Questions

Drunk hobo to pretty girl: You are not pretty, you are not beautiful, and no one likes you.
Pretty girl, after hobo leaves train: Why do I live in this city?!

–4 train

Guy to girl: I never hooked up when I was blacked out.
Hobo: You never blacked out from liquor?! I’m about to!

–23rd & 2nd

Male conductor over the speakers: This is the express train! Next stop: Roosevelt Avenue.
Female conductor over the speakers: Shit, this is the express?!

–E train, Queens Plaza station

Hobo: Can I have some?
Teen eating apple: No.
Hobo: Thank you.
Teen: … Ow, my conscience.

–6 train station

Overheard by: Annie

Girl maker-outer, pulling away: Why you so ugly?
Guy maker-outer: Don’t you worry ’bout that, baby. [They continue making out.]

–F train

Overheard by: steph

Dude: No way!
Friend: Why? You never peed at a firehouse?

–W 19th & 7th

Girl: So, do you know anything about the Holocaust?
Roommate: Like what?
Girl: I don’t know — like, fun facts or something?

–Dorm, Columbia

Dude: So, did you ever wear a condom in Haiti?
World traveler guy: No.
Dude: Were you scared?

–St. Mark’s & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: Not Going to Haiti

Coworker #1: Is it just me, or are the rats in New York getting smaller? Seriously!
Coworker #2: Maybe you’re just getting bigger.

–D train platform, Rockefeller Center

Guy to cooks: So, do you guys just sit around all night making up medieval names for each other?

–Pizza shop, 2nd Ave & St. Mark’s Pl

Overheard by: mangledorf

Nerd on cell: I waited five years to get a girlfriend, and I finally got one and I just couldn’t take it!

–Dunkin’ Donuts, 14th St

Overheard by: Jo

Chick on cell: Whoa, did I just refer to Voldemort in a romantic context? What is happening to me?

–Harlem

Overheard by: Ladle

Dork: Wow, 200 points of magic! Well, that would truly be a day of sorcery.

–LIRR

NYU student: So, Yoda is more masculine than Sophocles?

–NYU

Overheard by: waphle