People

Woman: So how was the blind date?
Man: Ugh, you know. He’s tall, white, and a vegan. The same as every man in this world.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Mike Drucker

Little girl: But I’m not on line for Harry Potter; I want to go to the bathroom!

–Barnes & Noble, Astor Place

Chick: The problem with reading is that you can’t do it when you’re fucked up.

–31st & 2nd

Woman on cell: I’m so, like, a vegetarian, for real you know? But only, like, on Wednesdays.

–Williamsburg

Overheard by: Angela

Guy on cell: Dude did so much K that he turned into Terri Schiavo.

–Union Square

Chick: I know this guy who’s perfect for you…he’s a complete idiot.

–Columbia University

Guy: Wow, I didn’t even know things existed here.

–Port Authority, 2nd Floor

Guy: Well at one point he took off his boots, a while later tried to put them back on. I told him that they were the wrong feet. Then he looked at me and said, “No…these are my feet.”

–Hank’s Saloon, Brooklyn Heights

Overheard by: Kimberly Handle

Yuppie #1: She had a great rack.
Yuppie #2: Couldn’t have been real.
Yuppie #1: Yeah, no way.
Yuppie #2: So you’re a rack guy, huh?
Yuppie #1: Nah, I’m an ass.

–18th & 5th

Overheard by: Debl Way

Woman: You know, on 9/11 I was the only person in lower Manhattan who wasn’t coughing and tearing up. My husband, he had a handkerchief over his mouth and all the visine and shit and I was like, “Bring it on! This tastes good!” You know why? ‘Cause I’m a smoker.

–MSG elevator

A suit drops his cell phone on the sidewalk and yells: Fuck!
Tourist dad: Oh my, did you hear what that man said in public?
Tourist mom: And this is the exact reason why I don’t want you to move to New York!

–71st & Amsterdam

Overheard by: Ellen

Lady: I come here every weekend. It’s my church.

–Manhattan Mall women’s bathroom

Overheard by: Dolly Lowenstein

Guy: She became a Republican to spite our father.

–Whole Foods, Columbus Circle

Woman: I really hate Bush. I can’t stand him. The world would be such a better place if he just died…But then there’s Cheney…

–6 train

Drunk guy: You wait right here, I’m going home to get my gun, I’ll be right back!

–23rd between 8th & 9th

Guy: This is the guy I got arrested with in San Antonio for pissing on the Alamo.

–LES party

Overheard by: Caz

Man #1: So what are you going to do this weekend?
Man #2: I thought we could go to my farm and you could ride my tractor.
Man #1: Oh yeah, that sounds great.

–Midtown elevator

Overheard by: Max Seddon

Girl #1: Stop coughing! Who the fuck do you think you are?
Girl #2: John Lennon.
Girl #1: No. You’re not.

–6th Avenue & 11th Street

Private School boy: Mummy, will you sing the song?!
Mummy: When I see a hearse go by, then I know the next to die

–Astoria