Questions

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?