Man #1: Yo! You just picked your nose! You’re not gonna wash your hands first?
Man #2: Why? It’s not like I picked your nose.
–24 Prince, Prince Street
Overheard by: Steve D
Man #1: Yo! You just picked your nose! You’re not gonna wash your hands first?
Man #2: Why? It’s not like I picked your nose.
–24 Prince, Prince Street
Overheard by: Steve D
Girl: Why do I have to die, why can’t you die?
Guy: No.
Girl: Well…that’s not fair.
–Fordham University, Rose Hill
Overheard by: Joe
Old man: You are the most beautiful woman in the world.
Girl: Aw, thanks!
Guy: She has crabs!
–Times Square 1/2/3 station
Overheard by: Meaghan Stefaniak
Guy #1: What can I say? I’m a sucker for orphan stories.
Guy #2: Or something.
Guy #1: Think about it: I loved Lemony Snicket, Party of Five, Diff’rent Strokes, Star Wars.
Guy #2: Yeah. Wait. Luke wasn’t an orphan.
Guy #1: Well, he sort of was, spiritually.
–34th between 7th & 8th
Overheard by: cityhick
Asian girl: I really like sleep sex.
White girl #1: What’s that?
Asian girl: You know, when you’re sleeping and you wake up and you’re having sex. Sleep sex.
White girl #2: You mean getting raped?
–1st Avenue & 9th Street
Little boy: Dad, will you remember me tomorrow?
Dad: Of course.
Little boy: Will you remember me next week?
Dad: Yes.
Little boy: Next month?
Dad: Yup.
Little boy: Next year? Two years? Three years?
Dad. Yes, yes and yes.
Little boy: …Knock, knock.
Dad: Who’s there?
Little boy: Aw, man! You forgot me already!
–1 train
Overheard by: Kathleen
Queer #1: That used to be a fun place. Remember that backroom? That was a fun backroom!
Queer #2: Are you nuts? It was a nasty firetrap full of gropey old trolls, people came on me without my permission, and I had my wallet stolen!
Queer #1: True.
–20th & 6th
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
