Questions

Guy #1: Is this Broadway and Houston?
Guy #2: Yes. I think we're in SoHo.
Guy #3: No, this is just Ho.

–Broadway & Houston

Overheard by: NewYorkerNick

Female friend at bar: Why can't I find a man?
Male friend at bar: Why do I date nutjobs?
Female friend at bar: I'd take a nutjob… (long pause) Hell, I'd take a man with one nut!

–The Half Pint, W 3rd St

Overheard by: macdaddynyc

College freshman: I think I’m going to minor in Accounting. Does that sound good?
Friend: Well, do you like stuff like that?
College freshman: Wait… What is Accounting?
Friend: It’s, like, spreadsheets.
College freshman: Oh, cool.

–PATH

Tall B&T girl: So then we made out and were all over each other and it was all PDA, and then we lost our virginities to each other. And I felt guilty because I was, like, 18, and he was, like, a minor.
Short B&T girl: Well how old was he?
Tall B&T girl: (silence)
Short B&T girl: Come on, most guys are like 15 when they lose their virginity.
Tall B&T girl: He was thirteen.
Short B&T girl: Oh.

–75th & Broadway

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

Man on street #1: Yeah, so when I called her…wait, where are you going?
Man on street #2: I'm just going to walk over here into this shadow and pour myself a beer…don't stop talking, I'm still listening!

–11th St & Ave B

Overheard by: Virginia

Drunk kid: Have you ever seen Asian female nipples?
Asian kid: What?
Drunk kid: I mean, not your own.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Evil

Lady #1: Excuse me, do you have nine quarters for a dollar?
Lady #2: Nine quarters? Do I look like an idiot?!

–Times Square

Photographer: Where are you from?
Tourist: Holland.
Photographer: Oh…so you are used to seeing boobs. But here…it's a big deal.

–Bryant Park

Overheard by: dirty mike

NYU student #1: Hey, who made Donatello’s David?
NYU student #2: Wasn’t it Michelangelo?

–Washington Square Park

Overheard by: B McSea

Soccer mom: I dropped a twenty dollar bill last time I was in here, like, two weeks ago. Did anybody find it and turn it in?
Cashier: Ya know, we’ve gotten so many twenties turned in this month, you’re going to have to identify yours. Whats the serial number?

–Duane Reade, Columbus Ave

Overheard by: Veronica at www.lonelyroadsandpsychopaths.com