Embarrassment Took Care of the Other Two

Professor guy: Does anyone know who the celebrity advocate is for sickle cell anemia? Come on people, you can’t be less hip than me.
NYU girl: T-Boz.
Professor guy: That’s right! T-Boz! From what group?
NYU girl: TLC.
Professor guy: Yeah, TLC! And in case you don’t know who they are…

He puts a picture of TLC on the overhea[r]d projector.

Professor guy: I actually have their CD. I put it on at home when I feel like getting jiggy with it. I thought we’d listen to it while you work. Not I Don’t Want No Scrubs, partly because I don’t know what that means.

–Silver Building, Waverly Place

Posted on October 5, 2026
About Celebrities, Manhattan, Music, NYU, Pop Culture, Students

Instructor : Creepy :: Pope : Catholicism

LSAT guy: Okay, Kelly doesn’t know the answer to this one, so I’m going to call on her.
Kelly: Shit.
LSAT guy: You have no idea how much satisfaction that gives me, getting that response. I’m a total masochist in the classroom…and in the bedroom.

–Crowne Plaza Hotel, East 42nd Street

Posted on September 28, 2026
Creepsters, Education, Hotels, S&M, Students, Teachers/Professors

That’s All You Need to Know Aboot Canadia

HS boy #1: You probably never had Power Rangers as a kid.
HS boy #2: Uh, dude, we had TV in Canada!
HS boy #3: See man, this is what happens when you don’t live in
Scarsdale all your life. You learn stuff.

–1 train

Overheard by: Julia Kite

Posted on September 7, 2026
Foreigners, On the Subway, Students, TV

“They don’t; I ate their brains!” (Happy Halloween)

College girl: Is it possible to bring back the dead?
Professor guy: Well, for now, scientists are working on making a
single cell, which is creating life. That’s not the same as bringing
back the dead. That poses the “life after death” question.
College girl: I think about zombies all of the time.
Professor guy: All of the time?
College girl: Yeah, I’m always thinking about zombies.
Professor guy: What do your parents think?

–Meyer Hall, Washington Place

Overheard by: Steven Greenbaum

Posted on August 20, 2026
Holidays, Lower Manhattan, Students, Teachers/Professors, Vampires, Ghouls, and Ghosts, oh my!

“You’re shitting me!”

NYU chick: What are these stupid, weird underpants you put on me?
West Indian nurse lady: They’re called diapers. You lost control of yourself when you passed out.

–Beth Israel Emergency Room, 1st Avenue