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
What Is He, A Dentist?
Crone: It’s 2:30! Shoot me, please. Why did I ever marry that man? –Office, 36th Street
Fun with the Elderly
Old Man: You put your hands on me again, I’ll cut your fucking throat. –Post Office, Bensonhurst
That’s Stamina
Guy #1: Look at that ass.
Guy #2: That is tight.
Guy #1: Man, I would have came eight times.
–W Train
There’s Gay, and Then There’s AIDS Gay
Gay Man #1: I like your coat.
Gay Man #2: Where did you get it?
Gay Man #1: Gucci.
Gay Man #2: Gucci, Gucci, Goo!
–Elevator, Manhattan