White guy: FAO Schwarz used to be a fun place to hang out.
Black guy: Yeah.
White guy: They’ve changed it, though. It doesn’t smell the same.
–57th & 6th
Overheard by: Mark F.
White guy: FAO Schwarz used to be a fun place to hang out.
Black guy: Yeah.
White guy: They’ve changed it, though. It doesn’t smell the same.
–57th & 6th
Overheard by: Mark F.
JAP on cell: If more people wore glitter there would no war.
–Therapy Store
Crazy old guy: I want a dog for president. You know why? Dogs don't start wars.
–31St & Ditmars, Astoria
Overheard by: Randi and Patrick
(at an anti-war rally)
Street vendor: Say no to war, say yes to Louis Vuitton!
–Midtown
Overheard by: Oh the irony
50-something guy on cell: You see, we are a military agency, not a government agency. (pause) So when I punched out that Homeland Security guy, I punched out a civilian.
–Union Square Park
Overheard by: Ksenia
Eight-year-old boy: I dare you to fight in the civil war!
–7 Train
Girl: Hey, what’s this about?
Guy: Uh, it’s a documentary.
Girl: So they just march around?
–Borders, Time Warner Center
Overheard by: JHA
Girl #1: That place is so off the hook.
Girl #2: I totally need to go. What days is it open?
Girl #1: Yo, every day. Like 400 days a year.
–77th Street R station
Little girl: Are we going to Manhattan to the big shopping mall place?
Dad: You’ve spent enough money. We’re going to Manhattan and riding in a cab!
–Amtrak to Penn Station
Overheard by: Erica
Girl: Damn, when my grandmother see me in this, she gone have a strizzoke!
–Filene’s Basement, Union Square
Girl #1: I’m sick of college. Too much work.
Girl #2: Let’s just go to Funkytown.
–LaGuardia Airport
Queer #1: It’s too bad he’s not for sale.
Queer #2: I think you can rent him, though.
–BoConcept, West 18th Street
Little girl #1: That’s a pooty.
Little girl #2: My mom has one with gray hair.
–The Gap, 86th & Broadway
Overheard by: DJ Cayenne
Girl: Forget it, I’m taking these off.
Guy: Why, baby? Let me see ’em.
Girl: No, they make my butt look like a white person’s ass.
Guy: What’s that?
Girl: They make my ass look flat like a white person’s!
Guy: Baby, I can’t hear you.
–Wet Seal, Manhattan Mall
Overheard by: E-Bar
