Tween girl #1: Gina, you know you look a lot taller when you run.
Tween girl #2: That’s because she’s up in the air more, dummy.
–Battery Park
Suit: Thanksgiving is on a Friday, right?
–34th & 7th
Overheard by: Andrew Richter
Tween girl #1: Gina, you know you look a lot taller when you run.
Tween girl #2: That’s because she’s up in the air more, dummy.
–Battery Park
Suit: Thanksgiving is on a Friday, right?
–34th & 7th
Overheard by: Andrew Richter
Tourist woman: …But I thought that the Arc de Triomphe was in Paris.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Jill Maclearie
Girl: Who’s that on your t-shirt?
Guy: Well, it says “New York Dolls”…
Girl: Is that Led Zeppelin?
Guy: Um, no, it’s the New York fucking Dolls!
Girl: Asshole.
–Beauty Bar, East 14th Street
Guy: You’re how old? 27? Wow, I’m old.
Chick: Why, how old are you?
Guy: 35. If this was 1000 years ago, I’d be dead by now.
–Office, 51st & Park
Overheard by: Shannon
Guy #1: Isn’t that the Norwegian metal band where the drummer is eight and he killed the lead singer?
Guy #2: No, the drummer ate the lead singer.
–1st Avenue & 6th Street
Drunk teen girl #1: We both really need to stop drinking, you’re drinking three times a week now.”
Drunk teen girl #2: Yeah, well, there’s nothing better to do around here.
Drunk teen girl #1: You’re turning into an alky.
Drunk teen girl #2: I’m not an alcoholist!
–J train
Overheard by: christina
Guy: Okay, so I know a female dog is called a bitch, but what is a male dog called?
Girl: Um, that would be a dog. Idiot.
–72nd & Columbus
Overheard by: Stephanie S
Girl: So where do you live?
Guy: In Jersey City.
Girl: Is that in Jersey?
–Elevator, Greenwich & North Moore
British lady: Oh, hello there. Hello there. What is your name?
American guy: His name is Iggy-Pup.
British lady: Oh, Iggy-pop? It’d be a lot funnier if his name was Iggy-pup.
American guy: It is.
British lady: You know. Like my dog, for example: Chompsky. Get it?
American guy: Yes, that’s nice.
–1 train
Overheard by: James Gillece
Guy: I was thinking of changing my screen name to “Breast Milk Flavored LSD.”
Girl: Why?
Guy: Because it’s funny.
Girl: Do you even know what LSD tastes like? I mean, it could already
taste like breast milk and then your whole screen name would be redundant.
–106th & Riverside
Overheard by: Betty Noir
