Carnie: Come play Shoot the Freak! What d’ya come to Coney Island for, to swim in dirty water?
–Boardwalk, Coney Island
Overheard by: Jena
Guy: Shut up and never call me again, you freak.
–56th & 13th, Brooklyn
Overheard by: bobby
Peddler: Coney Island Freak Show t‑shirts! It’s the new Gucci!
–Siren Music Fest, Coney Island
Overheard by: Sinestro
Alabaman, about MLK Day: Yeah, well, down in Alabama we don’t celebrate his birthday, but the day he was shot.
College kid: Uh…
–49th & 3rd
11‐year‐old boy #1 playing with toy gun: You fucked my mom in the ass! [Makes shooting noises, then ducks.]11-year-old boy #2, nervous, to perplexed passerby: Uhhh, he wasn’t talking to you…
–10th & 7th, Park Slope
Overheard by: ian
Voice over employee’s walkie‐talkie: Okay, I really need those guns. Anyone who has one, I need it down in bridal.
–Bed Bath & Beyond
Obnoxious woman: So I said, “motherfucker, I’m not your sister – I’m your cousin. So I will shoot you.”
–Uptown 2 Train
Large black man: If you ain’t got no bullets, you gotsta melee!
–23rd St b/w 5th & 6th
Overheard by: Zach
Wannabe hip‐hopper, trying to sell CD: It’s clean music, and I ain’t never shot no one!
–Union Square
20‐something guy on cell: They got no right to bring up that gun charge, it’s over ten years old!
–19th St & 6th Ave
Overheard by: Emily Davidson
Dude, after chatting to policewoman: I just have a thing for women in uniform! My mind says, “no, no, settle down,” and my penis says, “but she’s got a gun!”
–Hudson & Laight
Guy, to girl: If I wanted to be angry, I would have punched you in the face a long time ago.
–34th & 7th
Woman on cell: Sometimes the most spiritual fucking thing to do is punch somebody in the face.
–33rd St & 31st Ave, Astoria
Overheard by: Wade
Woman: It’s not like someone put a gun to your head and told you to fuck her!
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Cha
Guy on cell: Yes, I’m interested in your sparring class…No, you see I want to hit somebody.
–Bryant Park
Overheard by: Braincurve
Thug, to his girlfriend: Yo, I don’t care if you a girl or not. I will bust you in the head with a rock.
–Central Park
HS kid #1: You know what teflon is?
HS kid #2: No.
HS kid #1: It’s the stuff you coat bullets with so that they’ll pierce a bulletproof vest.
–23rd St. & Broadway
Overheard by: M Cohn
Crone: It’s 2:30! Shoot me, please. Why did I ever marry that man?
–Office, 36th Street
Texan Guy #1: Wow, I haven’t owned an overcoat in years!
Texan Guy #2: In Texas if you wear one they’ll shoot you! It means you’re a bank robber.
–Madison Ave & 43rd
Girl #1 (about girl #2’s ex): But would you shoot him?
Girl #2: Yeah. Wellll… Maybe not in the face. I mean, I don’t know if I would have the heart to, like, shoot him. At least not in the face. But I would stab him. Definitely I would stab him. No questions asked.
–N Train
Overheard by: Thea Colton
JAP #1: Isn’t The Pursuit of Happyness an action movie? Because he needs money–
JAP #2: –Not all black people need to shoot people for money.
–Lehman College cafeteria
Overheard by: can’t breathe
