Girl #1: My friend Chandra thinks she's still a virgin because she's only had anal sex.
Girl #2: How do you know this girl?
Girl #1: She goes to my church.
--New York Public Library, 40th & 5th
Overheard by: Renee Rogers
Hot chick: You know what? I hate all men. I have two nieces so I don't even need to have kids. I can have sex any time I want, so I'm happy.
--Art Gallery, SoHo
Overheard by: Tibbie X
Bitch: Oh hi! We were just speaking very poorly about you!
--Art Gallery, SoHo
Overheard by: Tibbie X
Yuppie: You're such a third-generation American Jew.
-- Upper West Side
Nut: Fucking homosexual! Watching another man do his business. You must be gay.
--Union Square
A couple of black kids are pushing around a Hispanic kid, who is holding a spoon covered in chocolate pudding for some reason.
Black Kid: Wipe that shit off, nigger. Wipe it off!
--14th St. & 1st Ave.
New Yorker: There's the Brooklyn Bridge over there. You can walk over it.
Tourist: Really?
New Yorker: Yep.
Tourist: And is this City Hall?
New Yorker: Yes. I don't know this area very well...there's Starbucks!
--City Hall Park
Young man #1: Do you want to play ping pong?
Young man #2: No.
Young man #1: Do you play ping pong?
Young man #2: No.
Young man #1: REALLY?????? You don't play ping pong?????
--N. 11th St, Williamsburg
Man #1: They're just a bunch of high-class lowlifes.
Man #2: Yeah, and I'm one of them!
--D'Agastino's, 26th St.
Overheard by: Megan Buckley
Literary Agent: I'm full of shit. I can't help it!
--36th Street
His Baby's Momma: He don't pay child support. He don't ever see her. That's it! I'm calling his fucking parole officer!
--West Village
Man Urinating Publicly: What do I care? I'm a convict!
--Waverly Place
Overheard by: Todd Seavey
A group of punks walk by the Hellenic Steaks restaurant.
Punk: This restaurant is perfect for me: I love steak, and I love Satan!
--Astoria
Waitress: Is that book you're reading fiction or theory?
--Cosi
Employee: I bring my beer in the shower with me and I put it on the ledge so it doesn't get wet. Sometimes I also have a couple of shots in the kitchen.
--Office, Midtown
Overheard by: Jenny Rogers
Young Son: Is there a Mars eclipse, too?
Father: There's no Mars eclipse, there's Marzipan, but no Mars eclipse.
--Watching the eclipse, West Village
Waitress: Is this your granddaughter?
Grandma: Yes.
Waitress: She looks just like you.
Grandma: No, she looks like my son's mother-in-law.
Waitress: Mother-in-law?
Grandma: She's a big woman.
--Chinese Restaurant, UWS
Customer: Can I pay by debit?
Checkout Hippie: Yes. [laughter]
Customer: Why are you laughing?
Checkout Hippie: Because I thought what you said was funny.
Customer: OK...
--Organic Market, East Village
Yuppie: We shouldn't be using our brains to simulate monkeys.
--Broadway & 72nd
Yuppie: People at South Africa talk so much less racist than in NY. Everyone tells many more racist jokes in New York than in South Africa.
--Sutton Place
Wannabe Player: It is a pleasure to have the honor of being in your company.
--Halloween Party, Greenwich Village
Gay #1: How is being gay going for you?
Gay #2: I don't really jibe with the culture.
Gay #1: Like what?
Gay #2: The music.
--7A Cafe, East Village