Drag queen: With an accent like that, I know you drink.
German: No, really, I dun't!
Drag queen: But then how can I take advantage of you if you're sober?
–Lucky Cheng's
Archive for November, 2009
There Will Be When My Mom Gets Back from the Bathroom!
Teenage tourist boy to friend, gesturing at a gay couple: They're holding hands!
Passing art lover: There's no one holding your hand, sweetheart.
–Metropolitan Museum of Art
Overheard by: Richard Nixon
Maybe This Time I Should Hold Off on Sitting Outside Her Apartment in the Rain.
Woman #1, about waitress: She was really nice.
Woman #2: Yeah, I should come back here.
Woman #1: I know, I know. It's hard making connections.
Woman #2: I really don't have many friends.
–50th & 8th
Overheard by: alan b hutscar
She's a Huge Mariah Carey Fan.
Gen X chick #1: Why are you looking at radishes?
Gen X chick #2: I find vegetables interesting.
–Greenmarket, Union Square
Overheard by: stephie
Believing the Insane Are Touched by God, Vendors Leave Them Alone
Vendor, brandishing CD: Where are you from?
Girl in anime shirt and Naruto headband: I'm from Naruto!
(vendor walks away)
–46th St & Broadway
That's Why She's Dead
Preppy gay guy: I thought she already had cancer?
Preppy fag hag, dawning realization: You're right! She did… definitely.
–Bleecker & Grove
Overheard by: jams
It's Right in The Gospel Of Lucas
Eldest son, Coming from church in Sunday best: So, dad, does Star Wars take place in the past or the future?
Dad: The past.
(pause)
Son: Wait… that doesn't make any sense!
Dad: “Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…”
–Bedford Ave
Overheard by: NIckET
But Here, It's Not a Pleasant Surprise to Put It in the Wrong One.
Girl #1, missing yet another shot: God, this is so frustrating! All I want to do is just get it in the hole.
Girl #2: Yeah, now I know how guys must feel.
–Amsterdam Billiards
That's Some Holly Golightly Ass Shit, Son.
Black guy #1, noticing a girl in oversized sunglasses: Damn! Look at this vintage-ass bitch!
Black guy #2: Even when I go downtown them shits ain't that big.
–50th & Broadway
Overheard by: so true… so true
And Stop Waving That Around
Four-year-old boy: I'm sexy.
Mother: No, you're handsome.
Four-year-old boy: I'm sexy!
Mother: No! You're handsome!
–D Train