Well-heeled mother: Now, what do we call little baby kangaroos?
Four-year-old boy: Marsupials!
–Penn Station
Overheard by: hells kitchen dweller
Well-heeled mother: Now, what do we call little baby kangaroos?
Four-year-old boy: Marsupials!
–Penn Station
Overheard by: hells kitchen dweller
Mom: So, what's your third-favorite place in the world?
Young daughter: I just burped.
Mom: That's nice.
–103rd & Broadway
Overheard by: Special K
Gangster kid #1: Are you a Democrat or a Republican?
Gangster kid #2: No! Yo, fuck democracy, I'm a Republican!
–Midtown
Girl watching trailers: Okay, what is it with all the rodent-themed movies lately?
Suit: Yeah, I noticed that, too!
Girl: I think it's Disney's attempt to get everyone on board with pestilence as the new world order.
–Empire 25 Theater
Old tourist: They have a monorail here now.
Older tourist: A what?
Old tourist: A monorail.
Older tourist: A monorail?
Old tourist: A monorail.
Older tourist: Jesus.
–JFK
Overheard by: zoviet
Teacher: You have to know this or else it looks like your going to summer school.
Student #1: Summer school?
Student #2: Summer school. It ain't so bad, I'll be there. There's a pool next to it.
–PS 7
Toddler, pointing to the Bronx on subway map: What?
Father: Yeah! That's the Bronx, baby girl! Yankee stadium. Better than the Mets and you best not forget! The Mets suck! The Yankees stink, but the Mets suck.
–L Train
Teenage guy #1: Well, how do you know that she… Ya know?
Teenage guy #2: Well, she moaned.
Teenage guy #1: What did it sound like?
Teenage guy #2: Uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh.
–33rd & 5th
Black hipster to gangsta friend: Nigga, when I come here I feel like I'm surrounded by Jackie Chan.
Gangsta friend: My dick looks like Jackie Chan.
Black hipster: Man, why you always gotta talk about yo dick?
Gangsta friend: What are you nigga, a faggot?
–Chinatown
Professional-sounding female on cell in bathroom stall: What? (sounds of toilet paper roll) In the bathroom? No! (indignantly) I…I'm…near the bathroom!
–Women's Bathroom, FAO Schwartz
Overheard by: near the computer
Girl to friend in bathroom stall: That crack in the door is big enough for me to see the crack of 'yo ass.
–Women's Bathroom, Hunter College
Man exiting bathroom stall to waiting man: No, no, no. Feces.
–Grand Central Station
Overheard by: matt
Black loud cleaning lady to Asian woman: Excuse me, miss? Why you gotta be leaving the seat up? You always leave the seat up! Putting the seat up is okay, but if you put it up, put it down!
–Ladies Room, LIRR
Overheard by: BK
Guy on cell in toilet stall: Now I am unbuckling my belt. (pause) Now I am unzipping my pants. (pause) Now I am pulling down my pants. (pause) Now I am pulling down my underwear. (pause) Now I am sitting down.
–Men's Room, Billy Elliott
Old guy peeing in a urinal, with childlike delight and glee: Wheeeee! Wheeeeeeeeee! Wooooooooooooo! Wheeeeeeeee!
–Men's Room, McDonald's
