Hipster girl, about shoes: Cool, there’s a cow on the side.
Hipster boy: No, it’s a sheep.
Hipster girl: Oh.
Hipster boy: Well, whatever — it’s bovine.
–Beacon’s Closet, Williamsburg
Overheard by: hipster shopper
Hipster girl, about shoes: Cool, there’s a cow on the side.
Hipster boy: No, it’s a sheep.
Hipster girl: Oh.
Hipster boy: Well, whatever — it’s bovine.
–Beacon’s Closet, Williamsburg
Overheard by: hipster shopper
Gym rat: So, don’t tell a lot of people, but, um, I write poetry.
Friend: Oh, yeah? Since when?
Gym rat: Since we was in English Lit. That Edgar Allen Poe guy — man, he really expired me to be a writer. I got lots to say.
Friend: That’s cool.
Gym rat: I just hope it’s easy to get published and shit.
Friend: Should be, should be.
Gym rat: Or maybe I should just go on Def Poetry Jam. Anyone can do that shit.
–44th & Park
Nine-year-old boy: Mom, are we done?
Mom: Yes, we just need to check out.
Nine-year-old boy: Yeah! We’re done! D-u-n, done!
–Duane Reade, 33rd & Broadway
Overheard by: themelancholydane
Man: How much for two double-A batteries?
Bodega worker: The good ones or the one-dollar ones?
Man: The dollar ones.
Bodega worker: One dollar.
Man: I’ll take two.
Bodega worker: That will be two dollars.
Man: Two dollars?!
–30th & 6th
Punk #1: Do you realize that we only live 80 years?
Punk #2: And we’ve done so much more than most people.
Punk #3: It’s, like, philosophical.
Punk #1: And we don’t get the same opportunity as other people because of the way we look.
Punk #2: That’s discrimination.
–Bathroom, Otto’s Shrunken Head, 14th St
Overheard by: Leon Dekelbaum
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
