Questions

Boy: Is that your wedding ring?
Man: No, I’m not married, remember?
Boy: Oh. Is that your divorce ring?

–6 train

British guy: Hey, look, an eye patch. This will look great with my smoking jacket.
British girl: What costume will that be?
British guy: Costume? I just think it will look good.

–Party City, Union Square

Overheard by: Charlie

Boyfriend: So do you still fart in your sleep?
Girlfriend: I think so. I mean I can't really remember…

–Molly's Irish Pub, 3rd Ave & 22nd St

Mother: United 93–what's this movie about?
Daughter: Oh, it's about some plane. It's boring.

–Blockbuster, Bay Ridge

Eight-year-old son: Dad, I can’t even tell the Ninja Turtles apart! They all look the same, they just have different bandages and stuff.
Dad: Well, do you know their names?
Son: Uhhh… There’s the blue one… Armadillo?

–Washington Heights

Overheard by: hero in a half shell

Girl: Can Jews have sex on Shabbos?
Friend: Are you serious?
Girl: Well, I don't know! They can't drive cars, they can't carry money, they even have a special elevator for them in hospitals! What can they do?
Friend: Apparently, not drive to hospitals and pay people to have sex with them in elevators.

–77th & York

Crazy Asian to strangers: What?!
Guy: What?! [Each continues their separate path.]

–Essex & Rivington

Older bag lady: How do you think mayor Bloomberg got so rich?
Woman with baby in stroller: I don't know. How?
Older bag lady: You think by being a slut?
Woman with baby stroller: Maybe.
Older bag lady: How do you think Oprah Winfrey got so rich?
Woman with baby in stroller: I don't know.
Older bag lady: You think by being a slut?

–Union Square

Overheard by: floridasunshine

Young boy: I can read this. “Do not lean against door.”
Mom: Close. “Do not lean… on… door.” Very good! Did the picture help you read it?
Young boy: No, yes, no, no!

–6 Train

Overheard by: Phillip Roncoroni

Lady yelling at old guy: Where you goin’ today, Harold?!
Old man, smiling: You my wife?

–Q station, Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn

Overheard by: cloisterpunk