JAP: I like, didn’t even know I had a middle name until my bat-mitzvah.
–53rd & 8th
Overheard by: Phil
JAP: I like, didn’t even know I had a middle name until my bat-mitzvah.
–53rd & 8th
Overheard by: Phil
Black hipster girl being given directions: Huh? Crosswalk? What is a “crosswalk”?
Shop girl: Honey, I'm from Ohio and I know what a crosswalk is!
–Vintage Store, West Broadway
Overheard by: Murray
Tourist #1, pointing toward Upper West Side: Is that where the World Trade Center was?
Tourist #2: Yeah, I think so.
–Central Park
JAP #1: Isn’t The Pursuit of Happyness an action movie? Because he needs money–
JAP #2: –Not all black people need to shoot people for money.
–Lehman College cafeteria
Overheard by: can’t breathe
Man: Hey, do you have any whistles? You know — the kind that shut people up when you blow them?
Clerk: No.
Man: Fuck!
–47th & Broadway
20-something man on cell: I just bought another Transformers t-shirt. That means I am one Transformers t-shirt away from being able to only wear Transformers t-shirts.
–9th Ave & 45th St
Overheard by: Serena
Male art teacher: What's wrong with chiffon? If I were home right now, I would be wearing chiffon.
–Hunter College High School
Bar owner to college kid wearing suit: Look atchu all dressed up. What, are you goin' on a game show or somethin?
–Citi Bar
Overheard by: Lulu
20-something girl on cell: You should've known when you liked his clothes that he was going to be overly emotional. No one who dresses that good can hold it all together.
–Locker Room, Crunch Gym
Guy to group of friends: Yeah, so I said to him, "Mike, it's a problem when you wearin' the same clothes as your daughter.'"
–5th Ave & 14th St
Overheard by: Sue
Girl: …yeah, so everyone has to go dressed as something that starts with a P.
Illiterate: I’ll go dressed up as a lion!
–Astoria
Overheard by: Lola
Girl #1: You never told me that. I didn’t agree to any of that!
Girl #2: I know! I’m like… Who’s the chick who started the Trojan War? You know, with the big horses?
Girl #1: Cleopatra?
Girl #2: I’m like fuckin’ Cleopatra!
–NYU
Overheard by: PK
Guy #1: I told the manager they need to start recycling.
Guy #2: Why?
Guy #1: Cuz they don't recycle.
Guy #2: So what!?
–41st & 7th
