Older man, screaming at Middle Eastern booth operator: You playa hata! You uptight and ignorant! This is bullshit! Go back to Leban!
--59th St subway station
Overheard by: Marissa
Frat boy: You need to go south of the Mason Dickinson line. That's where you find the really hot girls.
--14th & 2nd
Thug: I don't understand the Middle East shit. How can you be in the east and still be in the middle?!
--F train
Overheard by: Braincurve
Lady: I heard it was going to be a big thunderstorm out on Long Island. You know, just the Hamptons, Montauk and Connecticut.
--NYSC, Cobble Hill
Southern woman: Yeah, come meet us! We're on Long Island!
--Battery Park
Overheard by: Caty
Mexican girl: Most European countries make you join the army at 18. Colombia, Peru...
--28th & Park
Overhead by: Lindsay
Teen tourist: If I was in America, I would send this back.
--Thai restaurant, 34th St & 30th Ave, Astoria
Overheard by: Jamie M
Bus driver: I gotta get out of this country. It's too damn hot. I'm going to Alaska.
--M4 bus
Overheard by: Gwenn