…When People Have Written Phone Numbers on Them.

Girl #1: Don't ask me, I'm computer e-literate.
Girl #2: E-literate?
Girl #1: Isn't that a word?
Girl #2: It's “illiterate.”
Girl #1: Well, I can still read palms.

–City College of New York

Posted on April 19, 2009
City College, Girls, Psychic, Stupidity, Words

Do I Have to Pass a Test?

Three-year-old: Dad, it's raining!
Dad: You're three years old. You don't even know what rain is.

–1st Ave & 4th St

Posted on April 19, 2009
Age/Aging, Kids, Parents, Stupidity, Union Square and East Village, Weather

I Spent a Semester Abroad There

Suit: Have you ever been to Ali Baba's?
Brunette: Ew, why would I go there?
Suit: I don't know, I heard the food is good…
Brunette: Oh! Ali Baba the restaurant? I thought you meant Ali Baba the country.

–34th St

Posted on April 19, 2009
Girls, Global Geography, Idiots, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Questions, Stupidity, Suits

Let's Just Say I Was Impressed with All Of His Noodles That Evening

Girl #1: He made the most amazing spaghetti bolognese.
Girl #2: Really?
Girl #1: Yeah, I was so impressed, I slept with him.

–Campbell Apartment

Posted on April 19, 2009
Bars & Clubs, Bimbettes, Central Park, Food, Hook Ups, Stupidity

I Hear Africa's Beautiful.

Guy from Illinois: Where are you from?
Girl: Rome.
Guy from Illinois: Oh, I've always wanted to visit St. Petersburg!

–Queensboro Plaza

Posted on April 16, 2009
Foreigners, Global Geography, Idiots, Italians, Queens, Questions, Stupidity, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Wishes & desires

Dueling Morons Can Be More Entertaining Than Television

Pizza guy #1, after reading Snapple cap: Okay: what's a bird that can swim but can't fly? Seven letters.
Pizza guy #2: Hmmm…a duck?
Pizza guy #1: What? No, seven letters. And a duck isn't even a bird, a duck is a duck!

–Pizza Parlor, Upper West Side

Overheard by: EthanK

Posted on April 16, 2009
Birds, Clerks, Questions, Restaurants & Cafes, Stupidity, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Words

That Jerk Never Returns My Calls

Girl #1: This whole Ben situation is really starting to piss me off.
Girl #2: I know! I just don't know what his deal is.
Girl #1: He called me like twelve times yesterday.
Girl #2 (stopping in the middle of Penn Station): He called you? (pauses for a moment) Oh, you mean Ben your boyfriend, don't you?
Girl #1: As opposed to?
Girl #2: Ben from Lost.
Girl #1: Don't talk to me for an hour, please.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: thought it was lost too