Lady with disposable camera prominently featuring ‘Flash’ label: Does this camera have a flash?
Employee, to cashier: Does this have a flash?
Cashier, not looking: Yes.
Employee: This has a flash.
Lady: Are you sure? [To her mother] I hope this has a flash.
–CVS, Kings Hwy & Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: The Yankee
Dumb teen: So, you’re from France?
English girl: No, I’m from England.
Dumb teen: Oh, right. What part of England is France in?
–Outside B & J’s Steakhouse
Overheard by: Giggling into my Soda
Woman smoking outside bar: That’s what I love about City College – we’re all geniuses at City College!
–238th St, Riverdale, Bronx
Blonde: His MySpace’s ‘Who I want to meet’ says ‘Albert Einstein with big boobs.’ Does that mean he thinks I’m smart?
–Astoria
Guy on cell: Can I speak with someone smarter than you? I’m pretty sure that there’s someone smarter than you.
–Q101 bus on Steinway
Overheard by: Gregorio
Man talking to himself: There are geniuses, and there are penises…
–F train
Overheard by: Stella
Professor: Well, it’s obvious that non-human animals are very smart – especially the smarter ones.
–Columbia University
Clerk to woman trying to use debit card: You have to confirm.
Woman: How I do that?
Clerk: With the keypad you’re holding.
Woman, using keypad as cell phone: I confirm!
–Electronic store, Times Square
Overheard by: French dude
20-ish girl: Is this the line for the park?
–Line for Neue Gallery, 85th & Madison
Elderly Hindu getting off bus: Where is New York?
–Port Authority
High school girl looking at Lincoln Center: Oh my god, what’s that mall over there?!
–64th & Broadway
Overheard by: Peter
Pharmacy employee: Can I get to the UK by train or something?
–110th & Broadway
Overheard by: Rebecca Cukier
Bimbette: Madagascar was made up for the movie, right?
–The Met
Dude: Remember that barge that was right on the horizon of the beach on Sunday?
Chick: Yeah, why?
Dude: How far away do you think it was?
Chick: I have no clue. A thousand feet, maybe?
Male passenger: Actually, the horizon at sea level is six to eight miles away.
Chick: So, less than a thousand feet?
–PATH train
Overheard by: Augie
Teen girl #1: What do you want to do now?
Teen girl #2: Get something to eat.
Teen girl #1: Ew!
–59th & Columbus
Boyfriend: Yeah, we gotta get some oil.
Girlfriend: No, not oil, K-Y.
Boyfriend: Oil, K-Y — it’s the same thing.
Girlfriend: No, K-Y is a gel. It’s water-based. Oil is not.
Boyfriend: Water and oil are, like, the same thing.
–F train
Overheard by: 2WongFu
Hunter student #1: So, are you a senior this year?
Hunter student #2: Is senior when your supposed to graduate?
Hunter student #1: Yes.
Hunter student #2: Okay, then yeah, I’m a senior.
–Hunter College
Overheard by: Thomas
Female tourist, as flurries fall: Is that snow?
Male tourist: I think they’re ashes!
–Ground Zero
Overheard by: wiliiam wilson
