Asian chick to another: I mean they were so tight they were t-i-g-h-t.
Random professor: That's pretty tight.
–Elevator, NYU
Asian chick to another: I mean they were so tight they were t-i-g-h-t.
Random professor: That's pretty tight.
–Elevator, NYU
Gay American guy: For the last time, it's called “working,” not “wanking.”
Gay French guy: “Working,” “wanking,” I am French, I don't know. (proceeds to pinch American gay guy)
–Elevator, 205 Hudson
Overheard by: Harry Cooter
Student laying on hallway floor: It has to be bare balls to be called “tea bagging.”
Student standing over him: I am not putting my bare balls into your mouth!
Student laying on hallway floor: I'm not asking you to!
–Columbia University
Man to friend: So at that time I was having a lot of um, problems with…um, stuff.
Friend: Uh-huh.
Man to friend: And then I figured it out! I was eating a lot of beets at the time! (beams and laughs)
–49th & Park Ave
Overheard by: Lori_Lee
Frat boy #1: I was so trashed last night.
Frat boy #2: Have you always used the phrase “soft 3, hard 8”?
Frat boy #1: Nah, I kinda made that up last night.
Frat boy #2: You're not embarrassed?
Frat boy #1: Nah, hard 8.
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Steve
Headline by: katcob
Runners-Up:
· “Drunk or Sober, You Can’t Fool Me About Pencil Lead” – Bill A
· “I Am Willing to Let the World Know How I Like My Eggs” – JohnnyB
· “It’s a Grower!” – Cass
· “Just Remember to Call “No Homo” Next Time, Okay?” – version
· “Really? Only 8 and You’re Not Embarrassed?” – Keith
· “What’s *Your* Sleep-It-Off Number?” – Coyoty
20-something guy on cell: In the eight-minute cab ride it went from her telling him he was wearing a cheap coat to her licking his face!
–Sheep Meadow, Central Park
Overheard by: Robert
Conductor: We are not moving because of a switch problem at 125th. If you are in a hurry, there are taxis upstairs.
–Uptown D Train
Overheard by: Wes
30-something man in Santa suit on cell: Where the fuck is my fucking taxi, bitch?
–Lafayette & Spring
Cop pulling over a cabbie: Why did you honk? Where did you see danger? Where did you see danger? Besides behind your own wheel…
–Times Square
Woman cut off by cab while crossing the street: Oh my god! I'm getting cab-fucked left and right!
–Broadway & Spring
Overheard by: Marc
Cashier #1: I have jury duty on Friday, so I'm not coming in.
Cashier #2: Jury duty?
Cashier #1: Yeah, I have jury duty on Friday. But it's okay, cuz I'll get paid.
Cashier #2: But what's jury duty?
Cashier #1: It's when you go to court and send people to jail.
Cashier #2: You can get paid for that?
–Supermarket, Queens
Clerk #1: Yeah, she said she wants me to be more possessive to her.
Clerk #2: What the fuck does that mean? Your bitch is crazy.
Clerk #1: I dunno what it means, but next time I see her I'm gonna say, “bitch, where you goin'?” and when she starts to answer me I'm just gonna yell, “no!”
–3rd St & Ave A
Overheard by: alex mwheel
Friend #1: My friend told me that in Wisconsin they deep-fry cheese curds.
Friend #2: What's “cheese curds”?
Friend #3: Kurds are a perennially oppressed ethnic minority group found in parts of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.
–East Village
Flamboyant black man #1: I just want to grab some guy and go make out in the porn room.
Flamboyant black man #2: You mean the pool room?
Flamboyant black man #1: No, the porn room…come here!
–Pop Burger, 9th Ave
Overheard by: j