Chick: Was she a gymnast, or a feminist?
–Café, 113th & Amsterdam
Overheard by: Ladle
Anthropology professor: Everyone’s a misogynist. Women attend seminars, “seminar” comes from the word “semen,” which comes from the Latin for “a unit of knowledge.” And this, my friends, is how women get smart.
–Classroom, NYU
Overheard by: thats how I got into NYU
Rambling man: Nobody’s gonna be in charge anymore! (pause) Except the ladies.
–Rivington & Forsyth
Conductor, leaning out window to couple making out: Get a room!
–Canal St station
Overheard by: simon
Eerily calm guy: You fucked me. You fucked me in Midtown.
–48th & 5th
Overheard by: Nick Draven
Hot dog vendor, about girl moaning on cell: They’re having sex on the corner, people! Don’t look!
–Main St & 38th Ave, Queens
Drunk girl to kissing friends: You know, we can, like, find a place for you to make out.
–Prince St
Sorostitute: I had sex right there.
–64th & 5th
Woman: All right, but you’ve really got to stop smoking once you start showing.
–14th & 7th
Guy: We were going by and her mom said, “Hey Mindy! Jumprope! Want to
pee?”.
–Suffolk Street rooftop
Teen girl on cell: Things have changed. We’re not even friends anymore; she’s like this expensive tampon-wearing, stuck-up slut. So what if she can afford Tampax Pearl, I’m still better than her!
–49th & Broadway
Bored woman on cell: Yes baby, that’s the spot, I’m coming.
–F train
Jewish JHS boy: My older brother keeps calling me a pussy and telling me I have to play sports. He’s such a douche.
–S train
Overheard by: Jennifer Smith
Teenage girl: But I think it’s always a bad sign when you see blood floating in the ocean, whether it’s actually whale menstrual fluid or not.
–Macy’s
Overheard by: djlindee
Young boy to another, whispering: I’m gonna knock you off ‚and then I’m gonna steal your M&Ms.
–FAO Schwartz
Overheard by: amused tourist
Cabbie: Something wicked just crossed my mind. One dark night I’m going to come here and steal all the stop signs.
–Roosevelt Island
Overheard by: Suriya
Angry queer suit as a Honda’s car alarm goes off: What the fuck?! What the fuck?! Nobody would ever try to steal that piece of shit!
–72nd & Broadway
Overheard by: C. Gray
Thug: Look, these glasses are f’real! I bought them off a nigga who had just stolen them from the jewelry store!
–125th & Broadway
Hipster chick on cell: Why don’t you just stay at a real hotel where you can steal all the soaps and stuff?
–2nd St, between Bowery & 2nd Ave
Overheard by: Jake
Little boy to little girl while nanny is distracted: I love outdoor shopping, because it’s easier to steal things!
–11th & University
Overheard by: Cooper Cheatham
Drunk girl: I remember the bouncing, I remember the moaning, I just can’t remember the name.
–Cooper 35, Astor Place
Overheard by: dan
Gay man: I went there to get spiritual, and I came back all ‘Boys, boys, boys.’
–5th Ave & 11th St
Chick on cell: This is one of those moments when polyamory would really come in handy, huh?
–Harlem
Overheard by: Wild Dog Boy
Girl talking to herself: I am not a ho — I took the lie detector test, and it told you I was not a ho so stop calling me that.
–1 train
Overheard by: will
Chick: She had, like, 20 brothers and sisters because her dad was Haitian and he just kept sleeping with people…
–Subway bar, 60th & Lex
Chick: This year I am going to try and not make out with both Samatha and her boyfriend.
–W 53rd between 9th and 10th Ave
Overheard by: Still Laughing
Woman: Cake is obsolete.
–E 84th & 3rd
Overheard by: julia
Student giving Powerpoint presentation: Okay, so, um, this is a statue of the Prophet Haggai, and you can see in his hand he’s holding a scroll… Or maybe it’s a Cinnabon, I don’t know.
–Fordham University, Rose Hill
Lady on cell: It looked like a marshmallow with stick legs!
