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I'm Glad We Had This Little Talk

12-year-old girl #1: Do you even like boys?
12-year-old girl #2: Yeah, I do!
12-year-old girl #1: Sure... You like them boys who be wearin' all light colors, walkin' around like, 'How you doooin'? I'ma braid your hair!'
12-year-old girl #2: What? No. I like boys, I don't like titties.
12-year-old girl #1, after a pause: Some boys be havin' titties, though.
12-year-old girl #2: Word.

--Graham & Metropolitan, Brooklyn

Overheard by: amused in the bus stop


Posted 2008-01-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Circle of Life, Apparently

Pre-teen girl on bike #1: Why don't we go into that building and wait, and then go around the circle and get in trouble again?
Pre-teen girl on bike #2: Okay.

--Washington Square Park


Posted 2007-12-22 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

But at Least It Wasn't Mary Jane

Tween #1: Dude, guess what I found in my brother's drawer?
Tween #2: Pot?
Tween #1: No, it's so much worse. Marijuana!

--Hammerstein Ballroom


Posted 2007-11-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Shall I Compare Thee to a Bag of Douche?

Tween daughter: I have to study this Shakespeare sonnet for school. It's really hard.
Dad: Put that away. You won't be able understand it anyway.
Tween son: Just because you can't understand it--
Dad: --Of course I can't! It was written in old English like a thousand years ago.

--Grimaldi's waiting line, DUMBO

Overheard by: big willy style


Posted 2007-10-08 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Um, I'm from Thailand

White tween: Everyone has a MySpace.
Asian tween: I don't have a MySpace.
White tween: You don't got a MySpace? Why not?
Asian tween: 'Cause it's the easiest way to meet sexual predators.
White tween, laughing: Nah, don't worry. You ain't ever gonna meet any sexual predators -- you're ugly.

--PS 173 playground, Fresh Meadows


Posted 2007-09-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Look, Just Don't Do Anything. With Anyone. Ever.

Sixth grader: Wait, I don't understand. When you have oral sex you don't take off your clothes, so how can you get AIDS?
Student teacher: Ummm...

--University Neighborhood Middle School

Overheard by: face


Posted 2007-07-05 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Clearly You Haven't Seen Her Creepy Scrapbook

Tween girl #1: He had a boner. It was so gross.
Tween girl #2: How do you know he had a boner?
Tween girl #1: I've known him since first grade. He had a boner.
Tween guy: How does knowing him since first grade have anything to do with knowing that he had a boner?

--Starbucks

Overheard by: Bryan


Posted 2007-06-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...My Parents, Teachers, Mailmen, That Guy at the Bodega...

Middle-school boy: Yeah, you're a pathological liar.
Middle-school girl: What do you mean? When have I lied to you? I never lie. I only lie to my therapist.

--1 train

Overheard by: cate


Posted 2007-06-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

We Dissed 'em, but They Don't Seem to Know It

12-year-old hood rat #1, taunting three 20-ish bike riders at red light: Yeah, you ride that bike.
12-year-old hood rat #2, laughing: Yeah, fuck you! Ride that bike!
Biker girl: Yep, we're riding our bikes [light turns and they ride off].
12-year-old hood rat #3: There they go.

--Dean St & 3rd Ave


Posted 2007-06-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

You Seem Like a Nice Kid, So I'm Just Gonna Tell You to Go Fuck Yourself

Tween boy with box of candy: Yo, wanna buy a candy bar?
Suit: No, thanks. I'm good.
Tween boy: Well, I'm not, asshole. Buy a goddamn candy bar!

--Columbus Circle

Overheard by: Charlie


Posted 2007-05-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

What -- Like You Never Had That Thought?

Tween girl #1, trudging through snow: What's with this weather? It's so annoying.
Tween girl #2: Yeah. Weren't we having global warming? Let's stop recycling or something.

--110th & Broadway


Posted 2007-05-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I'm Really Blind

Jersey tween #1: Who needs six dogs?
Jersey tween #2: Seriously... Who the fuck needs six dogs?
Jersey tween #3: Me?

--NJ Transit leaving Penn Station


Posted 2007-04-15 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

And I'm Not Going to Explain Why Urban Outfitter-Wearing Motherfuckers Are Sellouts to a 30-Year-Old

Tween girl #1: That's a girl's shirt!
Guy in light blue shirt with pink flower on the back that says 'Mom's Weekend '04': No, it's not. It's a man's shirt.
Tween girl #2: No, that's a girl's shirt you have on.
Guy: I'm not going to explain irony to a 12-year-old.

