Questions

Girl, after writing essay: You know how she asked us to write what we thought?
Boy: Yeah.
Girl: I put down that I needed to blow my nose.

–NYU

Teacher: Which race of people were counted as 3/5 of a person during the 1850s in the South?
Student: Midgets.

–Williamsburg High School

Working man: Yo, what's that?
Hobo, shaking cup of coins: Huh?
Working man: What is that?
Hobo: It's a cup, you got any money?
Working man: Yeah, I got money in my pocket.
Hobo: Well, gimme some!
Working man: I ain't got money to be givin' away. I just did my eight hours.
Hobo: Well, I'm gettin' my eight hours too, shit!

–F Train

Overheard by: ninja

Hipster girl staring at bike locked to sign: Why would anyone steal just the front wheel of a bike?
Hipster guy: To buy heroin.

–Grand & Driggs

Overheard by: Adam

Girl, on escalator: Oh! I'm definitely getting a brownie.
Guy, on escalator: Really?
Girl: Yep, it's going to be full-fat and wonderful!
Guy: You'll eat a brownie, but you won't touch my nuts?

–Barnes & Noble, Union Square

Overheard by: Diane

Drunk girl #1: Does this train stop at Penn Station?
Drunk girl #2: Hello?! Can somebody tell us if this train is going to Penn Station?
Drunk girl #1, apologizing: Ignore her, she's from Rochester.

–F Frain

Girl #1: What’s the plural of “panini”?
Girl #2: It’s just “panini” … Like goose.

–28th & 2nd

Black chick #1: I was like, “Damn, what hood did you come from?”
Black chick #2: I don't know no hood where people be wearin' purple tights.
Black chick #1: She just needs to get some dick. Imma tell her dat the next time I see her.

–Pace University

Overheard by: Meg-Tron

Teen: Are you there, God?
Techie in catwalks: Is that you, Margaret?

–Sheepshead Bay

Overheard by: Ilysse

Barnard girl: Does anyone here like Naruto?
Tisch girl: I looooove 90210!

–Brooklyn

Overheard by: Karina