Child #1, about strong fish smell: Yuck! What’s that smell?
Child #2: I smell freedom!
–Ferry near Statue of Liberty
Overheard by: Tom Jotkowitz
Child #1, about strong fish smell: Yuck! What’s that smell?
Child #2: I smell freedom!
–Ferry near Statue of Liberty
Overheard by: Tom Jotkowitz
Disgusted girl: It smells like rats!
Guy: No, it's just shit you're smelling.
–St Mark's & Ave A
Overheard by: j
Woman: Send good karma so they’ll hire me to practice law without a license.
–8th Ave.
Lady CO: If y’all don’t shut up and behave, I’m turning off the fan! And y’all stink, remember.
–Hoyt-Schermerhorn Jail and Courthouse
Overheard by: Carolina
Mother: The other day I walked past a bunch of Hispanic teenagers. They smelled really good.
Teen boy: It’s Axe.
Mother: What?
Teen boy: Axe.
Mother: Wait, what?
Teen boy: Axe!
Mother: Ass? That’s not nice to say about Hispanic people.
–SoHo
Overheard by: Kevo C.
(a very obnoxious, lingering fart was dropped and filled the entire car during rush hour)
Teen girl to friend: Ohmigod! Let’s get out of here, it smells like shit!
Old man, five minutes later: What’s the matter with you fucking people? Somebody open up a god damned window!
–2 Train
Guy #1, in long line to exit ball park: It smells like fart in here.
Guy #2: Yeah, but when you get this many people in this small a space, you're gonna smell some farts.
–Yankee Stadium
Overheard by: xplod
Girl #1: Come on, smell it!
Girl #2: Why would I put my nose close to the poop in your hair?
–14th & Ave A
Little girl, running along platform: Mommy! Mommy! Slow down! Mommy, it smells like penis in here!
–Grand Central
Girl to another: Do you have a hand wipe? I totally smell like rape right now.
–44th St & Broadway
Guy to friend: She said I smelled like shit and I said, "what like, asshole?"
–59th St & Lexington
Girl on phone: Your hands smell like what? Your hands smell like urine? Why would you say that?
–Brooklyn College
Hobo on overcrowded train: Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Homeless Ed, and I am homeless, and I smell like shit. If any of you can spare some change so I can buy some deodorant, it would be greatly appreciated.
–Downtown A Train
Overheard by: christopher james
Female grad student on cell: Have you ever done the inter-borough walk of shame smelling like penis?
–Columbia University
Overheard by: Ladle
Conductor: This is East Broadway station, and something smells yummy.
–F Train
Chick #1: I hate taking subways. They’re so gross!
Chick #2: I know! So many dirty, smelly people. And it’s so expensive.
Chick #1: Yeah, $2 is a lot of money.
Guy: Yeah, well, if you can find someone else to cart your ass around this city for $2, be my guest.
–2 train
Overheard by: Mikey
20-ish chick: You smell like cheap wine.
20-ish friend: You smell like cheap slut!
–Regal Cinemas, Union Square
Overheard by: ouch.
