Questions

Girl: Sorry, my friends are waiting for me.
Guy: What? You don't like nice Jewish boys with trust funds?

–5th Ave

Overheard by: A

Old Italian cop to Jamaican dude he just pulled over: Sir, have you been drinking tonight?
Jamaican dude: Me love you lately.

–Brooklyn

Overheard by: Only in Brooklyn

Hipster guy: Ever fuck a black chick?
Buddy: I don’t get involved enough with the chicks I fuck to learn details like that.

–Court & Joralemon St, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Big Larry

Teen girl: What time does TRL tape?
Street vendor: What time do you watch it?
Teen girl: 4 o’clock.
Street vendor: What does the L stand for?

–Times Square

Overheard by: mark manne

NYU guy: Jake* has problems.
NYU girl: Does he have polio?

–NYU Dining Hall

Overheard by: Shanaca

Young woman: I just wish he'd change his attitude.
Young man: Wait, his attitude about your dildo?

–23rd & 6th

Overheard by: Wishes he heard the rest of the conversation

Ghetto boy, pointing to fish in tank: When you say twelve cents, do you mean, like, twelve pennies?
Amused pet store worker: Yes, we mean twelve pennies.

–86th St & Lexington

Overheard by: Pet-co shopper

Lady: Do you sell falafel?
Vendor: Ah! Falafel is gyro, gyro is falafel!
Lady: Falafel is chick peas. Gyro is meat.
Vendor: Falafel is bullshit!
Lady: I’ll have a gyro.

–Canal & Greene

Overheard by: Melina the Sad Falafel

20-something girlfriend: Are those cigarettes you smoke?
20-something boyfriend: No, they are herbal.
20-something girlfriend: What do you mean?
20-something boyfriend: Instead of tobacco they put herbs in it, so they are less addicting and less harmful for you.

–Near City Hall Park

Girl #1: Did you know that girl sitting in front of us?
Girl #2: I do know her, but not well enough to discuss child porn.

–Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre