Girl #1: I am so glad I bought those earrings. I am definitely going to find my baby’s father tomorrow night.
Girl #2: It’s not the kind of place to find your baby’s father. You might find your baby’s daddy, but not your baby’s father.
–Broadway & 4th
Overheard by: angela chase
Older woman to friend: Down there where the servants are, you know, where the gardening people and the kitchen is, I don't go there. I just don't go there.
–38th & 5th
Overheard by: garden in manhattan?
Greek Princess shopping for wedding rings: This isn't the more expensive ring I wanted but we just bought an apartment in the 70s.
–Tiffany's Second Floor
Overprivileged teenage girl on cell: The bourgeoisie… The bourgeoisie are like, the common people.
–Union Square
College girl: No, I mean seriously: who, by the age of 25, has not been to Rome or Florence?
–Fordham University, Lincoln Center
Overheard by: Dan
Six-year-old: Mommy, how do you spell "Forbes"?
–Restaurant, Upper East Side
Overheard by: jess
Hobo: Booga-wooga-wooga!
Little boy: You are a crazy man!
Hobo: Shish-ka-bobba-bobba!
Little boy: Cockadoodledoo!
Hobo: You are a crazy boy.
–Union Square
Yuppie #1: It's like giving head to a gummie bear. You know what I mean?
Yuppie #2: I know, I know…
–4th St & 6th Ave
Flyer guy: Here.
Chick: No thanks.
Flyer guy: No? What the fuck you mean, “no”?
–Union Square
Pamphleteers: Take this pamphlet — we swear we aren’t fanatics!
Guy: I’m sure you aren’t, unlike those Jews for Jesus assholes.
Pamphleteer: We are from Jews for Jesus! [Guy walks away laughing.]
–St. Mark’s & 2nd
Overheard by: tired of those pamphlets
Loser: You know what’s funny? I’m actually more creative when I have thumbnails.
Artist (overhearing him, under her breath): Then you’re not that creative.
–Holiday Markets, Union Square
Six drunks are standing around on the corner.
Woman: Now in German!
Drunks: Stille nacht, heilige nacht…
–St. Mark’s & 1st Ave
Overheard by: Jamie Wisneski & Megan
Mr. Ivory: Why can’t I say the “N” word?
Mr. Ebony: Certain people can’t say certain things. Like we as Americans can say “Americans are so dumb to vote in Bush again”, but let a Canadian say that same thing and I will slap his ass.
–East Village
Guy #1: Ah man, last night was a tough one!
Guy #2: Another one of your famous drunken nights?
Guy #1: No. Another one of my not-so-famous sober nights.
–East Village
