It’ll Be Just Like Playing Cat’s Cradle

Tween girl #1: I don’t understand why anyone would be pro-life.
Tween girl #2: Yeah, I’m gonna get my tubes tied once I’m old enough.

–16th & 2nd

Overheard by: alex duncan

Posted on February 2, 2015
Abortion, Body Parts, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Manhattan, Murray Hill and Gramercy, People, Places, Politics, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Topics, Tweens

Mostly I Just Massage Her Feet

Queer #1: It is so difficult for me to explain… like, it really hurts to be treated that way, and sometimes I just need to stop and focus on the pain and learn why it bothers me so much.
Queer #2: Why don’t you talk to your therapist about it?
Queer #1: She won’t let me talk about that stuff.

–1 train

Overheard by: Brina Guild

Posted on January 24, 2015
Advice, On the Subway, People, Places, Psychology, Queer guys, Queers, Topics

No One Invited Me

Woman: Something got stuck in my sinuses, then it went down my spine and had a party.

–BBQ, UWS

Posted on January 19, 2015
Body Parts, Health and Hygiene, Illness, Manhattan, People, Places, Topics, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Women

What Happened to You, Alex P. Keaton?

Banker guy: I hope you have bail money.
Bouncer guy: Fuck you.
Manager guy: What’s the problem here?
Banker guy: He shoved me.
Manager guy: I don’t know anything about that, but you didn’t bring ID.
Banker guy: I have my Dartmouth ID and my Goldman Sachs ID.

–outside Brass Monkey, Little West 12th Street

Overheard by: pb dot c

Posted on January 16, 2015
Age/Aging, Assholes, Bars & Clubs, Bouncers, Crime and Punishment, Education, Favorites, Manhattan, People, Places, Students, Suits, The Village, Topics, Venues, Violence

Don’t Need No Crystal Ball

Girl: I’m going to do voodoo on her.
Guy: Is she black?
Girl: Yeah. The thing is that whatever you do comes back three times against you, so I’m going to have to do santeria to take it off.

–W Train

Posted on December 25, 2014
Black People, Magic, On the Subway, People, Places, Topics

It’s Just Paste, You Fucktards

Waif #1: Do you have any of that low-carb gum?
Waif #2: That stuff is super fierce.
Waif #1: I know.

–1 train

Posted on November 25, 2014
On the Subway, People, Places, Skinny People, Stupidity, Topics

He’s Unsure Whether Skeletons Count as Siblings

Guy #1: …and then I came in and Anne was watching some gay movie with Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix–
Guy #2: Who’s River Phoenix?
Guy #1: You know, Joaquin Phoenix’s brother.
Guy #2: Joaquin Phoenix has a brother?
Guy #1: I guess…

–A train