days it’s going to be Friday the 13th. Let’s go kill someone!
Hipster chick: What?!
Hipster guy: Seriously, let’s go kill a hobo or something. Nobody would care!
–NYU Silver Center
Dude #1: So, you want to hear about my trip to Miami?
Dude #2: Yeah, why not — just let me order a bottle of J.D. first, then it will get really interesting!
Dude #1: Yeah, fuck Miami, let’s get dead drunk and plan a murder.
Dude #2: Seriously, who do you have to fuck to get drunk around here?
–Double Seven Bar, 418 W 14th St
Dude #1: You have to make a decision — between the girls you want to fuck, the girls you want to kill, and the girls you want to marry.
Dude #2: Yeah…
–East Houston
