Teen girl #1: Jason called me today and asked me if I was in Bay Ridge.
Teen girl #2: How would he know you were there? Is he stalking you or something?
Teen girl #1: God, I hope so.
–Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Lotte
Teen girl #1: Jason called me today and asked me if I was in Bay Ridge.
Teen girl #2: How would he know you were there? Is he stalking you or something?
Teen girl #1: God, I hope so.
–Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Lotte
Teen girl #1: I was thinking about Daylight Savings Time yesterday, and I was wondering… When we, like, lose an hour, are there still 24 hours in a day?
Teen girl #2: Hmmm… I don’t really know… I guess not…
–2 train
Overheard by: scared for the future of america
Skater kid #1: I don’t like this whole “valet” thing, man.
Skater kid #2: You don’t trust them?
Skater kid #1: I DON’T TRUST ANYONE!
–8th St & 6th Ave
Crazy woman: I’m still alive and breathing, thank you very much, despite the best efforts of the Devil.
–Food Court, Grand Central
Overheard by: Rich Mintz
Teen boy #1: We’re getting back pretty late. What are you going to tell your mom?
Teen boy #2: I’ll say we were at dinner until 10:00, and–
Teen boy #1: No way! We went to dinner at 6:15! There’s no such thing as a four hour dinner!
Teen boy #2: Okay, I’ll say that we went to dinner at 7:15, and that we stayed until 8:45 because it was a buffet…then we went and hung out at Times Square–
Teen boy #1: You should tell her that I did something bad, otherwise she’ll be suspicious.
–N train
Girl #1: I heard on a show that Times Square was getting seedy again.
Girl #2: Times Square should be seedy. Tourists come here and they want to see hookers and pimps and drug dealers hanging around. Not the Prudential Financial display.
–Times Square
Eastern European tourist chick, looking at Empire State Building: What is that?
New York teenage girl, in perfect seriousness: I have no idea.
–Outside Empire State Building
Overheard by: Sapodilla
Guy on cell: I guess you’d rather spend time with your cat than me. That’s cool.
–Brooklyn Heights
Thug to girl calling for cat: You lost your cat, baby? Shit, this is Brooklyn, there’s so many street cats out here they probably ate your cat.
–Franklin & Classon, Prospect Heights Brooklyn
Teen, talking about guitars: You can never have too many. They’re like cats.
–17th & 8th
Girl on cell: Yeah, I want one too, but we should start with a cat and see how that is. You know, play it by ear.
–86th & Lexington
Overheard by: Is that how it works?
Girl: If I looked like a cat’s poop hole I’d still want to be loved… and eaten.
–JFK
Check in girl: I only like buying books with sparkles on the cover.
–York & 72nd
Overheard by: fance
Teenage girl on cell: I gotta find this book in the religion section. You know, it's like… it's not that you believe in god, or you don't believe in god, but that you just don't care? I want that book!
–Borders Bookstore, Midtown
Amtrak conductor: A free copy of Amtrak's Arrive magazine is located in your seat pocket. For those seeking enlightenment, this magazine is the first step.
–Train, Penn Station
Student, discussing The Sound and the Fury: I suppose it's a very *artsy* ending–a big, retarded guy holding a broken flower… Does that come with skinny jeans and an apartment in Williamsburg?
–Stuyvesant High School
Tipsy 30-something nerd: We can't all be riding escalators with hard-ons.(older woman turns around) What, lady? It's a literary reference, look it up!
–1st & 7th
Overheard by: Phyllis Dean
Teen boy #1: You know what my mom does? She bathes in champagne.
Teen boy #2: Yeah?
Teen boy #1: It’s supposed to be good luck, you know?
Teen girl: What, does she just pour Cristal all over herself or something?
Teen boy #1: Nah. I think she puts it on a sponge.
–D train
15-year-old on cell: Why would they invade Lebanon? We’ve got nothing they want. All we’ve got are trees.
–64th & 5th
Overheard by: Caroline
Professor Obvious, on Hezbollah situation: It’s, like, so Old Testament. They really need to come up off that shit.
–Wooster & Houston
B&T mom on cell: God, honey, calm down. I’m in Manhattan, not Lebanon.
–American Girl Place, 49th & 5th
Overheard by: Courtney
Wannabe cartographer: Where’s Hezbollah…Like, it’s a city in Iran, right?
–Mug Café, E 13th St
