Tourist #1: I wanna see the ball that drops in Times Square!
Tourist #2: Wait… that thing actually exists?
–Broadway b/w 43rd & 44th
Overheard by: Ben
Tourist #1: I wanna see the ball that drops in Times Square!
Tourist #2: Wait… that thing actually exists?
–Broadway b/w 43rd & 44th
Overheard by: Ben
Younger woman: What's the name of Jesus' father? Not god, the other guy!
Older woman: Joseph?
Younger woman: Yeah! Him. Oh wait, so it's not “John”? Forget it.
–Midtown
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
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
