West Village

Ambitious girl: I think I’m going to sign up for a watercolor class.
Jaded guy friend: That’s the most emo thing I’ve ever heard from someone who used to work at the Gap.

–14th & 6th

Overheard by: EmLo

Old lady with dog in stroller: I’ve met you before.
Old lady with three dogs on a leash: Oh, really? Where?
Old lady with dog in stroller: You were at the nail shop. You asked me about my unitard.

–Christopher & Bleecker

Salon receptionist calling man in waiting room: David*, you can pre-pay now.
David: I am here for a touch-up. I don’t have to pay this time.
Salon receptionist: Oh, that’s right — what are you getting re-touched, again?
David: My buttocks… Y’know, my butt.

–7th Ave South & Greenwich Ave

Dressy girls, wiping faces: Ewww! What is that?! Ugh! Ewww!
Guy passerby: It’s just a little city juice. That’s all!

–Spring & Mercer

Drunk girl: I was watching 300 the other day, and you know what I realized?
Sober girl: What?
Drunk girl: That I want to be the Queen of Sparta.

–14th & 7th

Overheard by: Lisa

Guy on cell: Yes, I’ve got the light saber, but do you think I’ll get in with it?
Friend #1 a few steps behind, on cell: Anal sex, anal sex, anal sex, anal sex!
Friend #2 a few steps behind #1, uneasy: Sorry.

–8th & 7th

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

Young girl #1: Ugh! I hate parasites!
Young girl #2: Word.

–487 Hudson St

College student #1: People keep calling me a ‘n00b.’
College student #2: I hate that. In the two games I was ever good at I’d never call people n00bs.
College student #1: I know, me, too… I find it hilarious, but it hurts…

–Bleecker St

Overheard by: zimmerfidget

Five-year-old girl #1 on seesaw: Did you know that I have a boyfriend?
Five-year-old girl #2 on seesaw: No.
Five-year-old girl #1 on seesaw: Yes, I do. I have a boyfriend. He even kissed me on the lips, so he’s my boyfriend.

–Playground, Bleecker St