On the Subway

Little boy: My favorite part of the game is when I get to kill, but you only get to kill other people in the wilderness.

–1 train

Overheard by: STD

Little girl: Don’t pull my hair!
Mom: I wasn’t! I was just holding on.
Little girl: To my hair?

–D train

Guy#1: “Roosevelt Island”. Is this the same as Roosevelt Avenue?
Girl: I don’t know. Maybe.
Guy #1: Let’s try it.
Guy #2: You don’t want to get off here. Roosevelt Avenue is later.
Guy #1: Thanks. You know, I hear New Yorkers are mean but so far I’ve only met nice ones.

–F train

White girl: Since I quit, I have been blowing out the biggest boogers in the mornings.
Black guy: Boogers? I been blowin’ moons. Like the moons of Jupiter.

–1 Train

Woman: It’s about an old depressed cat and her friends put her in a tire and shoot her to heaven.

–R train

Overheard by: Misha Lonergan

Woman: Once in a store, a guy left his bag on the floor and I snatched his wallet right out of it.
Man: Boy, you sure are lucky.
Woman: I know, I took the money and bought me a TV.

–A train

Girl #1: I’ve been eating really good foods.
Girl #2: What about all of that yogurt in your fridge? You have like six containers of it.
Girl #1: It’s okay, they don’t expire until January of ’07.
Girl #2: That means January 7th, dumbass.

–L train

Overheard by: Glynnis O

Guy: Stop being such a Debbie Downer.
Girl: Stop watching such shitty tv shows.

–Q train

Little girl #1: He took out everything after we bought the house. The refrigerator, the stove, the toilet…
Little girl #2: Was he Korean? I mean, I’m Korean but that sounds so Korean.
Little girl #1: Nah, he was Italian.
Little girl #2: Koreans, Italians, French…no difference.

–Flushing

White guy: Dude, I’m going to be the only non-Asian at this party.
Asian guy: No, man, there are going to be tons of Koreans there.

–6 train

Overheard by: Elisabeth

Lady: A lot of people came off this train. Why aren’t you people moving in?
Guy: There’s a baby stroller in the back.
Lady: Well, they should move it. Move it over to the side!
Guy: Move a tiny infant baby? Everybody, look! This lady right here is the Antichrist! Move the baby? You the Antichrist!

–6 train