NYU guy: Jake* has problems.
NYU girl: Does he have polio?
–NYU Dining Hall
Overheard by: Shanaca
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
Park ranger: Boat to New Jersey to the left, New York to the right.
Guy heading to boats: Why would we ever want to go to New Jersey?
Park ranger: Good question.
K-9 cop: I guess you won't be visiting me… I'm living in exile over there.
–Liberty Island
Overheard by: ZANSR
Small child #1: But I don't want to be a cop! I want to be a robber!
Small child #2: Too bad, you have to be a cop.
Small child #1: Why can't we all just be robbers, then we can steal stuff and no one can catch us?
Small child #2: Because, stupid… that's how it is! Robbers and cops! It's no fun to be a robber if there aren't any cops to chase you!
–Outside Brooklyn Church
Skinny white girl: Okay, so you know how they're always saying “the Tri-State area”?
Hispanic friend: Yeah.
Skinny white girl: They mean New York, New Jersey, and Atlantic City right?
Hispanic friend: I think so…
–Nail Salon, Kew Gardens
Comedy club promoter: Do you like asparagus?
Random person: No.
Comedy club promoter: Me either!
–14th St & Broadway
Overheard by: shayshay
