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Latina chick, in Spanish, after Korean tourist trips into her: Listen, you son of a bitch -- don't touch me, you faggot! You get me, asshole?!
Friend: Haha, babe, like this asshole understands what you're saying?
Korean tourist, in Spanish: I lived in Puerto Rico for two years.
Latina chick, in English: Oh, word? What part?
--A train
Overheard by: Graham Davis
Five-year-old Korean boy with accent: Mommy, I fart! [Mom is silent.] Mommy, I fart! Did you hear it?
Korean mom, also with accent: I pretty sure everyone hear it.
--LIRR into Penn Station
Overheard by: c-smith
Korean girl: I just can't stand it when they have an Asian fetish. Grosses me out.
Suit: Well, maybe you should stop being a stripper.
--46th & 10th
Overheard by: Chris
Hobo standing and applauding as Asian guy walks by: Yeah! Woo-hoo! You're Chinese! Yeah! Go for you! Woo!
Asian guy: I don't have the heart to tell him I'm Korean.
--8th & 6th
North Shore Animal League Rep: Would you like to save a puppy today?
Korean guy: No! I eat them!
--Astor Place
Overheard by: mrt253
Young Asian woman: That's why your country has such a low birth rate. In Korea the men just club women over the head and drag them home.
Young Asian man: [Pausing] I don't believe you.
--Tosca, The Met
Overheard by: busyboy
Hipster chick: I'd like to get my eyebrows done.
Korean woman: You have boyfriend?
Hipster chick: Uh... no.
Woman: No wonder. You have hairy upper lip.
Hipster chick: Okay...
Woman: No worry -- we clean up -- you have many boyfriend.
--Beauty parlor on W 8th St
Overheard by: I just came in for a pedicure
Chick: When I get mad, my Koreanness comes out.
--Duane Reade, 34th & 8th
Overheard by: Lani A.
Chick: I swear to god, I don't know how nothing has happened to me yet, either I am infertile or the cure for herpes is in my vagina.
--6 train
Overheard by: brynn
Man on cell: Hey, baby. It's sure hot out today...you better get out those hot pants...I mean hot shorts...your pussy must be burning up.
--56th & Broadway
Businesswoman on cell: Aw, man. If only she were a hermaphrodite! Damn!
--7th & Perry
Korean dude: Are you suggesting that you have a super dope vagina?
--Camel, W. 33rd Street
Overheard by: Dave Min
Man: We're going to have a tampon fondue!
--Duane Reade, Bay Ridge
Overheard by: molina1230
2 Black teens sit at a table together, comparing the shopping they've just done. One gets up to ask for a cigarette from a middle-aged Asian dude sitting nearby. The Asian dude ignores the teen.
Black teen #1: Man, I hate Chinese people.
Black teen #2: Yo son, watch what you're saying. Look around you.
Black teen #1: I don't give a shit, man! I fucking hate
Chinese people.
Black teen #2: Besides, I'm pretty sure they're Korean.
--Greenstreets, 32nd & Broadway
Overheard by: enkie
Tourist guy: So what's the difference between Korean and Chinese?
New York guy: You mean the food, or the people?
Tourist guy: Either one. But I only care about the food.
--Bayard & Mulberry
Overheard by: iiams