Irritated: And what exactly am I supposed to do with a dead rat?
Medicated: (shrugs)
–53th & 8th
Irritated: And what exactly am I supposed to do with a dead rat?
Medicated: (shrugs)
–53th & 8th
Agitated man: I'm going to take that lawyer to court now!
Disinterested store owner: For what?
Agitated man: Not talking nice!
–35th & 4th, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Rhian
Guy #1: So was it more like Mars or more like Earth?
Guy #2: She said it was more like Earth.
–7th Ave & 16th St
Seven-year-old boy: Will I meet my goldfish in heaven someday?
Mother: I don't know anything about what happens to goldfish when they die, but I can tell you that there is no god.
–Bleecker & MacDougal
Young woman #1: And I hate him for it! I was always the needy one! So now he's doing what I taught him. Now he's the needy one. That used to be me! And he's using the tricks I taught him to manipulate me! I hate him so much!
Young woman #2: So when's the wedding?
–Central Park Reservoir
Overheard by: The Grozz
Girl #1, to girl holding leftover salad from lunch: Are you going to refrigerate that salad?
Girl #2: I really should…but I probably won't.
Girl #1: Well, you really should–the swine flu is going around.
–21st & Broadway
Girl: Do you think Africans take antidepressants?
Guy: I really don't like you.
–L Train
Brunette: So then…
Blonde: Yeah?
Brunette: He…went…down…
Blonde: What?
Brunette: On…
Blonde: Where are you going with this?
Brunette: …me.
Blonde: I guess I should have seen that coming.
–18th St & 8th Ave
Young teen girl: White Castle? Why can't it be called “Black Castle”?
Friend: That would just be awkward.
–White Castle, Harlem
Overheard by: Katie B.
Freaked-out college chick, pointing at large bump on friend's stomach : Ah! What is that?
Flustered 20-something, in coarse Boston accent: What the hell's the matter with you? You've never had a chocolate-covered raisin in your belly button before?
–St. John's University Queens Campus
Overheard by: What about a milk dud?