Weather

Professor: Old people will sign anything.

–Brooklyn College

Professor: What do you guys think of this poster? It annoys me. I would wear this on a t-shirt just to annoy people.

–Pratt Institute

Sociology professor: New York is a megalopolis, while Boston is only a metropolis, although Bostonites would argue that… Bostonites… Bostoners… Bostonians? Pshhh, whatever.

–Fordham University

Overheard by: Sromeo

Philosophy professor, drawing: Here is the world… Here are some birds… And people. Here’s someone… Here’s someone hitting someone with an ax. Some people do axings… Some people don’t.

–Fordham University

Overheard by: no axings!

Old professor with French accent: Hot climate is associated in this book with passion or sex. I think that I, for example, really never did have sex in a sub-zero temperature.

–NYU Cantor Film Center

Overheard by: suddenly surrounded by students’ awkward snickers

Sociology professor: I’ll tell you a story that most people laugh hysterically at, but it actually makes me really sad… Kind of like Napoleon Dynamite.

–Fordham University

Overheard by: Sromeo

Woman on Bluetooth: How’s the weather like in your New York?

–33rd & Broadway

Old lady: Geez! Man! It is really cold here! [Looks at other lady] This is why I live in Brooklyn!

–96th & Broadway

Brit tourist to another: Eeee, I knew it were gonna be cold, but I forgot we’d have to, like, go outside.

–Central Park

Overheard by: birdw0rks

Chick on cell: Why can’t you pick me up, Dad? … I don’t want to wait for the bus — it’s too cold out… Okay, thanks. See you later. [Hangs up phone.] Asshole.

–Bronx-bound 4 train

Overheard by: Sternie

Queer hipster: It’s gonna be cold this weekend. Like, negative four or negative zero.

–Essex Restaurant, LES

Pilot: Welcome aboard our plane this afternoon, with direct service to Atlanta. The current weather in Atlanta is actually colder than it is here, so it sucks to be you.

–LaGuardia

Overheard by: jaybrrd

Thug #1: Look at all them people with umbrellas.
Thug #2: They all a bunch of chumps.
Thug #1: The only reason they have umbrellas is peer pressure!

–45th & Lex

Overheard by: EthanK

Little girl, holding herself and shivering: Daddy, Daddy — my heart is cold!
Father: Your heart is cold?
Little girl: Yes, it’s cold!

–Central Park

Overheard by: Lai

Roommate #1: Man, I fucking love this weather.
Roommate #2: Yeah. Have you been outside today?
Roommate #1: No, I’m looking at it on my computer.

–15th & 1st

Overheard by: Joe

UES lady: Over here it gets cold when it snows.

–71st & Madison

Man: It must be nice to have an umbrella that has some character.

–W 60th

Little boy, looking up at overcast sky: Daddy, I know it’s going to rain, because I’m burning.

–116th & Broadway

Overheard by: Chelsea

Lady pushing through crowd exiting during torrential rainstorm: Come on, people, it’s only water! Half of you could do with a fucking shower anyway!

–Police concert, Madison Square Garden

Overheard by: Dominick

Suit: No joke, that’s her real name? I thought only strippers and porn stars were named for seasons and weather conditions.

–28th & Park

Black guy: Ah, shit, it’s starting to rain.
White passerby: Let’s make it rain on these niggas.

–Hudson & Spring

Overheard by: Jake Perlman-Garr

Thugette #1: Yo, it’s brick out.
Thugette #2: Yeah, and it’s March.
Thugette #1: Yo! It’s almost summer!
Thugette #3: Summer would be good for us!

–Bronx-bound 2 train

Drunk Brit with arm around ugly lady: Oh, Jesus, just walking is making me horny.

–10th & 2nd

Overheard by: emilia

Girlfriend to boyfriend: Your hair is making me horny.

–B train

Overheard by: Janelle

Guy in hoodie: I don’t know — rain gear just doesn’t really turn me on.

–Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Ktg

Loud woman: According to recent research, a nine-month-old fetus can experience an erection.

–Bus to Staten Island

Chick on cell: … And he was, like, rubbing his erection on me, and I was like, ‘Dude, you’re rubbing your erection on me…’

–Fordham University

Lady: What are horny men doing at Build-a-Bear, anyway?

–40th & 5th

Overheard by: don’t wanna know

Lady: Oh, man, I hate it when it rains, because there’s water and you get wet.
Male companion: Yes, I know exactly what you mean.

–6 train, 86th & Lex

Overheard by: Beth