Lady: What’s that lake that separates the North and the South?
Man: What lake?
Lady: You know, that big lake?
Man: I thought it was a river.
–B train
Overheard by: cee
Lady: What’s that lake that separates the North and the South?
Man: What lake?
Lady: You know, that big lake?
Man: I thought it was a river.
–B train
Overheard by: cee
Little UES girl #1: I’ve never been West, but my mom talks about it.
Little UES girl #2: People actually live there.
–M86 bus
Teenage girl #1: My dad is so weird. He like, listens to albums where people wear blackface.
Teenage girl #2: Is he, like, a Nazi?
Teenage girl #1: No, he grew up in the South.
–Ceci-Cela, Chambers Street
Overheard by: Jon Edelman
Yankee fan: Hey, go back to Boston buddy!
Red Sox fan: You know you love Boston.
Yankee fan: Well, that doesn’t make any fucking sense, now does it?
–Yankee Stadium
Woman: Would you let Michael go to the west coast?
Man #1: What?
Man #2: No! You don’t want him to be a freak.
Woman: I didn’t mean Oregon.
–Chipolte, 44th Street
Overheard by: Holly
Asian yuppie: I think Victoria’s Secret is turning into the new McDonald’s.
–18th & 6th
Guy: Oh man, Gristedes can suck me off!
–Whole Foods, Union Square
Chick on cell: She just got this amazing job where she can live anywhere she wants in the Midwest!
–Prince & Broadway
Lady: You don’t have plastic bags? This is New York!
–Chipotle, E. 8th Street
Teen girl #1: I’m going to Delaware this weekend. Fucking Delaware!
Teen girl #2: It’s not that bad, Delaware’s cool.
Teen girl #1: No, it’s not. Delaware’s like…a booger in the nose of America, a pimple on the chin of the USA, a snaggletooth in the smile of–
Teen girl #2: OK, we get it. You hate Delaware.
–1 train
Woman #1: So it was great to see you again!
Woman #2: I know, you too!
Woman #1: Now I forgot, where are you going on vacation again?
Woman #2: Oh, just up to Vermont. We’re going to see a psychiatrist.
–Broadway and Waverly
Girl: I grew up in Sioux City, Iowa.
Guy: Oh, I’ve never been to Iowa…but I’ve been to Idaho.
–Williamsburg party
Overheard by: James G
Teenage Girl #1: How much longer?
Teenage Girl #2: I think 3 more stops, then we get the L train.
Teenage Girl #1: You kidding me? It’s taking forever, I feel like we’re in Connecticut!
–C train
