Woman: Hi!…Oh, I thought you were someone else.
Man: I am.
–52nd & Broadway
Overheard by: Mitch Mahan
Woman: Hi!…Oh, I thought you were someone else.
Man: I am.
–52nd & Broadway
Overheard by: Mitch Mahan
Girl: I think its a complete failure as an expression of ideology, but it is aesthetically pleasing.
Guy: What, circumcision?
Girl: No, Futurism.
–MoMA
Overheard by: Ian W.
Guy #1: So I had ex sex last night.
Guy #2: How was it?
Guy #1: Amazing as always, but now I’m fucked cause she’s gonna start calling me again.
Guy #2: Imagine that, you sleep with someone and then they call you…Crazy.
–1 train
Tween girl: Why isn’t she smiling?
Mom: Honey, the French gave her to us. Smiling is an American thing.
Dad: Listen to your mother, she knows a lot.
–Circle Line
Pizza guy: You can’t get a slice, man. Your money is fake
Dude: My money is real. I get it at the bank. Straight from the white man.
–Broadway Pizza, 27th & Broadway
HS girl #1: I saw on TV last night they were saying how you can bring people back from the dead.
HS girl #2: Uh, how dead?
HS girl #1: Like Hitler…
HS girl #3: That’s crazy. I read the Bible. You can not bring people back from the dead.
HS girl #2: Fool, they brought Jesus back from the dead.
–Health Opportunities High School, South Bronx
Bag lady: Could someone spare some change? My welfare was denied.
Crazy lady: Yeah, yeah, they denied mine the first time too. Get over it.
Man: Does anyone know how to get to–
Crazy lady: They aren’t listening, they aren’t going to talk to you. They can’t talk. They are all mute.
–F train
Tourist lady #1: Is this it?
Tourist lady #2: I think this is it.
Tourist lady #1: You’d think they’d have signs or something.
Tourist lady #2: Yeah, this must be it, though.
–Times Square
Fratboy: This one is awesome. Chicks love it….or, um, dudes, if you’re into that kind of thing.
Suit: I am, thank you.
Fratboy: Awesome. Good save, huh?
Suit: Yeah. Thanks for the recommendation.
Fratboy: Anytime.
–Vintage New York, 93rd & Broadway
Hobo #1: What flavors you got?
Clerk guy: We have regular, orange, raspberry, and vanilla.
Hobo #1: We’ll take vanilla.
Hobo #2: Vanilla? What are you, gay?
–Nizga Liquors, Avenue A
Overheard by: A. Sterling
