Tourists

Young woman running up platform, slamming into tourist lady: Damn fucking tourists! Get the fuck out of my way!
Tourist lady: Excuse me, what?
Young woman: Don’t be ‘what’-ing me. I just gave you a New-fucking-York experience. You should be thanking me.

–Subway station, 42nd St

Overheard by: Susane

Tourist lady: Excuse me, where is West 54th Street?
Guy: You’re on it.
Tourist lady: Do you know where Jay Leno is?
Guy: Los Angeles.

–W 54th & 6th

Overheard by: shankalicious

Prep: I only drink liquors that have been referenced in rap songs.

–Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Kelly

Tourist watching Ashlee Simpson video on large screen: I thought she just kinda went away…

–44th & Broadway

Midwest tourist lady to Gary, Mayor of Strawberry Fields: Wow, was John Lennon inspired to write the song from this memorial?

–Central Park West at 72nd Street, at Strawberry Fields

Overheard by: Stuart

Teen looking at poster of Reba McEntire in Annie Get Your Gun: I didn’t know she sang!

–Marriot Marquis

Overheard by: theater babe

Gift wrap lady introducing new volunteers: Hey, John, this is Yoko…

–Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center

Woman: Who’s Britney Spears?

–CVS, 87th & Lex

Overheard by: MojoSaves

Tourist hubby: Excuse me, how can I get to Broadway?
New Yorker: Take the A, C, L, J, or Z downtown — remember, downtown — all the way to Broadway Junction. It’s fairly far, but you can’t miss it.
Tourist wifey: Wow, New Yorkers are not the assholes people say they are.

–Union Square subway station

Overheard by: Ting

Tourist fighting his way off the train: Look, people. You actually have to let us out of the train before you can get on.
Old guy: This is New York, son. A simple ‘Fuck you’ will do.

–Metro, 53rd & Lex

Passport and Visa — Both in Order?

Man #1: Can you tell me where I can get the F train to Brooklyn from here?
Man #2: Are you sure you want to do that?

–Union Square

Overheard by: alexandra

Tourist kid to his brother: Shut up. There’s no such thing as a male anorexic. Right? And I’m not one of them.

–JetBlue Terminal, JFK

Overheard by: frequent flier

Tourist: Are there like, [pause], any paintings in this museum, or is it, like, all old sculptures and shit?
Met employee: We have half an old liver somewhere.

–The Met’s Velez Bianco Patio

Overheard by: Cairo

Tourist mom: Oh my god! Hey, look, it’s an advertisement we know!
Tourist children chanting in unison: Tar-get! Tar-get! Tar-get! Tar-get!

–Times Square

Teen boy tourist #1: Okay, finally we’re on the damn train.
Teen boy tourist #2: Yeah, for real. Take forever, god!
Teen boy tourist #1: Hey, you know, those people lied to us! They said we can take the N, but this one is going to 14th Street, too. I read the map.
Teen boy tourist #2: Why did they lie to us?
Teen boy tourist #1: Probably because we were acting like such tourists. That’s probably what they do, just stand in the subway waiting to prey on confused tourist kids.
Teen boy tourist #2: We should get some iPods. That would fix it.
Teen boy tourist #1: Why would that fix it?
Teen boy tourist #2: Look around. I count five people on this train with iPods. They make you look ‘New York.’

–Downtown W train

Overheard by: The N would have gotten you there faster…

Headline by: Sean Boudreau

Runners-Up:

· “But the fold up maps make us look like we’re from Jersey.” – Jeff

· “For every ipod in the subway, apple kills a tourist” – monkey

· “Know What Else Is Authentic? Gunshot Wounds” – J.M. Berger

· “Losing The “God Hates Fags” Shirts Would Also Help” – miss c

· “New York: Uhh, Lose Ten Pounds, Convert to Judaism, and Maybe We’ll Talk” – salute deez nuts

· “Nobody tell them about the secret handshake” – Destroyer

· “Sure, you can buy the ipod, but the disaffected stare can only be acquired from years of indifference” – morgz

· “That look isn’t new york, it’s contempt” – squirrel

· “You can keep them in your fanny packs” – jh


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