Hobo: That’s it. I’m revokin’ ya hood pass! Don’t go past a hundred and tenth!
–80th & Amsterdam
Overheard by: Jeremy Cristol
White girl on cell: I can’t take the subway now, it’s 10 o’clock. I’m not black.
–67th & 2nd
Hobo: That’s it. I’m revokin’ ya hood pass! Don’t go past a hundred and tenth!
–80th & Amsterdam
Overheard by: Jeremy Cristol
White girl on cell: I can’t take the subway now, it’s 10 o’clock. I’m not black.
–67th & 2nd
Old veteran: Have a Happy Father’s Day!
Dad: Happy Father’s Day to you, too.
Old veteran: Me? Oh no, not me. Well, maybe in Saigon.
–58th St & 37th Ave
Overheard by: Alvin Khaled
Woman: Is there a specific exhibit you’d like to see?
Man: Yeah, I want to see the dinosaurs!
–The Met
Overheard by: Susie
Intern suit: So how do I get that pre-freshman to give me a handjob?
Girl: Do you realize that you’re graduating from college soon, and you’re asking me this?
–60th & Lex
Overheard by: grossed out
Little girl on bathroom line: Mommy, let’s go in that one.
She points to the men’s room
Mother: No honey, that one is for boys. You can’t go in there until you’re 25 and at a bar and you really have to go.
–Panorama, 85th and 2nd
Headline by: Michael Johns
Runners-Up:
· “Hoochie-mama Knows Best” – senzanome
· “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” – William Levy
· “Daddy Always Lets Me” – David Kafrissen
· “Drew Barrymore at the E.T. Wrap Party” – Marc
· “Old enough to pee, good enough for me” – Big Jacobi
· “Ah, the natural desire to return to your place of conception” – MarcusJ
· “Mind Your Pees And Queues” – Dave Barnette
· “This life lesson brought to you by Bacardi” – RyRy
Honorable mentions:
· “…. And he’s really good looking, or he has coke” – Ryan
· “It’s also OK if you’re dragged” – Steve Estes
· “Don’t forget to put the seat back up when you’re done.” – Deek
· “Therapist session (retroactive)” – noa
· “Passing the Torch” – Jessy B
· “Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarden” – M. Walker
· “Barfly: Generations” – Derek L.
· “Paris Hilton’s First, And Last, Babysitting Gig” – John P.
· “Never To Early To Have Penis Envy” – Brian Drew
· “Void Where Prohibited” – Dave Barnette
· “Or completely out of money” – Natalie
· “How to raise a winner” – Adina C
· “Because that’s how you’ll get respect, honey” – Amanda
Girl on cell: Ya know, it’s the smart people not having kids, or maybe having one or two. Its the uneducated that are reproducing more uneducated people. You know that 64% of kids born today are minority. We should build that fence bewteen us and Mexico.
–Ray Bari, 56th & 3rd
Very busy person: In class I start saying “African American” and then I’m like, fuck it, and I say “black black black…” I don’t have time to be saying “African American.”
–27th & 10th
Man with facial hair: You can only really pull off a Fu Man Chu if you’re a cop, a gay porn star, or a pirate.
–Virgin Records, Times Square
Guy to his girlfriend: You are one hairy bastard
–78th & 1st
Mean old New York lady: The hostesses in this place are so rude!
–67th & CPW
Overheard by: a hostess standing next to her
College kid on cell: He used my razor to shave his balls….I didn’t know what to do, I just stood there.
–85th & 2nd
Overheard by: Omar
Prissy girl on cell phone: Do you think I should call him? I don’t think he’d talk to me after all of the shit I’ve pulled.
–79th between 2nd & 3rd
Overheard by: Phipmode
Guy on cell: I’m sorry, baby. I’m sorry. I’m usually so fucked up I don’t know what’s going on, to be honest.
–NJ Transit bus pulling into Port Authority
Very old lady to husband: You asshole! YOU ASSHOLE! I hate you.
Old husband: Wha?
Old lady: You didn’t wait for me, you fucking asshole.
–Clearview Cinemas, 62nd & 1st