This Bitch Is Gonna Occupy Rhineland

Crazy guy: Ain’t you people heard of the Treaty of Versailles? I gots mothafuckin’ rights, mothafuckas!
NYU tour guide: Washington Square Park is the vibrant center of campus…
Crazy guy: Rights! You can’t just be dropping mustard gas on me, like that mothafucka from Tennessee be doin’. The Treaty of Versailles says I got rights!
Tour mom: Oh my god! They have mustard gas here now? I told you this city wasn’t safe.
Crazy guy: This bitch understands that I got rights!

–Washington Square Park

Overheard by: Laura Mathis

Posted on April 20, 2006
College, Hobos, Manhattan, NYU, Parents, The Village, Tourists

Wednesday One-liners Already Miss QAF

Queer: This place is way gayer than last time.

–XL, West 16th street

Overheard by: straight girl

Posted on April 19, 2006
Backdoor, Bars & Clubs, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Health and Hygiene, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Old People, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Preppies, Queers, Religion, Sex, STDs, Teens, The Village, Thugs, Union Square and East Village, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport

The Wednesday One-liners Party

Woman: I’m never going to be in the “in crowd” because the “in crowd” are all molecular biologists and have labs.

–F train

Overheard by: Eric Wrenn

Posted on April 19, 2006
College, Hipsters, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, NYU, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, The Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

She Must Work in Tuitions

Chick: Yeah, our RA put up this poster listing these words we’re not
supposed to say because they’re offensive.
Guy: What can’t you say?
Chick: “Bitch”, “retarded”, “gay”, “fag”, “slut”, and “gypped”.
Guy: “Gypped”? Why “gypped”?
Chick: I dunno, it’s offensive to gypsies or something.
Guy: Do gypsies even go to NYU, let alone college?
Chick: Maybe she’s from Romania and shit.

–Hayden Hall Residence, Washington Square West

Overheard by: Glynnis O

Posted on April 18, 2006
College, Manhattan, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, NYU, The Village

So Very Many Roommates…

Hobo: Got a cigarette you can spare?…Give me a cigarette!
Girl #1: Hey, fuck you.
Hobo: Yeah, fuck you too!
Girl #2: At least we have a home!
Hobo: Yeah, I got a home too. In your mother’s cunt, bitch!

–Broadway & Bleecker

Overheard by: Solanum

Posted on April 17, 2006
Anger Management, Hobos, Manhattan, Smokers & Smoking, The Village

Pets Are for the Petty

Guy #1: Hey, watch it! Jerk!
Guy #2: Get a bigger dog, asshole!
Guy #1: Be a smaller person!

–Bleecker & Perry

Overheard by: Zell

Posted on April 16, 2006
Anger Management, Man's Best Friend, Manhattan, The Village, We Love Our Pets

Guys Always Get to Pee Faster

Teen girl: My Facebook password is “pee”.
Teen guy: “P”?
Teen girl: No, “pee”. P-e-e. Like, to take a pee. I just couldn’t think of anything. It used to be “poo”. Whatever, it’ll probably get hacked by some stalker anyway.
Teen guy: Who would hack your profile?
Teen girl: My brother did it before. He guessed the password in like three minutes.

–Hayden Hall Residence elevator, Washington Square West