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Yome to Class Very, Very Tanned.
Girl #1: Even though I'm not a feminist I think I'm really gonna like this Women's History class.
Girl #2: Yeah, I love my African History class and I'm not black, so, you know...
--116th St & Broadway
The Best Part Is, It Wasn't Halloween.
(guy gets on train wearing a suit with a giant AIG name tag and carrying a stuffed garbage bag marked with $$ signs)
Guy sitting by door: Hey, man, is that your Halloween costume or did you just get off work?
AIG guy: Nah man, I'm just coming from work. Wanted to bring home a little of my cash, you know, in case I wanted to buy something tonight.
--Downtown 6 Train
No Wonder I'm Getting Hungary.
Child, reading overhead sign: R train local to Austria.
Mom: That says "Astoria," son.
--R Train
Overheard by: Acacia
But I Can Tell You the Zip Code with Which I Identify Most Strongly
Gap sales associate: Hi, can I have your zip code?
Hipster boy: Um, I'm kind of in between zip codes right now.
--Gap Store
It's So Cute That You Think Brooklyn Is Part Of NY
Man: No, you're a hipster!
Hipster chick: No I'm not!
Man: Yes you are! I've decided, anyone who moves to New York and wasn't born in New York is a hipster--using up my resources!
Hipster chick: (giggles)
--Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Kris
We Heart This Lady
Foreign lubavitcher offering hanukkah menorahs and candles: Jew? Jew? Jew?
Middle-aged lady in a hurry: No thanks, I've already got one.
--82nd & Broadway
Overheard by: Harriet Vane
...I'm Down to Two Porsches at This Point!
Man approached by panhandler: I hate to tell you but you're making more than I am right now.
Panhandler: Oh god, I hope not!
--Lafeyette Ave & Bond St
Why You Guys Always Gotta Ride Me?
(NYU hip kid in $2,000 bike grabs the seatpost of passing messenger's bike, attempting to get a hand accelerating)
Messenger: What the fuck are you doing?
NYU hip kid: Tough city man, we gotta stick together!
Messenger: We? (laughs)
--MacDougal & W4th
Overheard by: Nick
Wasn't That the Year Of the Monkey?
Teenage girl: You are such a fucking dog!
Teenage boy: That's right, I am a dog, bitch. I was born in 1992.
--Bus, Little Neck
Wouldn't You Like to Know?
Asian tourist: Sir, is it true that New Yorkers have the nasty habit of answering a question with another question?
Queens old timer: Who told you that?
--Times Square
Overheard by: August C. Fernando
Tell Me or I'll Keep Hitting You Over the Head with This Mallet
Girl #1: You guys just don't know the meaning of subtlety!
Girl #2: What's "subtlety"?
--Bard High School, Queens
Overheard by: Sunny
Dear God! Do They Even Have Phones There??
Guy #1: I had to spend six weeks down South for work. It sucked.
Guy #2: Oh, man. Where'd you go?
Guy #1: Baltimore.
--Astor Place
