Nebraska girl #1: It feels like it’s raining.
Nebraska girl #2: I think it’s coming from the set.
Pause
Nebraska girl #3: Where’s it coming from?…Oh, it’s actually raining.
–John St., near filming of Spiderman 3
Overheard by: Fishy
Nebraska girl #1: It feels like it’s raining.
Nebraska girl #2: I think it’s coming from the set.
Pause
Nebraska girl #3: Where’s it coming from?…Oh, it’s actually raining.
–John St., near filming of Spiderman 3
Overheard by: Fishy
Stoner #1: Yo, why did newsboys used to shout “Extra!” when they’d sell papers?
Stoner #2: I don’t know… maybe the news was about.. like… X-Men… like, mutants…
Stoner #1: Yeah… true… maybe.
–University & 8th
Overheard by: Alyson Leigh
Lady hobo: ‘ey, you got the Boys Gone Crazy?
Cashier Dude You mean Girls Gone Wild?
Lady hobo: Yeah man, girls gone crazy, whatever, it’ll do.
–Fantasy World, 7th Ave
Teen girl #1: Hey, can I borrow your Nirvana CD to burn? My iPod erased my mp3s.
Teen girl #2: I wish I had it! I like, traded it away for a pack of cigarettes.
Teen girl #1: Woah… that’s so, Kurt Cobain of you!
Teen girl #2: Hello. Totally why I did it.
–6 train
Hipster girl #1: Why would someone tell you that right after meeting you?
Hipster girl #2: Honestly, why can’t you just say your favorite movie is The Lord of the Rings instead of Lord of the Rings porn?
–Bedford & South 2nd, Williamsburg
Woman: No, I’m telling you, I’m right! He couldn’t eat the Trix because he was an adult rabbit, and Trix were only supposed to be for kids.
Man: Well, I always thought it was just because he was a rabbit and not a person.
[A period of silence — the woman looks down at her food.]
Man: What’s wrong?
Woman: I’m just really getting tired of you always being wrong.
–Michael’s Restaurant, Broadway & 34th St, Astoria
Casting person: Ok, here’s the problem, they don’t wan’t a baby with a huge head compared to his chest, nor do they want to see gross veins all over its chest. They want the fucking Gerber baby, ok?
–38th between 7th & 8th
Friend to new mother with infant: All babies look great in black. Did you know that?
–Madison & 91st
Overheard by: Kelly Smith
Woman: Actually, now that they’ve started talking, the twins are much less creepy.
–Central Park
Guy #1: I told you we shoulda gone to Manattan.
Guy #2: No way. I don’t see movies in Manhattan.
Guy #1: Why the hell not?
Guy #2: They shoot people there. It’s all silent than someone shouts something and then everyone is shooting. It’s scary.
–In line at Stadium 12, Court Street, Brooklyn
Guy #1: Yeah, he’s a pretty good director… what’s his name again? The hobbit guy?
Guy #2: Uhhh…Peter something…
Guy #1: Yeah, Peter North! I love that guy’s movies.
–AMC Empire 25, Times Square
Black guy #1: She wanted to suck my dick watching Sanford and Son at 2AM.
Black guy #2: White niggas don’t understand the principle in that. There ain’t nothing wrong with that.
–2nd & 1st
Overheard by: Errol Stairpath
