Questions

Girl looking at abstract wall installation: Oh god. This is pure art. It really speaks to me.
Boy: What does it say?
Girl: (makes loud farting sound and walks away)

–Art Exhibit, Time Warner Building

Young black teen: Is that a North Face jacket you're wearing?
White guy: Yes, it is.
Other young black teen: Do you use it to go skiing?
White guy: Uh, yes.
Young black teen to friend: See! I told you white people use North Face jackets to go skiing!

–F Train

Hobo to four pretty girls: Hi ladies, how're you doing today?
Girls: Good, thanks, how are you?
Hobo: Just so you know, when I win my 171 million, I'm taking you all on vacation!

–114th & Broadway

Overheard by: Samantha

Obama volunteer, on super Tuesday: Have you had a chance to make it out to the polls yet?
Old woman, angrily: I don’t like Muslims. [walks past].
Volunteer: Ummmm… [shouts after her] he’s Christian!
Old woman, turning back, even angrier: No he’s not!

–53rd & Lexington

Overheard by: NCS

Running little kid #1: What kind of cheese do you like? Cheese or cheddar?
Running little kid #2: What's the difference?

–Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn

Overheard by: da sarkastik ninja.

Idiot tourist, in line at TKTS: Hmmm… I wonder what “TKTS” stands for.
Friend: Are you serious? It stands for “tickets”!
Idiot tourist: Oh! I never knew that! Well, I guess that makes sense.

–TKTS

Random guy: So, where you from?
Hot chick: Oh, up north. Florida.
Random guy: Wait. I thought Florida was in the Midwest.

–Subway B

[guy slips on snowy steps, falls down]Old man: Oh, are you okay?
[guy gets up, walks away]Old woman: If this were Dartmouth, they’d have salted this by now, you know.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Greg T

Cougar #1: Did you wax your asshole today?
Cougar #2: No, every other Wednesday.

–The Waverly Inn

Teen boy #1: I love the smell of the subway.
Teen boy #2: Why?
Teen boy #1: You know why.

–71st St & Broadway

Overheard by: Ladle