Questions

Dumb woman looking at Chinese takeout menu: Chicken and rice soup. What's in it?
Confused woman behind counter: Chicken and rice.
Dumb woman: In a soup?
Confused woman: Yeeaah. That's why it's called “chicken and rice soup.”
Dumb woman: Okay, I'll have that.

–E 23rd St b/w Park Ave & Madison Ave

Overheard by: Janine

Girl: So why'd she break up with him?
Guy: Apparently, she didn't let him “tour her garden.”
Girl: Not even a little?
Guy: She didn't even open the gate.

–Millennium High School

Tween girl with whiskers painted on face: Did you hear what happened?
Tween friend: No, what?
Tween girl with whiskers painted on face: She pooped in a cup!
(both laugh hysterically)

–Bleecker & Mercer

Overheard by: sunny day.

Man #1: Excuse me, do you know when this post office closes?
Woman: I don't know.
Man #2: I think it's open all the time. It doesn't close.
Woman: You mean it's open 48 hours?

–Post Office, 32nd & 8th

Overheard by: EthanK

Man #1: This is it, Times Square!
Man #2: Oh, so is this where time started?

–Times Square

Overheard by: Zack

Professor to couple making out during lecture: Excuse me, what do you think you're doing?
Guy: Oh sorry, one of our friends bet us 50 bucks we wouldn't make out during a lecture.
Guy in front of him to his girlfriend: We have got to get in on that!

–Fordham University

Man #1, watching firemen climb a ladder and enter a brownstone: What are they doing? Why are there so many of them?
Man #2: Maybe somebody got stuck in the bathtub.
Man #1: You're probably right.

–75th St & Amsterdam

Overheard by: Stephanie

Ozzie #1, leaving bar: We should like, go to church tomorrow.
Ozzie #2: Like in Harlem?
Ozzie #1: Yes! Church there is awesome!

–7th St & Ave A

Overheard by: AgnosticLocal

Italian teen #1: Why don't we just wait in line like everyone else?
Italian teen #2: Cause we aren't like everybody else. We have fathers!

–W 3rd & Sullivan St

Overheard by: Ronnie

Boyfriend: Who tried to poison me twice already?
Girlfriend: Hehehe… that was funny.

–26th St & Lexington