Questions

Girl: What is all that screaming ahead?
Guy: Maybe they are doing a reenactment of September 11th.

–Ground Zero

Overheard by: A A F

Tourist woman: Where is the World Trade Center?
New Yorker guy: You missed it.

–Chambers and W. Broadway

Overheard by: tom brigham

Dude: Are you guys going to get, like, totally drunk tonight and make out?
Sister #1: I'd do it for a lot of money.
Sister #2: A lot of money.
Sister #1: I'd do it for a little money.

–Uptown 1 Train

Girl: Would you be interested in hearing about a fun place where children can learn?
Man: No, I’m not allowed because I’m a registered felon.
Girl: Well, have a nice day!

–outside SCORE! Educational Center, Union Turnpike

Overheard by: Pfeff

Very little girl: Okay, this is not going to be minutes, this is not going to be seconds: where is the panda?
Dad, looking around outdoor enclosure: Um… Oh! There it is!
Very little girl, peering through fence: I can't see it!
Dad, lifting her just above fence: How's that?
Very little girl: Okay! Let's go!

–Red Panda Habitat, Central Park Zoo

Overheard by: Susan Volchok

30-something suit #1: Wait! So you didn't have time to fuck her?
30-something suit #2: No! I made time to fuck her, but it sucked.

–6th Ave & Waverly Place

Obnoxious girl singing Spice Girls loudly: Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want..
Bus driver, over mic: What d'you want?

–Q34 Bus

Overheard by: Donna

Guy #1: Dude, what's with the hot water?
Guy #2 (with pierced nipples): My nipples like steaming hot water. That's how they roll.

–NYU Palladium

Overheard by: Zacharia

Professor: Does anyone know where the term “Passover” comes from?
Student: It's because the Jews put blood on their doors so Jesus would pass over their house and not kill the first-born son.

–Classroom, Fordham University

Overheard by: dundun

Girl #1: Overpriced, and totally not worth it.
Girl #2: But does it come with a vibrator?

–43rd St & 5th Ave

Overheard by: Taylor

Girl on bus looking at a Six Flags sign: Why do they call it Six Flags?
Guy: Yo, bitch! Count the flags!

–Bus, Queens

Overheard by: Nicoletta