Talking/Convos

Ticket lady: I’m sorry, no pets allowed.
Woman: But even if the dog is in a bag?

–Central Park

Overheard by: armur

Girl: Oh my God! I meant to tell you!
Guy: What?
Girl: Yesterday I was walking on 5th Avenue and this horde of middle-aged women stopped me to ask where I got my Ralph Lauren shirt.
Guy: No way!
Girl: It was great.
Guy: The one with the big horse on it?
Girl: It’s a pony, not a horse!
Guy: What’s the difference?
Girl: It’s different.
Guy: Can you explain the difference?
Girl: No.

–Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: pixelvisions

Girl: This isn’t right. We’re supposed to be on Murray Street.
Guy: Dude, you know I’m dyslexic!

–Warren & Greenwich

Man: So you went to the Champs Elysee in Paris?
Woman: Yeah, it was cool. Kinda like Madison Avenue, just smaller…

–Frank, 2nd Avenue

Overheard by: Englishman in NY

Guy #1: I don’t think people get my humor. I don’t think they get the dry thing, but it’s also very toilet.
Guy #2: Okay, so basically, you have dry toilet humor.
Guy #1: Yes, there’s no water in that toilet.
Guy #2: So it’s more like a trough.

–BondSt, Bond Street

Girl #1: …was supposed to be there. You know, from The Golden Girls.
Girl #2: Oh yeah, what happened?
Girl #1: Didn’t show, I hear she’s a real bitch.
Girl #2: Isn’t she like really old now?
Girl #1: She was really old like 25 years ago.

–11th Street & 2nd Avenue

Overheard by: Eric

Black guy: Yo, can I get a dollar for a hot dog?
White guy: Sorry. This is my last fiver.
White woman: Here ya go.
Black guy: That’ll do.
White woman: You could at least say thank you.
Black guy: I did. I was speaking ebonics.

–Gray’s Papaya, 8th Avenue

Overheard by: CRE

Dude: Does the Parks Commission feed squirrels and pigeons?
Parks guy: No.
Dude: Why not?
Parks guy: Listen, I saw a pigeon drinking a Heineken the other day. I got no respect for pigeons.

–Madison Square Park

Queer #1: That guy is hot.
Queer #2: Did you notice he was only drinking water?
Queer #1: Yeah, that’s definitely a turnoff.
Queer #2: Well, maybe he’s taking drugs.
Queer #1: I hope so, I hate clean and sober.

–Phoenix, E. 13th Street

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