Shoes

Ghetto chick #1: I’m injured! I should go in the bus first.
Ghetto chick #2: You’re not injured.
Ghetto chick #1: Yes, I am, I bled, I bled on my new shoes!

–Metropolitan & Grand, Williamsburg

Overheard by: sardine in a can

Queer: Great shoes!
Woman: Thanks! They’re Star Jones.
Queer: And they’re as black as her soul.

–party, 171st & Broadway