Woman: I saw this cute change purse in the store; it was made entirely of zippers. Isn’t that a great idea?
Man: Oh wow…Could you open it?
–Q train
Woman: I saw this cute change purse in the store; it was made entirely of zippers. Isn’t that a great idea?
Man: Oh wow…Could you open it?
–Q train
Hoochie #1: What the fuck comes first, “o” or “p”?
Hoochie #2: Um… (pause) “o”?
–1 Train
Overheard by: EthanK
Girl #1: We were late ’cause he was looking at himself. Just looking at himself. I go in, and he’s checking himself in the mirror, making faces, and I get all mad at him, and he’s like, ‘What?!’
Girl #2: He must be really into himself. Men don’t do that.
Girl #1: He is good-looking, though.
–6 Train
Dude: Her kids listen to nothin’ but classical music. Every time they turn on the radio: classical music, and they smart as hell. I said, “Don’t they watch no cartoons?!”. I turn on Cartoon Network, they got a woman wearing a bikini, turns into a superhero at night! That and Spongebob. And look at Beyonce! Everytime you see her, you see her skin!
–1 train
Overheard by: Josie
Young woman: Excuse me, is there any more room for you all to move in?
The passengers just laughed at her as the doors closed.
–A train, 86th St. station (The day after the fire)
Guy: I do know a lot about plastic compounds. I think I could perform basic dentistry. I mean all they do is drill a little and then put some goo in your teeth, right?
–1/9 train
Overheard by: Jason Strom
(Another reader overheard it a little differently.)
Dad to whiny three-year-old daughter: And now you're going to try and manipulate me by crying.
–186th St & Ft. Washington Ave
Girl to friends: That's just the way the world is. You don't see me cryin' whenever someone calls me a fat bitch or a short bitch or an ugly bitch…
–23rd & 8th
15-year-old boy: Yo, I'd cry if that happened to me, but I'm just sensitive like that.
–A Train
Overheard by: pop pop
Girl: And then you know I take out my yo-yo and start dancing. And then you know I'm multi-tasking! I'm yo-yoing, dancing and crying all at the same time!
–LaGuardia High School
Woman on cell: Alex, stop crying. Stop crying. What about the breadsticks, were there at least breadsticks?
–34th & 6th
Fat chick: So I’m at the movies yesterday and you know how I like to put my things on the seat next to me? And this blanquita wants to put her things in the same seat. So I’m like, whateva. So the movie ends and the blanquita is like, “Oh my God, my purse is still here!” You believe that shit? That bitch think that because I’m Latina, I’m just gonna steal her shit! So I got mad fuckin’ ghetto, I’m like, “Bitch, I’m not like that! And you should not be like, thinkin’ that like all Hispanics are like that!” Bitch got the nerve to say to me, “Well, I’ve been robbed before.” And I told that bitch, “Oh well, good for you; you lucky I’m in a good mood today ’cause I woulda robbed you and smiled at you while doin’ it!”
–L train
Overheard by: Reverend Ricky
Teen geek #1: I need a passport.
Teen geek #2: What for? You don't go to other countries.
Teen geek #1: I went to Canada!
Teen geek #2: Canada?! Canada doesn't count!
Teen geek #1: Canada totally counts! If you go to the French part, they speak French and stuff.
–F Train
Overheard by: jayloo who burst out laughing
Tween girl #1: So did you pick London for question #7?
Tween girl #2: Yeah, I think so. I think I did really well.
Tween girl #1: Yeah, me too. I just hope we don’t have to take the test again.
Tween girl #2: Why would we have to take it again?
Tween girl #1: Well, if they get three or more lawsuits, they have to give everybody the test again.
Tween girl #2: But if they give it again, won’t we know the answers? Are you saying they give us the 8th grade test?
Tween girl #1: No, they give us the 7th grade test.
Tween girl #2: So won’t everyone know the answers?
Tween girl #1: No, I think they give us next year’s 7th grade test, so we wouldn’t know the answers.
–1 train
Overheard by: Starbuck Venice
