(dad is making Care Bear stuffed animal "dance."
Little girl: Stop shaking her, daddy! You're gonna make her cry! Except she's a mommy and mommies don't cry, right?
Dad: Only when they want money.
--Manhattan-bound F Train
Overheard by: alisha
Girl (sobbing): I'm sorry... I know cheating is never the answer... I'll do whatever I can to make it up to you.
(long silence)
Guy (chuckling): Sorry for laughing. I'm just thinking of what a better person than you I am.
(five minutes later)
Guy (still chuckling): You know you're hot and guys hit on you all the time but what you forget is that I'm hot. Girls hit on me every day. But I'd never cheat because I'm a good person.
--Metro Cafe, 57th & 5th
Guy: Oh my god! I just snorted!
Girl: Hey! There's only room for one snorter and I've already claimed that title.
--AMC Loews, 68th & Broadway
Overheard by: Natalie
Guy from Michigan: That stripper robbed me.
Cop: How so?
Guy from Michigan: She said if I gave her $150 she would jerk me off. I payed her the $150 and she didn't do it. I want her arrested.
Cop: Is everyone from Michigan an asshole or just you?
--Show World
Dad: So what's that thing you want for your birthday again?
Little boy: A Wii.
Dad: Wii? As in wee-wee? Gross!
Little boy: You're immature.
Dad: You wet the bed.
Little boy: You're immature.
--1 Train
Guy #1: So there I was, screwing my pillow in my sleep... Ya know, really bouncing the bed.
Guy #2: So... What? She didn't like that?
Guy #1: Well, ya know, she woke me up and asked if I was alright. Ya know. I mean I was laying there with a boner you could break rocks with and all confused. That's when I said "Where's Julie?"
Guy #2: That's freakin' messed up, man!"
Guy #1: Yeah. Crap... That being her sister's name and all.
Guy #2: I'm going to laugh my ass off over this. Did you tell her it was Julie Andrews?
Guy #1: Fuck! I didn't want her to think I was a pervert or something.
--NYU
Girl: No! I will not put your Propel bottle in my vag!
Boy: Come on, I'm sure it'll fit!
Girl: No! I will not! Do you want vag juices all up in your Propel bottle?!
(boy walks away)
Girl (to self): I didn't think so.
--Upper West Side
Overheard by: Sophie
Teenage girl #1: But what if humans could lay eggs too?
Teenage girl #2: That's disgusting! I wouldn't want to eat your eggs!
Teenage girl #3: You know, then you could always survive. Even if you were trapped on an island. You could just eat your own eggs!
Teenage girl #1: Yes. But, only once a month.
--East Houston St
Customer to punk teenage girl behind counter: I'd like a dozen rolls, please.
Punk teenage girl: A dozen... What's that, like twenty?
--Delicatessen, Park Place
Lady: I'm lactose intolerant!
Waitress: Then why are you putting butter on your bread?
Lady: I didn't know butter was dairy! I thought it came from eggs!
--Veselka, E 9th & 2nd Ave
Overheard by: Katznik
Bearded guy #1: Wow! Two Quakers on one train! We could start a riot.
Bearded guy #2: Or whatever the opposite of a riot is.
--Metro North Hudson Line
Waiter from Minnesota: Yeah, check it out! Minnesota is the 2nd healthiest-eating state!
Bartender from Brooklyn: What do you eat in Minnesota?
Waiter: Well, there are a lot of Scandinavians there so we eat like, you know, sandwiches.
Bartender: (silence)
Waiter: What?
Bartender: You're actually serious, aren't you?
--Greenwich Ave & 7th Ave
Overheard by: TrigStarr
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