Mom: Shit, it's raining!
Four-year-old: Fuck!
–Times Square
Overheard by: leah
Mom: Shit, it's raining!
Four-year-old: Fuck!
–Times Square
Overheard by: leah
Guy #1: Man it’s freakin’ freezing out! Isn’t there supposed to be global warming or something!?
Guy #2: Well, obviously we’re not trying hard enough.
–50th & Broadway
Lady: You’re making me wet… I SAID you’re making me wet.
Man: Yes, I tend to have that effect on the ladies.
Lady: With your umbrella.
Man: I’m flattered, but it’s not that big.
–1 train
Overheard by: Sloane
Pilot (after landing plane in New York): American Airlines welcomes you all to foggy Ottawa, and we hope you had a pleasant flight.
Everybody on plane: Huh? What!
Pilot: Whoopsies, I mean New York City, JFK. (under his breath but still audible) I should drink less.
–JFK Tarmac
Overheard by: seat 32B
Hobo: Get your snowball here! 20 bucks for a snowball! You won’t find another one of these for miles!
–43rd & Broadway
Trendy young woman: So, I went out to walk the dog this morning and was like, ‘What is this shit falling from the sky? First it was that funky smell from Jersey, now crap falling from the sky.’ Then I realized it was snowing.
–Midtown
Overheard by: Nic
Old lady to cat she’s pushing in stroller: It’s fucking cold out here!
–Stuyvesant Town, 18th & 1st
Overheard by: Caroline
Incredulous drunk guy with large snowball: Man, I wish this was cocaine.
–E 4th & Bowery
Flight attendant: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to JFK, New York. The local time is 1:30 in the morning, the weather is… really cold.
–United landing in New York early in the morning
Conductor: You know, the trick to dealing with this weather is mind over matter. If you don’t mind the snow, it doesn’t matter.
–Queens-bound 7 train
Freezing passerby: It’s so cold! I wish they sold hot chocolate out here.
Yo-yo purveyor: Yeah… You wanna buy a yo-yo? Ah, that shit won’t keep you warm.
–Rockefeller Center
Son: Is rain alien acid or regular acid?
Mom: Regular acid.
–43 Street & 9th Avenue
Overheard by: Ethan Knecht
Girl #1: I hate how my body is cold but my face is freezing off.
Guy: You could wear a ski mask.
Girl #1: But then you look like a douche.
Girl #2: Yeah, like that guy [across the street].
Girl #1: He’s not wearing a ski mask. He’s black.
–26th & 7th
Overheard by: Ricki Lagotte
A guy and a girl are standing next to each other, waiting to cross the street. She’s wearing a winter jacket, scarf and hat.
Guy: You’re in trouble.
Girl: Why?
Guy: What the fuck are you going to do when it gets cold?
–Times Square
Overheard by: Anna Ryan
Lady Patron: It’s freezing outside.
Man behind counter: Let’s move to Florida!
Lady Patron: No, thank you.
–Coffee Shop, Hudson & King Street
