Stupidity

Shoshana Bean: We keep messing up. God hates us!
Scott Alan: God hates us both. That’s awesome!

–The Duplex, Christopher Street

Overheard by: Thompson Patton

Fashionista #1: Oh my God. I am so tired!
Fashionista #2: Me too. Let’s make this quick because I totally want to go home like right now.
Fashionista #1: Okay. You know, I think the key to a successful shopping trip is spending only a couple of hours at each store.
Fashionista #2: Definitely. Anything more just makes my blood sugar get too low, you know?

–Macy’s fitting rooms, West 34th Street

Overheard by: Lindsay

Boy, 6: It was magic.
Mom: No, it wasn’t magic; it was a miracle. There is a difference.

–Broadway & Dey

Girl: Hi, I’d like a medium iced coffee with lots of ice, skim milk and Equal, please.
Cashier chick: What kind of ice?

–Dunkin’ Donuts, Penn Station

Overheard by: devila

Drunk guy: We should go to the OTB and bet on some horses.
Drunk girl: Why would you bet on prostitutes?
Drunk guy: I don’t think you heard me correctly.

–14th & 2nd

Overheard by: Bryant

Rich girl #1: So she got into a fight with her step mother last night.
Rich girl #2: But she can’t have a stepmother; her real mother isn’t dead yet!

–6 train

Overheard by: Adam

Chick #1: I want chocolate, but no nuts. What kind of candy bar doesn’t have nuts?
Chick #2: Um…Almond Joy?

–Bodega, 44th & 9th

Overheard by: Peter Shankman

Woman with baby: So I’ve been takin’ these classes, and like they teach you how to draw blood from people and shit, but they have all these funny names for things. Like your skull, they call it the…um…
Woman without baby: Cranium?
Woman with baby: Yeah, the cranium. And they don’t call it “blood”, they call it…cells.

–F train

Overheard by: Miss N.

Suit on cell: Hey, guess where I am?…Guess…I’m in Glasgow!

–Carmine & Bleecker

Overheard by: Chris Cotterman

Preppy guy: How am I racist? I’m Irish! I can’t be racist!

–9th Street & 3rd Avenue

Overheard by: Miss Hipstah

Woman on cell: My daughter went to Montreal. I was like, “Why do you have to go where the French go? Why couldn’t you just go to Ontario?”

–55th & 3rd

Bag lady: Can I have a quarter? The Irish have taken over the YMCA.

–22nd & 5th

Overheard by: smanikas

Thug: Paisano?…It’s like “my nigga” but in Italian.

–Times Square

Overheard by: KRUD

Guy #1: Yeah, my mom said this church would help us find God or
something…
Guy #2: How are you supposed to find God?
Guy #1: Hell, I dunno, she said something about a treasure hunt…

–23rd & 10th

Overheard by: Karina