Guy: So it's like a waterfall with a bunch of nozzles, and as the drops fall, it creates a picture.
Girl: That's cool! So, which way does the water fall?
Guy: Down, I think.
–Gershwin Theatre
Overheard by: Dominic A.
Guy: So it's like a waterfall with a bunch of nozzles, and as the drops fall, it creates a picture.
Girl: That's cool! So, which way does the water fall?
Guy: Down, I think.
–Gershwin Theatre
Overheard by: Dominic A.
Man #1: You wanna know something about New York?
Man #2: Yeah. Yeah.
Man #1: It stinks.
Man #2: Always. Always. (shakes head)
–Varick & Houston
Overheard by: Emma
Man #1 to man #2, with headphones in on his computer: Are you an army man?
(man #2 doesn't respond)
Man #1: Are you an army man?
(man #2 doesn't respond)
Man #1: Excuse me! I asked you a question, I'm not asking you to build me a house! Are you an army man?
Man #2: I know, and I'm declining to answer your question.
Man #1: I'm not a vet or anything, I'm just trying to get some money.
Man #2: That's what I thought.
–Starbucks, Penn Station
Overheard by: B
Tourist #1, taking photos: Oooh, is that the New York skyline?
Tourist #2: No, I think that's New Jersey.
Tourist #1, stopping: Oh. Eww!
–Circle Line Tour
Guy from Chicago #1: So this Brazilian model I know…
Guy from Chicago #2: Dude, what the fuck are you doing here if you could be with a model?
–Rightfield Bleachers, Yankee Stadium
Overheard by: Tara
Girl, saying goodbye: So what are we all doing after this?
Guy: Well, I'm going to do what I normally do–go home alone, eat a slice of pizza and jack off.
–PATH Train
Overheard by: Maria
Maintenance worker #1: Yo! I need the keys to apartment 17K!
Maintenance worker #2: Isn't that the dead guy's apartment?
–Chelsea
Girl #1: Where were you born?
Girl #2: Wisconsin.
Girl #1: Is that a state?
–Union Square
Thug lady #1: Yo, you got your gun in dat purse?
Thug lady #2: Yeah, bitch, but keep it on the down low, now this white boy knows I gots a gun in my purse.
–A Train
Overheard by: The White Boy
Hipster Padawan: What the fuck? I'm so sick of people calling me a “hipster!” What, just because I'm skinny and I smoke I'm supposed to be part of some stupid subculture?
Hipster Jedi: Why do you care?
–Thompkins Square Park
Overheard by: Manhattman
