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
Contractor on cell: Uncle Monty left his nightmares at home last night.
–Park Slope
Girl on cell: …since we lived underwater we were seapeople, and we were a lot like seahorses, and you were pregnant because, you know, male seahorses carry the baby. And then we had to go on land for you to have the baby…
–Hunter College cafeteria
Woman on cell: I’m telling you, this guy is the man of my dreams. The only thing that could go wrong at this point is if he turns out to be, like, 4’11” or something.
–Prospect Heights
(cf. this entry.)
Guy on cell: You’ve got the best job: being a mom.
–42nd between 6th & Madison
Woman: …maybe because I got my period in the 4th grade and looked like everybody’s mother by the 6th grade. I was huge.
–27th street office
Mom: Now, this is not the Louvre, so don’t be jaded or anything.
–Brooklyn Museum
Overheard by: Cat Pop
Drunk: If a woman hadda right to choose where I come from, I wouldn’t be here today!
–Odessa Cafe, Avenue A
Overheard by: Ted Lattis
Chick: I saw my mother on stage in underwear and a bra with motorized tassels…
–13th & 5th
Overheard by: Caroline Norris
Drunk woman on cell: It’s been Tuesday all day! And tomorrow’s gonna be Tuesday too!
–St. George, Staten Island
Overheard by: johnny
Teen girl: So, if I didn’t pass a drug test, does that mean I, like, failed?
–Pratt
Southern girl: …so I asked her what the “M” on her bag stood for. She was all, “It stands for Margaret, ’cause it’s my name.” And I was all, “Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I keep forgettin’, ’cause we been calling you Maggie.”
–7 train
Overheard by: ProcrastYNate
Asian woman: Excuse me, what time is the 7:17 train?
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Adman
Stumbling drunk: Viva Mexico! Fuck all the niggers! I hate niggers! Viva Mexico!
–Union Square
Woman: …and did you hear him say that he brainwashed my husband when he was in Iraq?
–27th Street elevator
Old junkie: You red-headed nigga! I saw you on 2nd street! You had an office…in somone’s funky ass! And you’re from Europe!
–F train
Overheard by: Ali
Guy: I asked her, “Do you have any retail experience?” and she answered, “No, but I used to sell my body.”
–Stonehome Wine Bar, Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Anna
Woman: I was two fisting, unfortunately.
–APT, W. 13th Street
Guy: I think he drank like a gallon of olive oil and some minerals, and he was shitting stones.
–27th Street office
Queer on cell: Yah, well, Terri Schiavo died this week, and so did the Pope. So it’s been a pretty good week.
–Chumley’s, Bedford Street
Overheard by: Initials
Girl on cell: Fuckety fuck fuck, I forgot to put on a tampon this morning. Shit, shit, shit! I’m screwed, Lizette, I’m screwed.
–Bensonhurst
Girl on cell: Don’t walk in the blood! Don’t walk in the blood! Oh ah aah!…Thanks lady, thanks for walking in the blood.
–Essex & Rivington
Overheard by: Nicole A.
Construction guy: That Barney Rubble, he’s some actor.
–South Street Seaport bar
Overheard by: Keith McCarthy
Guy: She’s a spoiled rotten brat. She’s rich as shit and gets everything she wants. It fucking pisses me off. I can’t stand her…the only reason I know all this is ’cause I hang out with her like 24 hours a day.
–1 train
Hobo: Hillary Clinton and Pee-Wee Herman are Democrats! I am a Republican!
–12th St. & 7th Ave.
Overheard by: Caroline N
Lady: They’ve got psychiatrists for dogs. They’ve even got their own cemeteries. They’ve got more things than kids!
–Eckerd’s, Bensonhurst
Younger brother: I wish I could jump over buildings like Spider-man.
Older sister: Little buildings or really tall buildings?
Younger brother: Tall buildings.
Older sister: I bet you could. Why don’t you try it sometime?
–M14 bus
Scottish chick on cell: He’s sort of like the John Tesh of tonsils, isn’t he?
–60th & 1st
Overheard by: zunshyn
Guy: I think I know enough about compound plastic to perform basic dentistry.
–1/9 train
Overheard by: Kathryn Galloway
Tech kid: I can, like, smell which microphone you’re using.
–NYU Education building, Washington Square east
