Guy: What do you do?
Girl: I’m into fetish photography.
–St. Mark’s & 1st Ave
Guy: What do you do?
Girl: I’m into fetish photography.
–St. Mark’s & 1st Ave
Woman: So, what do you do for a living?
Man: I’m a doctor, actually.
Woman: Really? Do they make more than teachers?
Man: Doesn’t everyone?
–42nd St
Guy #1: I can’t believe I’m back here. It has been such a long time.
Guy #2: Why? You’ve been traveling?
Guy #1: Nope — prison.
–Penn Station
Tall guy: Man, get away from me. You’re cracked out.
Small guy: I ain’t smokin’ crack! I smoke dust, nigga!
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Mike
Guy to manager: I lost my wallet near here, and I was wondering if anyone turned it in?
Crazy lady at copy machine: Maybe you left it in some boy’s pants.
–Staples, 56th & Park
Vampire: Your ass looks great in that costume.
French maid: You don’t even know me! [She starts making out with him.]
–W 4th & MacDougal
Professor-like man: Excuse me, are you a Muslim?
Muslim man, slightly hesitant: Yes, why?
Professor-like man: Well, I was hoping you could answer a question I have about the Koran that I’ve been wondering about for a while. [Muslim man nods.] Can you tell me everything the Koran says about female circumcision?
Muslim man: Is there a bus stop nearby?
–Outside Columbia University subway entrance
Overheard by: Matthew
Lady to man on cell: Wait, how are you on the phone?! Why do you have service underground?! What kind of service do you have that it works in the subway?!
Man on cell, deadpan: I’m James Bond.
–Stalled subway at tunnel before 34th St
Old guy: Hey! You respect your elders! Don’t be disrespectful to your elders!
12-year-old boy: Shut the fuck up! Come here! Come over here! I’ll fuck you up! Fuck you!
Passerby: I’d love to see an old man and a little kid throw down in the middle of Union Square.
–Union Square
Lady: Excuse me, can you tell me where Chinatown is?
Chinese lady: Chinatown is everywhere! Any way you walk, there’s Chinatown! It’s all around us!
Lady: Thank you [begins walking away from Chinatown].
Chinese lady: Not that way! Come, follow me. This way! Come on!
–Lafayette & Worth
