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
Archive for the ‘Places’ Category
Fun with the Homeless
New York’s Friendliest Hobo: Your hair looks nice. MISS! YOUR HAIR LOOKS GOOD! –Midtown Overheard by: Megan Buckley
Don’t Need No Crystal Ball
Girl: I’m going to do voodoo on her.
Guy: Is she black?
Girl: Yeah. The thing is that whatever you do comes back three times against you, so I’m going to have to do santeria to take it off.
–W Train
I’m Enjoying the Sodomy, Though
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
The LA Flames Have Reached Manhattan
Piano Player: This song from 1980 by Christopher Cross is my favorite song in the whole world. –Piano Bar, UES
..And This is How They Undress
12 year old chick: You see? I told you! This is how the grown-ups dress. –East Village
Diner Fun
Drunk: Where’s my boy, man? –Odessa, Ave. A
Methinks the Lady Doth Protest Too Much
Puerto Rican Teenager #1 in Williamsburg: “Hey, calling someone else gay means that you’re gay!” Puerto Rican Teenager #2: “Are you calling me gay? ARE YOU CALLING ME GAY? I’m not gay! Bring any woman out here right now, and I will fuck her in front of you all, in front of the world. Anyone. Do it, right now! I will show the whole world that I am not gay! Do you hear me? Do you hear me? I AM NOT GAY!”
You know you’re Not in New York when… (Part Twelve)
Man, in Los Angeles: Cialdini’s Influence is the classic psychological book about how and why people are convinced. Woman: Ah, I should read that so I can learn to convince myself of things.
…and you’re the next douchebag
Hipster: Man, it’s like…SoHo’s becoming the next Williamsburg. –SoHo