Mom: You could have held the door for me, Tommy, that's what a man does.
Tommy: I'm a boy.
–Hallway, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mom: You could have held the door for me, Tommy, that's what a man does.
Tommy: I'm a boy.
–Hallway, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Teen boy: You aren’t pussy-whipped. She’s your mother.
–77th between 2nd & 3rd
Overheard by: Carl G
Visitor lady #1: What was the name of your vibrator? Was it Pedro or Paco?
Visitor lady #2: No, it was my first one: Sergei.
Visitor lady #1: What? Why did I say Pedro? Where did that come from?
Patient guy: …My first goat‘s name was Pedro.
–Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center, Gustave Levy Place
Overheard by: Lindroid
Hobo: I never should have left Kansas City.
–85th between 2nd & 3rd
Girl #1: I mean, really, she was doing cocaine at her father’s memorial service.
Girl #2: I know. Me and Ashley were like, “We’re no prudes, but there’s such a thing as decorum.”
–84th & Madison
High school girl #1: Did you see Juno?
High school girl #2: Oh my god! I loved it! Especially that song they sang!
High school girl #1: I know! I always try to get my boyfriend to sing like that with me, but he just tells me to get on my knees.
–79th & Lex
Russian guy on cell: Who wouldn’t want to fuck me? I’m tall, handsome, talkative, and intelligent. Hell I want to fuck myself.
–68th & 1st
Overheard by: laura holden
Blonde: So you mean Alaska’s not an island right above Hawaii?
Brunette: How did you graduate college, again?
Blonde: Well, I wasn’t a geography major. Gosh!
–96th & Madison
Overheard by: amused
Asian guy: Are there really this many Israelis in New York?
–61st & 5th
Overheard by: Adam Shprintzen
Tourist girl: What’s a knish? I don’t know about these flavors. Can I get a plain one?
–Yonah Schimmel’s Knishery, Houston Street
White girl: There’s really no difference between gay guys and Jewish guys…Just the hat and a little ass-fucking, but other than that they’re pretty much the same.
–184th & Bennett
Girl: I don’t know if it’s an ego thing or what, but Jews really turn me on!
–French Roast Cafe, West 11th Street
Overheard by: Dottie McFarland
Four-year-old boy: I’m tired.
Serious mom: You can’t be tired. It’s Halloween.
–95th & 3rd
Overheard by: acep
