Guy: So, anyway, the short of it is, he is the only guy I ever slept with who didn’t end up giving me money. He was amazing.
Girl: Hmm-mm. I see.
–Houston & Mercer
Overheard by: Angela
Guy: So, anyway, the short of it is, he is the only guy I ever slept with who didn’t end up giving me money. He was amazing.
Girl: Hmm-mm. I see.
–Houston & Mercer
Overheard by: Angela
Man: And if he’s coming at me with his motherfucking knife, he’s going out the window.
Woman: You ain’t supposed to know about the knife.
Man: I don’t give a shit.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Daniel
Punk rock girl: I’m pretty sure they knew it was satirical.
Punk rock guy: They didn’t think it was satirical, they think you actually think that.
Punk rock girl: But it was parody!
Punk rock guy: It was bullshit!
–7th Ave & Greenwich
Queer #1: So the whole time you were married you weren’t going out with men?
Queer #2: Nope.
–Bleecker & 6th
Guy #1: So, is that Central Park over there? [points to a particularily wooded area across 6th avenue]
Guy #2: Nope.
Guy #1: So then it’s Union Square, right?
Guy #2: Nope, it’s neither.
Guy #1: So basically, those are just a bunch of trees?
Guy #2: Yup.
–MacDougal & Bleecker
Customer: Are both those tuna?
Deli guy: Yes.
Customer: What’s the difference?
Deli guy: This tuna is chicken.
–3rd & Sullivan
Overheard by: Kimmy Yo
Tall girl smoking cigarette on the sidewalk: You’re not my type.
Short guying selling CDs on the sidewalk: What do you mean?
Tall girl: First of all, you’re short. Second of all, you’re selling CDs on the sidewalk.
–6th Ave & 12th St
Girl to her friends: What are we doing here?
Random guy: Well, I’m glad the kids are still asking all the right existential questions.
–8th St & 6th Ave
Overheard by: Mansoor Khan
Hobo shuffling through his belongings, to no one in particular: I’m starting to feel like a Democrat.
–6th Ave & W 4th St
Overheard by: Rebecca Sills
Little boy: So far, this is the worst day of my life.
Mom: Oh, no. You’re still a small fry.
Little boy: I am not a “small fries!” Why do you keep saying that?
–Bleecker & Christopher
Overheard by: Manhattman
