On the Subway

Guy, about subway preacher’s Bible-thumping: Well, I’m converted. I don’t know about the rest of you. Fucking bastard…

–F train, Rockefeller Center

Drunk guy: Do you dare me to lick this pole?
Girl: I don’t have my camera on me, so not right now. Maybe some other time.

–Queens-bound F train

15-year-old drunk girl: I wanna fuck someone. Let’s find a Mexican for me.
15-year-old drunk guy: Dude, you’re gonna get me killed!
15-year-old drunk girl: I can’t see straight. Where are we?
15-year-old drunk guy: I don’t know.

–G train

Overheard by: Andrew

Chick #1: Oh my god! You have Sonic the Hedgehog on your phone?! I used to love his partner. What was her name? Oh, yeah, it was ‘Tails’!
Chick #2: Yeah, they used to call me that at my old job.
Chick #1: They used to call you ‘Sonic’ at work?
Chick #2: They used to call me ‘Tails,’ not ‘Sonic,’ motherfucker.

–L train

Overheard by: yooo nellehh!!!

Blonde WASP: Yeah, and Kristen’s hot!
Brunette WASP: But only once you get to know her…
Blonde WASP: Yeah, you’re totally right… She kinda looks like Marilyn Manson.
Brunette WASP: Oh my god, it’s true! But in a hot way.
Blonde WASP, later on: He totally had to get a septuplet bypass.
Brunette WASP: That sounds so bad.
Blonde WASP: Yeah, they take veins from your leg! He was so fat.

–N train

Overheard by: JayTro

Chick: They just hate me so much. I bet they were so happy when we broke up last spring.
Dude: Yeah, they took me out to dinner.

–2 train

Girl #1: Doesn’t it turn you on when two guys kiss?
Girl #2: Um… No… Not really…
Girl #1: … Oh, yeah… Me neither…

–6 train

Black woman #1: Who’s that big girl in your store?
Black woman #2: [Laughs.]Black woman #1: She is really big! And she looks young, too.
Black woman #2: [Nods head.]Black woman #1: How old is she?
Black woman #2: Twenty-two.
Black woman #1: Get the fuck outta here! She is too big. She needs a transplant or something.

–L train

Overheard by: John

Woman: Damn, girl, I wanna get a nice coffin, and I can’t be all hanging out and shit.
Friend: That’s so true! When I leave, I wanna leave with a bang. I’m gonna get my nails done, and my ears did…

–5 train

Overheard by: ears did?

Hobo, singing: If you want my body, and you think I’m sexy, baby won’t you tell me so?
Tourist woman: You go, girl!
Hobo: Yo! I’m a guy!

–R train