Moustached Fat Man: So I started my own ‘zine. Hopefully I’ll meet people. –Astor Place Overheard by: Tibbie X
Good Old Mullethead
Twit: What’s that song Richard Marx sang?
Chick: Right Here Waiting.
Twit: There’s another one.
Chick: I don’t know.
Twit: It’s going to drive me crazy until I remember. Oh wait! I know! Right Here Waiting for You!
Chick: That’s the same song.
–Winnie’s, Chinatown
And By ‘Remember’ I Mean ‘Imagine’
A protestor holds a banner reading “Stop the Police State” and is wearing a t-shirt that says the same. He turns to the policeman standing next to him. Protestor: Do you remember how civilians stopped tanks in Tiannamen Square in 1989? That would NEVER happen here–tanks don’t stop for people here. –Union Square
What Have They Ever Done to Hurt Anyone?
Effeminate guy on cell phone: …And we don’t want any fat German ladies
in the house.
–Post office, 23rd and Lex
Overheard by: Megan Buckley
It’s Enough to Drive You to Drink
Girl: I can’t, like, believe I’m in this, like, fucking crazy, weird AA subculture! –25th and 3rd Overheard by: Megan Buckley
Science without Science
Yuppie: I was just teaching the scientific method to my students.
Nerd: Oh, so you teach them induction and deduction?
Yuppie: [long pause] The students aren’t that smart so I don’t teach them big words like those.
– Party, Manhattan
Urban Winetasting
Black Guy: You’re gonna drink that? It’ll make you throw up. You’ve gotta be hard. You need your nigger-tongue if you wanna drink that shit. –Deli, 12th St. & 4th Ave.
Overheard Advice
Guy #1: So I’m not sure what to do.
Guy #2: If you want to know something from somebody, get them drunk.
–8th Street N/R Station
No, you really don’t want to be there
Yuppie: If I could be anywhere in the world now, I would be in the West Bank. – Cafe, Williamsburg
Some Shot!
Young Woman: Are you part Italian?
Older Woman: I’m Italian by injection!
–Private party, NYC