Queens

Barber #1: Yo, last night I had a steak.
Barber #2: Don’t tell me you had steak last night. Tell me you fucked some bitches last night. Tell me you got your ass licked last night. Tell me you farted in a chick’s mouth and her cheeks blew up last night.

–Barbershop, Queens

Overheard by: Nathaniel

Man #1: That's tough…
Man #2: Yeah. It's like asking your girl to lick your balls. There's no nice way to do that.

–Steinway St

Overheard by: Jake Blaxwell

Old lady: Oh! That’s a cute dog, what’s his name?
Woman: Billy.
Old lady: Oh really? It’s not Rover? Most people name their dogs Rover.

–Foodtown, Sunnyside

Overheard by: Nate B

Teen boy, watching a running woman in burka: When you see one of those runnin’, you gotta run for cover!

–Forest Hills

Overheard by: someone’s mom

Waitress: Hello. How can I help you?
Kid: I wanna buy some sushi.
Waitress: You want to buy some sushi? What kind of sushi would you like?
Kid: I don’t know.

–Wasabi Sushi, Bensonhurst

American Man: Do they know in Africa who Helen Keller is?
African Woman: Yes…didn’t she have a television show a couple of years ago?

–Forest Hills

Pragmatist: I figure if I don’t get a job in publishing, I’ll become a video vixen.

–Dunkin’ Donuts, Ditmars Blvd, Astoria

Overheard by: Christine

Skank: No way! I am not one of those girls. I am not a video girl…I am a dancer!

–34th & 8th

Overheard by: Skye

Ditz: Supposably [sic], she’s going to be dancing in some Beyonce video. She’s so stupid.

–54th St between 9th & 10th

Media scholar: Well it’s different when the girl getting fucked in the video is the same age as you. I mean, that’s great when you’re 15.

–20th & 8th

Skinny white girl to angry boyfriend: Those guys that I flirt with at work, I get paid to flirt with them. It's like I'm a prostitute.
Hobo: Not with that ass, you're not!

–Queens Plaza

Girl to roommate, after dog-sitting: I'm sad… I don't have anyone to stick their wet nose in my tushy.

–96th St & West End

Guy dressed as Santa: I just need my butt to evaporate.

–6th Ave & Waverly

Older black dude to another: She know I ain't go fuck with her, as big as her ass is.

–10th Ave & 28th St

Overheard by: julie

Frustrated tall boy: Does it look like I have an ass? No! It does not!

–Bard High School, Queens

Overheard by: Sunny Lawrence

Kid on cell: So I rubbed it really hard and really fast… and I made her throw up.

–Marble Hill High School

Drinker to friend, while playing flip cup: I will throw up in your pussy wagon.

–Whiskey Tavern, Chinatown

Woman: I'm really glad it wasn't the Prozac making her throw up… just her other meds.

–33rd St & Park Ave

Girl: My uterus is vomiting!

–Bard High School, Queens

Overheard by: Sunny