But at Least They're Not All Alcoholics, Like the Native Americans.

Queer: I hate Mexicans, first they jump our borders, then they don't even attempt to speak English.
Tan chick: Fo' reals! I've met some that have been here their entire lives and never bothered to learn English.
Crazy man: Oh my god! Why do you have to be so goddam racist all the time!?
Tan chick: What? I was just making a point, goddammit, I am Mexican!
(five minutes later)
Black lady: Yo! D'shaun! Get yo' ass over here nigga!
Crazy man: I hate black people! They're so goddamn loud, they need to shut up!

–L Train

Overheard by: shocked

Posted on August 17, 2009
Black People, Crazies, Foreigners, Girls, Gripes, Insults, KKK, Language Barrier, On the Subway, Queer guys, Questions, Race

In Eden, the Forbidden Fruit Smelled Exactly Like Bacon

Asian girl #1: Hey, did you guys smell that in that building back there?
Orthodox Jewish girl and guy: No, what?
Asian girl #1: It totally smelled like bacon!
Asian girl #2: Yeah! You're right, oh…
Orthodox Jewish girl and guy: Yeah… hm. So that's what bacon smells like?

–Grand Concourse

Posted on August 16, 2009
Asians, Food, Girls, Guys, Jews, Questions, Scents of the City, Sensory Experiences, The Bronx

Because I'm Thinking About Going Straight Edge

Emo band boy to groupie hooking up with another band member: Ew! Gross guys, you guys are right next to me!
Groupie: You wanna join?
Emo band boy: So… then you two aren't exclusive?

–Metro North Train

Overheard by: NotAGroupie

Posted on August 16, 2009
Biotechs, Hook Ups, Musicians, Offers and requests, Promiscuity, Questions, Trains Not Subway

Several Alternate Realities Intersect in New York

Old man with one front tooth, pointing fingers angrily: Your man stole my cart!
Old woman with spandex shorts: You sure it was Li'l Tinky?
Old man with one front tooth: Toots told me that Tinky was the one who took my cart.
Old woman with spandex shorts: Nah, that sounds like Big Tinky. I'm with Li'l Tinky. He don't do shit like that.

–1st Ave & E 3rd St

Overheard by: EV4Life

Posted on August 16, 2009
Old People, Questions, Rumor Has It, Thievery, Union Square and East Village

As Exemplified in That Movie, Peace Club

Girl #1: You called me a cow!
Girl #2: You called me a cow five times!
Boy: Why do girls fight? I mean, like, boys never fight.

–Central Park

Overheard by: boysfight

Posted on August 15, 2009
Animals & Nature, Boys, Central Park, Fighting and ass kicking, Gender issues, Girls, Nicknames & name calling, Parks, Questions

NewsFlash: Cop Is Less Than Truthful. Film at 11.

Cop to woman who has just dropped something: Ma'am! (points)
Woman: Oh! Thanks.
Cop: Wait–was that cash?
Woman: Yeah.
Cop: Oh… that was already there.

–Chambers Street Station

Overheard by: Mader

Posted on August 14, 2009
Cops, Lies, Money & Class, Questions, Subway Stations, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, Women

Translation: “I Can't Wait to Move Away from You”

Mother: So it goes Groton, Exeter, then Andover. That's your priority list right?
Five-year-old boy: Right.

–88th St & Lexington Ave

Posted on August 14, 2009
Education, Kids, Moms, Parents, Questions, School and studying, Upper East Side

That Would Be a Great Name for an All-Male Revue

Young white guy to sweating black FedEx delivery man in elevator: Wow, it's really hot outside, no?
Sweating black FedEx man: Man, it's a brotisserie.

–78th St & Madison Ave

Posted on August 14, 2009
Black People, Clerks, Heat, Questions, Upper East Side, Weirdness, White People, Words

I Love a Girl Who Knows What She Wants!

Guy to passerby with Victoria's Secret bag: Hey, where is there a Victoria's Secret around here?
Passerby: A couple blocks down on 5th.
Guy to girlfriend: Come on, we're going to Victoria's Secret.
Girlfriend: Hell no, I'm not going to Victoria's Secret, I'm going to McDonald's and I'm gonna supersize it.

–23rd & 6th

Posted on August 14, 2009
Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Directions, Girlfriends, Guys, Height, Junk Food & Fast Food, Questions, Shopping, Strangers

Raise Your Hand If You Would Have Interpreted “What Would You Do to Get Off?” a Lot Differently

Girl #1: And then the interviewer asked me, “if you were on a deserted island with five handicapped people, what would you do to get off?” I was like “I don't know. We're screwed.”
Girl #2: Wow.
Girl #1: Seriously. We would be screwed. I would just sit under a palm tree and pray or make smoke signals or something.
Girl #2: Yeah, I don't know what I would do either.
Girl #1: Well at least she said my answer was funny. Then she told me about the time she asked that question to some girl. Her response was that she would take all the people who had Down syndrome and use them as a raft to float to safety.

–Washington Square Park

Overheard by: James

Posted on August 13, 2009
Girls, Handicaps, Questions, Trees and plants, Washington Square Park

Questions