Hipster: I wouldn’t smoke to go into that health food store – Bedford Ave, outside health food store
Archive for the ‘Smoking’ Category
Smokers Resist Taking the Long View
Smoking hobo: Hey man, can I get a cigarette?
Smoking man: You're already smoking one.
Smoking hobo: Gotta plan for the future!
Smoking man: Now you wanna plan?
–12th St & 1st Ave
Overheard by: Jay
No Worries– It Happens All the Time.
Man with joint: Hey lady, wanna get high?
Girl: What are you, a freak? Don't bother me, asshole.
Man: No, I'm a dope dealer.
Girl: Oh, sorry, I thought you wanted a date. I'll take two dimes.
–7th & Bleecker
Could a Pipe Solve This Problem? Discuss.
Asian mother, walking past smoker: Get your cigarette away from my baby!
Smoker: Get your baby away from my cigarette!
Old woman: Yeah! Fuck you, lady!
–W 96th St & Broadway
Overheard by: Hobbes
New York's Full Of Dirt Devils
Chain-smoking guy #1: Yeah, that didn't work out for you last time.
Chain-smoking guy #2: Worse for her, I didn't have a vacuum stuck up my twat.
–62nd St & Broadway
Overheard by: Squirrel
…And Smoke Them on Behalf Of the Recipients
20-something girl to much older date: So do you smoke weed?
Guy: Not so much anymore.
20-something girl: Me either… Not much… I mean, it's been a long time… But I do know this awesome guy on St. Mark's who gives me cheap pipes and has great shit. He always has something new for me.
Guy, after pause: Actually, it sounds like you smoke a lot.
20-something girl, after embarrassed pause: Well… I buy a lot of gifts.
–G Train
Way to Raise Your Kid to Be a Total Drag.
Little boy, watching teen girl smoking: Why are people always smoking cigarettes?
Dad: Because they are addictive. That is why daddy quit. Do you want to tell the nice girl what will happen to her if she doesn't quit?
Little boy: Well, first you'll get really sick. And then you'll die. (pause) And then you'll be dead!
–15th St & 7th Ave
Overheard by: Nora Claire
New Yorkers Rarely Blow Smoke Up Each Other's Asses
Smoker, taking drag from cigarette: Yeah, cause, ya know, smoking is really unhealthy.
Smoking friend: Yeah, totally…
–Outside Marriot Marquis
Overheard by: Non-Smoker
We Unite in a Common Purpose Of Self-Destruction
Guy: So you smoke for social reasons? I don't get it.
Girl: You know, I do it so that I can go out and talk to others. I only do it when I'm wanting to spend time with people.
Guy: I still don't get it.
Girl: It's just what I do when I want to spend some time with my friends.
Guy: Oh, so like how cocaine is for me?
Girl: Yeah! Kind of like that.
–1 Train
Teenage Girls: Unfiltered.
Guy: Don't smoke a cigarette. Seriously, put that out. You shouldn't be smoking! It says so right on the pack!
Drunk friend: Shut up! I want a cheaper abortion!
–Bleecker & McDougal