The Village

Chick: So do you wear briefs or boxers?
Dude: You mean panties?
Chick: No, you know, briefs.
Dude: Boxers. I wear boxers. Adult males don’t wear panties. Panties are for girls.
Chick: Why you call ’em panties?
Dude: That’s what we call ’em in jail.

–Hudson & Charleton

Receptionist lady: Don’t you be sayin’ my whole name; I’m on America’s Most Wanted!

–NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, West 168th Street

Overheard by: supermerm

Dowager: Today was the first day I took a Celebrex since the pogo stick thing.

–Park & 60th

Overheard by: Frank Laser

Hobo: Yeah man, that’s good shit. Except for those white-ass American bandstand drummers. Whoever heard of fucking Clark Kent playing bongos?

–55th & 9th

Overheard by: Luke Reynolds

Mother: Hmm…remind me to make a stop at The Home Depot on the way home. Your father said he needed a stripper to remove some paint.

–59th & Lexington

Girl on cell: …And I was like, “Good thing you think I’m pregnant.”

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Halcyon Murphy

Girl: If anybody is gonna bring back the cape it will probably be a
lesbian.

–Borders, Time Warner Center

Hobo: Nickel? Dime?
Yuppie guy: I can’t hear you, asshole.

–Horatio & Eighth

Guy #1: You know the reason why human beings are not at the top of the food chain?
Guy #2: What?
Guy #1: Pez.

–Washington Square Park