Questions

Girl #1: So this is the man you want to marry?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: And you said there were how many maggots on the turkey?

–3rd & B

Guy #1: So, you taking the hot tub or what?
Guy #2: I'd rather have six years of my life than the hot tub.
Guy #1: Well, you don't really have a choice.

–Court St & Congress St

Overheard by: Matthew

Guy: Do you know what time it is?
Girl: No, I forgot my watch. But it doesn't matter, I don't really know how to tell time anyway.

–Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus

Girl: When I found out he was all about sex, the crush was all over.
Dude: Oh, come on. I’m sure he’s more mature now.
Girl: Why are you trying to pawn me off on all these guys? I mean, come on, sex is not cool.
Dude: Why are we friends?

–Cafe Esperanto

Guy: So, you don't worship Satan?
Girl: I don't believe in Satan.
Guy: So, you're an atheist?

–7 Train

Overheard by: Starisla

Teen boy #1: Hey, where is it?
Teen girl: The dildo shop is that way!
Teen boy #2: Yes! Dildos! Oh yeah! We gonna have some fucking fun tonight!

–8th & 6th

Overheard by: A teen who also likes dildos

Chica on cell: He was just white. Like, a white guy. Except Puerto Rican.

–Park Terrace West, Inwood

Overheard by: Gringo Starr

Puerto Rican thug to another, both wearing Puerto Rican flag bandanas as face masks: White people better get used to us. There be like 80 billion of us in the world… Or maybe 8 thousand of us…at least.

–F Train

Overheard by: Brent

Teen on cell: Wait, you're in Puerto Rico? I'll be right there, that's by Chinatown, right? What do you mean it's an island? Like Staten Island? How the fuck did you get there?

–Colombus Circle

Overheard by: Graham Davis

JAP on phone: He called me a clingy JAP! How fucking low! I could've easily pulled the "you're-a-Puerto-Rican-from-Staten-Island" card.

–92nd & 5th

Guy (shouting): Hey guys! You like Puerto Ricans?!

–Times Square

Overheard by: CytoFox

Dad on scooter with eight-year-old girl: I don't want to hear that… Don't fuckin' push me, Joanna! You are not black, you are Puerto Rican!

–Flatbush & Fulton

Overheard by: Chelsea

Dude #1: Do you think it’s possible to write a book and then find out it’s just like another book?
Dude #2: Yeah… That happened with my musical about the Nazis…

–114th & Broadway

Overheard by: HuntingSnark

Tourist #1, pointing to an anti-war protest in Times Square: What's that?
Tourist #2: I think it's TRL.

–43rd & Broadway

Overheard by: Mike Fish

Counter lady #1: Do I have something on my face?
Counter lady #2: Yeah. Evilness.

–Cafe 212, Columbia University

Overheard by: Ariz