In line for opening night show of Superman Returns.
Passerby: What’s this line for?
Black dude: Man, everybody wants to see Supercracker.
–4th Ave, between 13th and 14th
Overheard by: Potomac
In line for opening night show of Superman Returns.
Passerby: What’s this line for?
Black dude: Man, everybody wants to see Supercracker.
–4th Ave, between 13th and 14th
Overheard by: Potomac
Old lady, standing in front of the Leda and the Swan statue: Gee, I guess she must really like that swan.
–The Met
Frat boy: She was real “Helen of Troy” pussy.
–Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: the fiend
Girl #1: My poop is like my cat’s.
Girl #2: Like pellets?
Girl #1: No, like chronic diarrhea.
Girl #2: Why don’t you take it to the vet?
Girl #1: I havn’t even taken myself to the doctor, so why would I bother going for the cat?
–Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle
Overheard by: Collegiate Cutie
Scarecrow guy: You know, I’m pretty normal, for someone who’s completely out of control.
Woman: Right.
Scarecrow guy: We’re in different worlds now. I’m pretty Goth, and we’re trying to convince people we’re vampires. You’re a college grad. Different worlds, you know.
–LIRR
Overheard by: college grad’s friend
Pharmacist: You should probably re-sign your card.
Woman: Why?
Pharmacist: Well, you signed over the magnetic strip. You’re supposed to sign over the white part down here.
Woman: Then how would the machine read my signature? That doesn’t make any sense.
Pharmacist: No, it’s a magnetic strip. It reads the information, not the signature.
Woman: I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. That’s not how the machines work. You’re a pharmacist, not an electrician.
Then the pharmacist gave up.
–Zitomer, 76th & Madison
Overheard by: Helena
Girl: He took me to a Japanese restaurant. I got the chicken karaoke.
–78th & Broadway
Overheard by: E HAGEN
20-Something girl: So, is Alabama in Kentucky?
–27th & 1st
Overheard by: interlard
Early-20’s woman: The Himalayas aren’t a real place. They’re like Narnia.
–1st & 1st
Ghetto girl: In British Whose Line Is It Anyway?, do they speak English?
–75th St
Man on cell: Hello. Oh, hi, yes. You won’t believe it. I’m on a bus. In New York City. Can you imagine?
–M-104 bus
Overheard by: Nhoo
Girl: Oh my God, I am psyched to be in New York. Look! I can’t believe they have sand here! Aww!
–Central Park, near the Great Lawn
Tourist guy: Wow. I love this city. If New York had a cunt, I would eat it.
–Times Square
Overheard by: monzo
Woman #1: You said 28th and 7th.
Woman #2: I told you 27th and 8th.
Woman #1: You did not.
Woman #2: Yes, I did.
Woman #1: I know what you said ’cause I got a photogenic memory. You said 27th and 8th.
Woman #2: That’s what I’m saying.
Woman #1: Fuck you then.
–28th & 7th
Overheard by: Akd
Teen boy #1: Is turkey actually, like, protein?
Teen boy #2: Of course. It’s got chicken in it.
–Bronx High School of Science
Overheard by: overhearer
Drugged out gangsta kid #1: I got mad depth perception, yo.
Drugged out gangsta kid #2: Yo, do you know what that means?
Drugged out gangsta kid #1: Yeah, I can see really good out one eye.
Drugged out gangsta kid #2: No, man. Deaf means you can’t hear shit!
–L train platform, Union Square
