Teenage girl #1: So I was like, “What you goin’ fuckin’ do about it?”
Teenage girl #2: And…What’d he say?
Teenage girl #1: Motherfucker was like, “I’ll take you by Planned Parenthood in the mornin’. You need to get some after-shit.” I looked at him like, “What, motherfucker?!” That ain’t no 7-11 type o’ shit. I don’t want a fuckin’ hot dog. I wanna not be pregnant with your bitch ass kid.
Teenage girl #2: What’d he say?
Teenage girl #1: Nothin’. Bitch better keep his mouth shut.
–F train
Chick #1: Do you have a safety pin?
Chick #2: What’s a safety pin?
Chick #1: Are you serious?
Chick #2: Yeah, I mean, what’s the difference between a safety pin and a paper clip? I know they both hold shit together, but, like, what’s the difference?
–23rd & 1st
Overheard by: Carly
9-year-old girl: Mommy, please can we leave? This doesn’t even make any sense! It’s stupid.
Mommy: Sweetie, it’s not supposed to make sense. It’s senseless art. They’re making fun of real art.
–Dada exhibit, MoMA
Portly dude in Rangers jersey: I’m the best thing to ever happen to Amish country.
–Spanish Consulate, 58th & Lex
Bartender: Yeah, I know him, he’s a professor of social studies at Columbia.
Middle-Aged woman: That’s my school! I think it’s so great that he’s a social worker.
Bartender: Um, he’s a professor of social studies.
Middle-Aged woman: Right, a social worker.
Bartender: No, he’s a professor of social studies. That doesn’t make him a social worker.
Middle-Aged woman: No?
–81st & Amsterdam
Customer: Do you have The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Employee: What is that?
–Barnes & Noble, Park Slope
Girl #1: Does Katie’s brother say, “You wanna puke in my ass”?
Girl #2: I think he says, “house.”
Girl #1: Ooh. Oh my God, that makes so much more sense.
Girl #1 to girl #3: We are such idiots.
–Whitestone, Queens
Overheard by: Michelle
Guy #1: I hear if you pee on that third rail thing it will kill you.
Guy #2: Really? Let’s give it a shot!
Guy #2 pees over the side, hitting the third rail.
Guy #2: Fuckin’ bullshit, man! That shit doesn’t even work!
–B platform, 34th St
Some Con Ed workers are standing around a manhole, peeking in and looking confused.
Con Ed worker: Just put some tape on it!
–43rd St & 30th Ave, Astoria
Overheard by: Jennifer Cuatt
Girl #1, showing Girl #2 a website: Look at how beautiful this place is; it’s in Rhode Island.
Girl #2: I love Rhode Island. I used to go there a lot.
Girl #3: Yuck, why would you go to Rhode Island? That’s where that mental institution is. Why would you want to go there?
Girl #2: No, Rhode Island is a state in our country. You mean Roosevelt Island, and that institution has been closed for, like, ever.
–W 77th St
