Union Square and East Village

Woman #1: But you know, you can’t really see Angela Lansbury.
Woman #2: I know what you mean.

–19th & 5th

Overheard by: Peter Knutson

Woman on cell: Little did I know you can’t keep charging if you never pay the bill.

–Union Square West

Overheard by: Maggie and David

Queer on cell: Wear tights…No, you don’t pad it! You just push it up so it looks like a big baked potato, like what dancers do. Just hike it up to the sky!…The bits and the pieces. It’s not very comfortable, but it gives a good visual effect of…mass…What? Pointy? Ew, no! Pointy’s bad! Yich, pointy is such a turnoff.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Michele

Guy: I’m so fucking sweaty. I’m getting all chafed again!
Girl: Aw, where?
Guy: On my cock.
Girl: Un your calf? That is so horr-
Guy: No, no, on my cock.
Girl: Chafed on your what?
Guy: My cock is chafed. Christ.

–Union Square

Man: I never realized how homoerotic the Bible is.
Woman: It’s not supposed to be.

–Union Square Regal Cinemas

Tourist lady: Does this N train go Kings Highway?
Teen girl: Yeah, it goes to Kings Highway.
Tourist lady: Does it go to the Q-line Kings Highway?
Teen girl: It goes to the N-line Kings Highway.

–Union Square station

Lesbian #1: We should totally go! I heard they have a keg in the back now. We could do keg stands!
Lesbian #2: Really? I’ve been wanting to get to a keg lately. I’ve been practicing in yoga class.

–Rififi, E. 11th Street

Overheard by: Brad Palmertree

Girl #1: Holy shit! It’s a mime.
Girl #2: Shit. He ain’t a mime. He’s just gay.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Ricky Chawla

Girl #1: Man, none of them are fine or anything, but you see them bodies on ’em?
Girl #2: Yeah, I bet those motherfuckers can fuck.

–Union Square

Queer on cell: Oh my God, did you hear? Liz has a date…yeah, with a guy…a straight guy…

–Time Warner Center

Overheard by: Cole

Suit on cell: Hi, I’m in Chelsea. I just bought the We Love Disco CD and two porn magazines.

–22nd between 7th & 8th

Black guy: Damn, those horses is gay.

–Times Square

Overheard by: seth scott barkley

Queer on cell: Hey, I got here early. The Starbucks is closed for renovations, so why don’t we just skip to the blowjob?

–7th & Grove

Chick: He was getting blown by a trannie and right before he came he said, “get out of my car, you faggot” and that’s how he knew he wasn’t gay.

–W Hotel bar, Union Square

Overheard by: Somebody nowhere

Guy: I mean, he’s weird. He’ll let me make out with him, but he won’t share his salsa.

–Bond & Lafayette

Queer: First of all, if I was going to have an orgy at four in the morning, I would not have carne asada first. Pttth! Second of all…um…carne asada is not pre-orgy food.

–Barrage, West 47th Street

Overheard by: Nick Salvato

Queer: I’m never having sex with another virgin again. When the virgin is on the receiving end it can be such a pain in the…yeah.

–Bleecker & Macdougal

Woman on cell: Mom, he doesn’t have an accent, he’s gay!

–Madison & 52nd