Guy: He totally harassed my mother into getting a haircut. It was basically like rape. Except, you know, with a haircut.
–6 train
Overheard by: Always Amazed
20-something: It’s one of those bars in Williamsburg that you can’t get in unless you have a mustache.
–Brooklyn-bound L train
College girl: Do you want glow-in-the-dark body hair?
–LIRR, Penn Station
Overheard by: catherine
Chick in elevator: I don’t complain about stuff. Well, maybe my hair, but only because my hair is, like, really, really important!
–NYU Palladium
Tourist dad braiding wife’s hair: … And that’s what they mean by ‘nappy-headed hos.’
–Central Park South
Overheard by: eric
Chick with Pirate Queen playbill: Besides, you could tell that the other clan wasn’t going to get very far, because the clan leader just didn’t have very good hair.
–44th & 9th
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Flight attendant: Everyone, please remain seated until the captain turns off the ‘Fasten seatbelt’ sign. That includes annoying little girls with dark brown, curly hair.
–JetBlue flight, JFK