Guy #1: Hey man, do you want these chips?
Urchin boy: No.
Guy #2: I guess beggars can be choosers.
–23rd & 6th
Overheard by: Mathew J
Guy #1: Hey man, do you want these chips?
Urchin boy: No.
Guy #2: I guess beggars can be choosers.
–23rd & 6th
Overheard by: Mathew J
Eva Pigford: I’m even wearing a bra and I’m still cold.
–Madison between 28th & 29th
Chick #1: Yeah, and the grasshoppers caused Hurricane Katrina.
Chick #2: Did they really?
Chick #3: Right, of course they did.
–Fordham University, Rose Hill
Overheard by: hockeygurl
Guy #1: Would you like to sign a petition for the Marijuana Party?
Guy #2: Sure…So when’s the party?
–Irving Place & 15th
Overheard by: Amar
Guy #1: Well, to the west is Chelsea, down past 14th Street is the Village, uptown is Harlem, down past Houston is Soho; the Lower East Side is South past the Village.
Guy #2: What’s this area called?
Guy #1: I have no idea…
–15th & 2nd
Overheard by: Bucky Turco
Old tour man: This is Chelsea, where the homosexual male and homosexual female live. To the right you can spot an interesting haircut on that man. That’s called a Tommyhawk haircut.
–Gray Line bus, 14th & 7th
Overheard by: Hank Luxford
Old lady: I’m telling you: she’s allergic to snow!
–28th & Park
Overheard by: Eliot Glazer
Girl: Have some! Please!
Guy: Uh, no. I hate bananas.
Girl: Come on! This shit is bananas! B-a-n-a-n-a-s!
Guy: B-a-n-a-no.
–Chat ‘n’ Chew, East 16th Street
Girl #1: …and I went on the American Nazi Party website, and it’s–
Girl #2: I know! It’s hysterical.
–26th & Park
Overheard by: Kevin Stone
Woman: Are these shirts still buy one, get one free?
Cashier lady: Um, I have no idea. Let me check.
She goes check signs and asks managers.
Cashier lady: No, they’re not. I’m not sure they ever were buy one, get one free.
Woman: Oh, I was just kidding. I wanted to see what you would say. I figured it was worth a shot.
Cashier lady: Oh, well thanks for making me walk all over the store for no reason.
Woman: That’s how you get success, honey.
–The Gap, 18th & 5th
Sober black guy: Oh no, call the ambulance, white man down!
Drunk white guy: I know, I’m such a cracker!
–Lexington & 22nd
Overheard by: Zane Gould
Jewess: My roommate won’t let me use the oven because it hasn’t been made kosher yet.
Jew: Hey, just tell her we’d all be burned in the same oven. That’ll go over well.
–Flatiron Building office
