Stoners

Guy: I’m in love!
Girl: Awwww.
Guy: With marijuana.
Girl: Oh.

–18th & 10th

Overheard by: John K

White guy #1: And to make matters worse, she stole my bag of weed!
White guy #2: She told you she had herpes, and you’re worried about your weed?

–Ray’s Pizza, 8th & 51st

British tourist guy: Come on, think, how many hours have spent together sober?
British touris girl: Two and a half.
British tourist guy: Now, how many hours have we spent together stoned?
British tourist girl: Two and a half … thousand!

–Q train

Overheard by: Ben Couch

Do-gooder: Excuse me, you’re not allowed to smoke in here.
Stoner lady: My bad, you want some?
Do-gooder: Um, no thanks, can you just put it out.
Stoner lady: Yeah, I used to do cocaine too, but it got too messy.

–1 train

Stoner #1: Yo, why did newsboys used to shout “Extra!” when they’d sell papers?
Stoner #2: I don’t know… maybe the news was about.. like… X-Men… like, mutants…
Stoner #1: Yeah… true… maybe.

–University & 8th

Overheard by: Alyson Leigh

Stoner #1: I dare you to snort this pixie stick.
Stoner #2: But I only have a five dollar bill.
Stoner #1: So, what’s the problem?
Stoner #2: Dude, you can’t snort with a five dollar bill. That’s just wrong. It has to be at least a twenty. God, have some dignity.

–Stuyvesant High School

Dude: I’ve fired 3 people in the last 2 weeks. One girl was fat. But she didn’t know it. She would come into work with her belly falling out of her shirt. I just couldn’t take it anymore.

–NYSC, 38th & Broadway

Overheard by: Aimee

Guy: There’s a very large building missing from my neighborhood.
Girl: A building missing, eh? Have you been smoking the dope?
Guy: Yes.

–Park Slope

Overheard by: djlindee

Girl #1: My brother’s started taking marijuana and I’m worried cause he’s only 17.
Girl #2: I’m so anti-drugs because my dad’s brother died of a drug overdose.
Girl #1: Was it a marijuana overdose?

–Columbia University

Woman: I’m pretty sure that the guy standing next to the door is smoking weed right now.
Man: I’ll give up my seat if I can have a hit.

–6 train

Overheard by: Laurel Moeslein