–Outside Brittany Hall
Girl on cell: We can get a cake and just… fill it with vodka.
–Lafayette Residence Hall, NYU
Overheard by: Emily
Man to woman: … Adult ice cream.
–23rd & 7th
Overheard by: maureen
Woman with hair bun: I’m not sure whether that makes me think of cake decorating or a veiny penis…
–Barcade, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Ladle
20-something guy to five-year-old boy: No, Wolverine and Barack Obama are not the same person.
–Hudson Park Soccer Pitch
Overheard by: Kelli Jo
Swag guy: Get your Obama condoms, put it on when times get hard.
–7th Ave & 47th St
Overheard by: Oh no he didn’t.…
Hobo on train: Look at these two girls! If we get married we can make another Obama!
–4 Train
Cute boy: Captain Kirk is the Bush to Picard’s Obama.
–Kent Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Trekkie
Diner to companion: Since Obama’s been President, North Korea has fired like two missiles. They’re testing his foreign policy, uh, you know, they’re testing his gallstones.
–Teddy’s Restaurant, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Ken Yapelli
Sock street vendor to passersby: Socks! One dollar, one dollar! One dollar!
(nobody pays attention) Socks! One dollar! Obama! One dollar! Obama! (a few pedestrians stop to browse through his socks)
–New Chinatown, Flushing, Queens
Crackhead to French girls: This side of the station is for crackheads only. You are in violation of code 113, this area is reserved for crackheads only. So move now.
–110th St Train Station
Film man: Gimme five minutes and I’ll give you my left nut.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: S&J
Suit on cell: You hooked up with a 300-pound girl?
–14th & 3rd Ave
Mexican guy: You look like 50 Cent. But in Mexico, your name would be 50 Pesos.
–Caliente Cab Restaurant , 488 3rd Ave
Overheard by: Mon
Thug: My wife hit me up for fitty bucks, and then my girl hit me up for another fitty bucks, and now I’m all tapped out.
–7 Train
Overheard by: Juliet
Conductor: Come on people! You were born with two eyes. If you would just use them to see that there are three different doors to the train, you would know that you’re holding people up trying to go home! Use your eyes and head and go in another door that people aren’t trying to get out of…Use the head people…Use the head!
–1 Train
Overheard by: megan
Econ major: So is that quadrillion as in past trillion?
–Classroom, NYU
Blonde coed: After he finished yelling at me for a solid ten minutes, he’s like, “So, do you want to be my girlfriend?”
–3rd Ave & 11th St
Overheard by: simon
Middle school girl to boy: I don’t normally get with sixth graders, but you’re different…
–10th St & 1st Ave
Woman on cell: You are not listening to me. (pause) When you say whatever it is you’re bitching about’, I know that you are not actually listening to me.
–Riverside Park
Guy on cell: I don’t treat you quite as bad as you say.
–Amtrak
Overheard by: Flooey
Boyfriend, about girlfriend enthusiastically cheering on Colbert: Why don’t you scream like that for me?
–The Colbert Report Set
Party girl to friend: So I asked my priest, and he said “I think you should see other people.”
–Park Ave & 29th St
Overheard by: petey
Large black man to tiny dog with hacking cough: I told you three times already: Calm yo’self!
–Cunningham Park, Queens
Overheard by: HelloClairice
Woman to dog: You’re not paying attention, now are you?
–83rd & Broadway
Woman to her two dogs: Sit down… And don’t steal anything.
–Pet store, Park Slope
Overheard by: Russ Wall
Woman to dog barking at passerby: No, that’s not appropriate.
–70th & Amsterdam
Man to dog: J‑Lo, come here!
–Union Square Dog Run
Overheard by: Buns
Little boy holding a Dachshund: Too many weenies! Too many weenies, Mister Weenie!
–Daschund Day, Washington Square Park
Overheard by: rpk
Toothless man on bike to Shih Tzu: You gotta watch out! Have some human food. Eat at a Chinese restaurant. You a classy dog!
–10th & 6th
Overheard by: CarrieBoo
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