Girl #1: This says it's 99 degrees out.
Girl #2: Really? I would have thought it's 100 degrees.
–32nd St & Madison Ave
Girl #1: This says it's 99 degrees out.
Girl #2: Really? I would have thought it's 100 degrees.
–32nd St & Madison Ave
Teen girl #1: You know what I think the worst smell would be? Dirty diapers with rotting flesh wrapped in rubber; all set on fire.
Teen girl #2: What about sulfur, too?
Teen girl #1: Well, sulfur usually comes along with the burning anyway. And you know, that all might smell so bad that it smells good…
Teen girl #2: Yeah, you should tell Dartmouth that when you interview there.
–81st & CPW
Overheard by: Ariamy
Blonde: Well, I want to visit that country where they speak African!
Redhead: Oh, you want to go to Africa to learn how to speak African? That is so cool.
Black businessman shaking his head: Africa is a continent, not a country, [sighs], and there is no language called ‘African.’
Black businessman departs at 34th Street.
Blonde: How’s he going to tell me that when we went to college and he didn’t? Plus, I heard President Bush call Africa a country in a speech.
–A train, 14th St
Overheard by: LDofHarlem
Girl #1: Oh my god! That condom wrapper says “oriental flavor.” What does that even mean?
Girl #2, looking at litter: I think that's a Ramon noodle seasoning pouch.
–Central Park
Idiot, 50s: That’s the one argument against capital punishment that cannot be refuted. If you do it, someone is dead.
–Westway Diner, 9th Ave
Guy #1: So I was talkin’ to him ’bout his sister–
Guy #2: Yo man, that chick is so fine.
Guy #1: Man, I know what you mean. But she naive, you know? She don’t know how fine she is.
Guy #2: Yeah. Naive.
Guy #1: But then she had the nerve to touch his boxes. What chick touches a guy’s boxes? She got an ugly soul.
–E train
Overheard by: Suzie
Running little kid #1: What kind of cheese do you like? Cheese or cheddar?
Running little kid #2: What's the difference?
–Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: da sarkastik ninja.
Tourist boyfriend: What’s Avenue Q?
Tourist girlfriend: Well, in New York City there’s a place called Alphabet City, and that’s where they have Avenues A through Z.
–Dylan Prime, Tribeca
Overheard by: rebecca marie
Headline by: Jessica Bessica
Runners-Up:
· “And Spamalot Is This City in England.” – SAtCW
· “It’s Basically a Concentration Camp for Puppets” – Mikey G.
· “It’s Right Next to Some Giant Apple” – Kelsey
· “No Tourist Left Behind” – sara
· “Ok, Can You Take Your Hand Out Of My Ass Now?” – sherman
Guy #1: Do you think I’m too sensitive?
Guy #2: I…uh…don’t understand the question.
–Broadway & Fulton
Overheard by: Luke Taylor Brown
