Museum of Natural History

Girl on cell: … That basically means your mother’s a whore.

–WaMu Bank, Staten Island

Overheard by: staten’s most hated

Guy: My mom was yelling at me, and at that moment I became aware of my consciousness. I mean, I really became aware of my being! I was at the top of the stairs, just thinking about the universe. That’s when I knew I really existed.

–Westway Diner

Thug: I’m gonna smack my mother’s monkey!

–Union Square

Overheard by: confabulation Nation

Employee on intercom: Yo’ mama, call extension 319*. Yo’ mama, 319.

–TJ Maxx, 6th Ave

Punk rocker to punk girlfriend: My mother knows what you are.

–11th & 1st

Young boy skipping by elevators, singing: Step on a crack and you break your mother’s back… [Begins stomping] Take that, mother! And that, mother! And that, mother…!

–Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: SBS

Hipster guy: It’s so weird, because I’m a musician and a health freak!
Hipster girl: Oh, I know exactly what you mean.

–Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: A cute Asian girl :)

Bimbette #1: … And the pyramids! It’s like, you know, a total miracle! They’re huge! How did they build them without modern day cranes and stuff?
Bimbette #2: Yeah, I know, it’s… mystical! And the same thing with Eiffel Tower. I went to Paris last year, and that thing is just so high! Really, how did they manage to build something like that without equipment?!

–Museum of Natural History

Girlfriend: Check it out. It’s an ancient sea cow.
Boyfriend: Whoa. If it’s a cow, can you milk it?

–Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: Ms. Hazard

Little kid: I was born in India!
Older brother: No you weren’t.
Little kid: Oh… The stupidness is coming back.

–Asian Peoples wing, Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: Lara

Guy: Wow, a head on a stick! That’s so cute.
Girl: We should soo take a picture with it.

–Museum of Natural History

Brooklyn guy: All I’m sayin’ is it goes without sayin’.

–Brooklyn bound D train

Overheard by: Robert Barry Francos

Hoochie on cell: I don’t want that. I’m looking for sauce. Sauce sauce sauce sauce sauce! S-A-U-S-C-E. Sauce!

–Waldbaum’s, Whitestone, Queens

Overheard by: Liz the Overheardista

Teen girl: Do you think Christmas will ever be on Friday the 13th?

–Times Square

Woman in elevator: She said 13…Where’s 13? What the… fuck? There’s no 13. Should I press 12? Or 14? What?…She said 13. Well I’ll just press both.

–22nd & Broadway

Overheard by: staring at the button for 13

Elderly woman, regarding painting: Would you look at the detail he put into this. It almost looks two dimensional.

–The Met

Overheard by: s.gothman

Tween boy: Did the dinosaurs come before or after Bible times?

–Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: Omg! He did not just ask that!

Woman: Is there a specific exhibit you’d like to see?
Man: Yeah, I want to see the dinosaurs!

–The Met

Overheard by: Susie

Mother: I’m pretty thirsty, honey. Are you thirsty?
Little girl: I’m not thirsty. I’m thirsty for toys!

–Museum of Natural History