Girl: I still don’t understand the definition of emo.
Boy: It’s more emotional than other music.
Girl: Oh, please, everything is emotional. My face? Emotional.
–27th & 3rd
Overheard by: A. Pincus
Girl: I still don’t understand the definition of emo.
Boy: It’s more emotional than other music.
Girl: Oh, please, everything is emotional. My face? Emotional.
–27th & 3rd
Overheard by: A. Pincus
Excited suit: … So it was like ‘Bang, bang, bang!’ A whole gang of managers was driving the stock down!
60-something suit: Hmmm. Gangbang?
–200 Park Ave
Overheard by: Can’t Believe I Butt Her
Man: There are always two sides to every conversation.
Woman: Yes, but there’s always a right side and a wrong side.
–34th & 5th
Chick #1: Where’s your tooth?
Chick #2: In my shoe.
–18th & 4th
Girl #1: When I first met my boyfriend, I wasn’t that into him.
Girl #2: Yeah, but there wasn’t an 11-year age difference between you two!
Girl #1: But he was German! That’s comparable!
–40th & Park
Overheard by: Kamilla
Little old Jewish lady #1: So that Moses — who was his mother? Why’d they put him in that basket, anyway?
Little old Jewish lady #2: I think it was because they were going to kill him… Something like that.
Little old Jewish lady #1: It’s so sad when loving families break up like that. They should’ve given him to a cousin.
–Chinese restaurant, 16th & 3rd
Overheard by: ysabet
Girlfriend: Come on, I really wanna see that movie about Jane Austen.
Boyfriend: She was the one that lived with the chimpanzees, right?
Girlfriend: No, that was Jane Seymour.
–38th & Lex
Man: So what do you think of the name I-lizabeth?
Woman: It’s not I-lizabeth, it’s ‘Ilizabeth.’
Man: I know. Elizabeth with an I. That’s so stupid.
Woman: What business is it of yours what they name their baby?
Man: I’m here and I’m aware of it, so I’m voicing my opinion. Spelling a name wrong is stupid. I guess they think it’s cute, but it’s gonna be a burden on that kid her whole life.
Woman: Why don’t you just shut up and keep your opinions to yourself?
Man: Well, then don’t invite me to these fucking parties where people make their stupidity public.
Woman: Just do me a favor — eat and keep your mouth shut until you leave.
–Baby-naming party, E 34th & 2nd
Overheard by: Big Larry
Black guy on stoop: Hey, baby, you got Medicaid?
Black lady passerby: I got black pussy!
–17th St, between 3rd & 4th Ave
Cop #1, to hobo: You don’t have a home, but you have a lawyer.
Cop #2: That’s fantastic!
–29th & Lex
