Park Slope

Girl on cell: It's 111 Columbus. No, Columbus as in the guy who discovered the world.

–Houston & Broadway

Guy to group: Napoleon is the funniest guy ever!

–Fordham University, Bronx

Overheard by: Krisztina

Hipster: Europe is cool, you know, because the towns are like soil samples when you look at them. You can pull the historical soil sample and see the layers of crustaceans and stuff.

–Party, Park Slope

20-something girl to friends: Mix tapes are like a little piece of history.

–Park Slope, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Jo King

Male professor: Remember for your papers, John Brown was hanged, not hung. He might have been hung too but that is a different topic.

–Fordham University

Overheard by: Go Rams!

Man #1: …and on the top floor, they sell condos.
Man #2: What is that, like a building?

–Park Slope

Overheard by: jbay

Hippie guy #1: You know, I bet you could go your whole life without really needing to brush your teeth.
Hippie guy #2: Dude…totally.

–Prospect Park Bandshell

Overheard by: Dan S.

Girl to another: And she went to get into her car. I was like "you'd better get out of here or I'm gonna fuck you up." And she was all slamming the door and stopping over to me. And I was all in her face and bitch-slapped her. Well, that last part might have been a dream. But then she got into her car and left.

–NY Central Library

Overheard by: amused

Woman on cell: Hi, Annie! How are you? (pause) I'm going to get my ass kicked by a very big black man.

–Park Slope

Suit on cell: If you don't stop hanging up on me, I will kick you in the throat.

–Times Square

Guy on cell, very loudly: Yeah, but, so nobody knows about it except me and the other guys in the fight club.

–21st St & Broadway

Overheard by: Alex

20-something girl: And then she chloroformed me. (pause) I said that too loud.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Russ

12-year-old boy: I don’t know why people would pay $2 for a bottle of water. You know, EVIAN spelt backwards is N-A-I-V-E.

— To his friend, in Prospect Park

Chick: I think a lot about solitary confinement. Like, what would I do all day?

–The Gate, Park Slope

Indie kid: I’m a big Steve Albini fan. He’s to garage rock what Phil Spector is to Motown.

–Party, Park Slope

Man: What do you give a 16 year old Republican besides a kick in the teeth?

–Barnes & Nobles, Park Slope

Younger sister: Carrie! Carrie! Carrie! I saw Justin Bieber over there!
Older sister: Justin Bieber sucks.
Younger sister: Yeah, Justin Bieber sucks…

–Park Slope

Guy: She *is* stupid. But in this unbelievably sexy way, so you don't even care.

–10th St & 3rd Ave

16-year-old black girl, about Shia LaBeouf: He's the sexiest white boy. I'm gonna rape his ass.

–Battery Park

Teen girl on cell: I would never have sexy mushrooms in front of my mom.

–Time Warner Center

Overheard by: Scott

20-something girl on cell: Nah, I won't play second bitch! She's just mad because I always look nice and keep my sexy up.

–Park Slope