Sadly Not Beyond the Realm of Possibility

Kid presses call button on commuter hotline phone.

Father: Why did you do that?
Son: I’m sorry. I didn’t know what it was.
Father: If you do that again the police will arrest you.
Son: Really?
Father: Yes, George Bush will come and take you to jail.
Son: What?
Father: He will kill you and put your picture on the Wall of Memories [Ground Zero feature].

–World Trade Center PATH station

Posted on July 8, 2020
Crime and Punishment, Dads, Death, Gadgets, Ground Zero, Kids, Manhattan, Parents, People, Places, President, Topics, Tourist Attractions, Trains Not Subway, Violence, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport

The Last Line Works Better By Itself

Teen girl: Wow, look at the men’s room line and then look at the women’s room line. It’s so much longer.
Fat woman: Yeah. Shit, I’ll grow a penis.

–Shubert Theater, W. 44th Street

Overheard by: Emily G.

Posted on May 18, 2020
Body Parts, Fat People, Girls, Manhattan, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Penis, People, Places, Private Parts, Teens, Theater & Dance, Topics, Women

Remember That Whole Strike Thing?

Guy: God damn it! Where were you? I waited an hour for you to show up! Were you on a coffee break or what?
Bus driver: Sir, that’s not possible, the lead bus was only ten minutes ahead of me. I watched him pull out of the depot.
Guy: Screw you! You guys are the real terrorists! You’re what Homeland Security is trying to protect us against!

–Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Staten Island

Posted on April 27, 2020
Anger Management, Bus Drivers, Cars and Driving, Coffee, Food, National Security, People, Places, Staten Island, Staten Island Ferry, Stupidity, Terrorism, Topics

Meet Saul and Jesus

Businessguy #1 If I were gay I would change my name to Paul.
Businessguy #2: Why Paul? I would go with something more Latin.

–A train

Overheard by: Cory Agid

Posted on March 15, 2020
Gays and Lesbians, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Names, On the Subway, People, Places, Queers, Suits, Topics

Go Granddaddy!

Black man: “And he kept on beating up niggers until he was 37!”

— On the Subway

Posted on March 6, 2020
Age/Aging, Black People, Fighting and ass kicking, Men, On the Subway, People, Places, Topics

Straightlines without Punchlines

Man (to hipstress): You should get a tattoo of Ben Franklin.

–22nd & Park Ave South

Overheard by: Matt Law

Posted on January 14, 2020
Hipsters, History & Geography, Manhattan, Men, Murray Hill and Gramercy, People, Places, Politics, Tattoos, Topics

Overheard in the Headlines

Man: My friend asked me if they were shooting a movie, and I said,
“Yeah, it’s called Bombscare.”

–Astor Place

Posted on October 30, 2019
Manhattan, Men, Movies, People, Places, Pop Culture, Terrorism, Topics, Union Square and East Village

A World Where My Sisters and Brothers Will Be Judged Not by the Color of Their Skin but by the Circumference of Their Ass

Hobo: Spare some change for the fucking poor? Yeah, that’s right, you fucking chinks. Fucking slanty-eyed flat-assed bitches! Suck my ass!
Asian woman: He said my butt was flat!

–114th & Broadway

Posted on September 16, 2019
Asians, Ass, Body Parts, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Hobos, Insults, Manhattan, People, Places, Private Parts, Topics

That’s Going to Be Great Advice in Kindergarten

Little kid: Mommy…Mommmmmyyyyyy! I have got to poop!
Mom: Would you please just crap in your pants and quit screaming about it already!

–9th between 1st & A

Overheard by: Katie

Posted on June 16, 2019
Kids, Manhattan, Moms, Parents, People, Places, Poop, Topics, Union Square and East Village

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