(construction worker pulls out a new tool from the truck)
Worker #1: Where the fuck did you get that?
Worker #2: Fuckin' Home Depot!
Worker #3: That's fuckin' fancy!
–33rd St & 8th Ave
Overheard by: Erin Flannery
(construction worker pulls out a new tool from the truck)
Worker #1: Where the fuck did you get that?
Worker #2: Fuckin' Home Depot!
Worker #3: That's fuckin' fancy!
–33rd St & 8th Ave
Overheard by: Erin Flannery
Excited woman #1: Oh my god, how's your brother?
Excited woman #2: He's doing great, he just gave birth!
Excited woman #1: (shrieking) congratulations!
–29th & 3rd Ave
Overheard by: voidoid
Little boy: Grandma, can I play football?
Grandma: I don't know about that, you have to talk to the coach.
Little boy: Grandma, can I play football if I get an F in school?
Grandma: No, you can't play if you get an F.
Little boy: But what if it's an F for “fabulous”?
–Nostrand Ave
Overheard by: aja
Loud man in motorcycle jacket to table of friends: I wear a wedding band on job interviews… Makes them think that I'm committed and responsible.
Chick: That's a good idea!
Loud man: I also wear it to the club, chicks dig a guy who can commit.
Chick: That's so true! But wait… You're not married?
Loud man: Nah, I just live with my baby's mama… We sleep in the same bed but nothing ever happens.
–Tony's Pier, City Island
Overheard by: Fulana Pepa
(old man with granddaughters talking to young man next to him)
Old man: Do you think these girls are pretty?
Young man: Sure, they're pretty.
Old man: Should you like to go on a date with one of them?
Young man: I'm gay.
–4 Train
Overheard by: Brooklynisbetter
Man, eyeing stranger's iced coffee: So… does that come already sweetened?
Stranger with coffee: Yeees…
Man: So… They just put ice in the coffee, and it becomes iced coffee?
Stranger with coffee: Dude, you really need to get out more.
–Elevator, Centre Street Municipal Building
Overheard by: Emma
Corporate guy, looking at flowers for sale: Are these roses?
Flower vendor: No, they're fucking tulips! Get with the program!
–East Village
Girl: So he's French.
Flaky girl: But has he ever *tried* to speak English?
–Q Train
Overheard by: where there's a will there's a way!
Guy #1: Yeah, she's going to marry him.
Guy #2: Wouldn't you?
Guy #1 (thinks a moment): Yeah.
–R Train
Overheard by: sara n.
Male NYU student #1: I find myself oddly attracted to Diane Keaton.
Male NYU student #2: that's pretty gross, dude.
(pause)
Male NYU student #2: Wait, isn't she a lesbian?
Male NYU student #1: Nah, I think that's Jodie Foster.
(pause)
Male NYU student #2: Yeah, that's pretty gross, dude.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Junkballer
