Drunk: They’re, like, Mafia terrorists! …but they’re French.
–Divine Bar West
Overheard by: Megan Buckley
Drunk: They’re, like, Mafia terrorists! …but they’re French.
–Divine Bar West
Overheard by: Megan Buckley
Guy #1: God, I hate the Heebs. How can I join Hezbollah?
Guy #2: Shut the fuck up, man! The government probably heard that!
–4 train, 86th St
Overheard by: waiting for a sniper to take him out
Preacher woman: They say, if you see something, say something — if you see a suspicious package, say something! Well, Hell is a suspicious package!
Commuter: Since it’s about a hundred and forty degrees down here, I’d say this was Hell. Who can I speak to about it?
−−2÷3 station, Fulton St
Overheard by: Karen Maria
TSA guard #1: You’re new here, right?
TSA guard #2: Yeah. I worked at the Gap before, so this is different.
–JFK
Passenger: There’s something wrong at the UN so I have to go in and fix it.
–F train, Carroll St
Overheard by: confused grad student
Girl #1: Will you stop staring up at the buildings? You look like a terrorist.
Girl #2: Uh…
Girl #1: Tourist. I mean tourist.
–53rd & 6th
Old mom: 9⁄11 was 3 years ago, wasn’t it?
Aging daughter: No, 9⁄11 happened 5 years ago.
Old mom: Really?
Aging daughter: Yeah… but I wish it was 3 years ago, ’cause that would mean I’d be younger.
–E train
Overheard by: Sierra Smith
Cop #1: When I’m fucking a cunt, I like to hurt it. You like to hurt a cunt when you’re fucking it?
Cop #2: Yeah. What do I give a fuck? It ain’t my cunt.
–Police Plaza
Overheard by: Steve Bookocki
Guy: Did you see that woman? She looked at us like she’d never seen a black man before.
–NYU College of Dentistry elevator, East 24th Street
Dowager: Today was the first day I took a Celebrex since the pogo stick thing.
–Park & 60th
Overheard by: Frank Laser