--Target, Queens

Overheard by: Oh, Queens


Posted 2007-03-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Price Is Right

Tween #1: Wow, that's cute! He was gonna eat her booger for a hand job?
Tween #2: It was, like, a monster booger...

--Montague & Henry St, Brooklyn Heights


Posted 2007-02-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It's Tentatively Titled Bride of Cluckie

Drunk Irish man: So, your screenplay is about a paralyzed chicken?
Blonde tween: No, it's about a boy who makes his whole family paralyzed, including his chicken.

--6th St & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Soiled Eve


Posted 2007-01-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-Liners Will TiVo It

Guy: I sold everything -- the script, TV episodes, merchandising rights... They paid me two million dollars. It sucks, because after I pay off debts and taxes I'll only have one million, and that doesn't go as far as it used to.

--MoMA lobby

Overheard by: foofoo

Fat chick: ... So I was like, 'Mom, what the fuck? I don't need a diet.' Then she goes, 'But your doctor told you that you're a hundred pounds overweight -- eat healthier!' Then I just told her, 'Screw you!' I'd rather go on Maury than lose weight!

--Guggenheim Museum

Overheard by: Maury Povich's viewer

Tween girl running towards crime scene minutes after a shooting: We's gonna be on TV, nigga!

--137th & Broadway

Overheard by: Ladle

Liberace wannabe on cell: ... And I thought, 'Thank God,! She likes AbFab! At last, I can talk to her on a level playing field!'

--44th & 9th

Conductor: There's another local train directly behind this one. Plenty of seats, color TV, open bar.

--W train to Astoria

Overheard by: MissPinkKate


Posted 2007-01-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

And the Feeling That Whatever Happened Here Is Over

Dad: ... And how do you know when we're in the Village, sweetie?
Tween girl: Hipsters?
Dad: Uh, no, I was talking about that sign [points to 'Welcome to Greenwich' sign].
Tween girl: Oh.

--Bleecker & MacDougal


Posted 2007-01-21 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Her Neighborhood Had to Put up 'Slow Children' Signs

Two tween girls cross the street, dodging cars.

Tween #1: Oh my god, I can't believe you did that! You know I don't watch where I'm going!
Tween #2: You don't?
Tween #1: Uh, no -- every day I almost get hit by a car, and my friends always make fun of me, and my friends say, 'Oh my god, you almost got hit by that car,' and I say, 'Yeah, duh, you guys know I don't look both ways!'

--61st & Amsterdam


Posted 2007-01-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-Liners Gave You Life

Nine-year-old girl: Trick or treat! If you don't have any candy, you can give my mom some liquor!

--Wine shop, Chelsea

Overheard by: Catherynne Valente

Cute chick on cell: Hello, Mom. I'm just calling to tell you I got a tattoo, and I'm telling you on your voicemail so I don't have to hear any shit from you about it. Call me after you calm down. Bye.

--Canal & Lafayette

Overheard by: Big Larry

Mom and nine-year-old daughter are walking hand-in-hand.

Daughter, shrieking: No, Mommy, please don't buy the razor! Anything but the razor, Mommy!

--74th & Broadway

Tween girl: My mother is probably going to shit on my head.

--Broadway & 67th

Overheard by: thaler

Hipster NYU dude: She's not my mother anymore.

--14th St & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: yamutha


Posted 2007-01-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Oh, Must Be My Dad, Then

Ditzy tween: Wait, what? Isn't your dad in prison?
Friend: Um... No...
Ditzy tween: Isn't that what you told me? Or maybe it was your uncle?
Friend: Nobody I know is in prison.

--Bus

Overheard by: if i had a nickle...


Posted 2006-12-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I'm Going to Say... Virgin Until 26

Tween #1: You wanna abort this conversation?
Tween #2: What? Why?
Tween #1: Because we're arguing whether 'haha' or 'l-o-l' is funnier than 'l-m-a-o.'

--42nd & Broadway


Posted 2006-11-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Julie London?

Tween girl: It so smells like London out today.
Hippie chick: What does London smell like?
Tween girl: Really damp.

--10th St & Greenwich

Overheard by: Intimidated by children


Posted 2006-11-26 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Learn How to Spell, K?

Wangsta teen: Move, nigga, or I'll cut you with my knife!
Tween girl #1: Oh my God! He said the 'n' word!
Tween girl #2: Knife?

--Queens bound F train


Posted 2006-11-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-Liners Failed Third Grade, Just Like Einstein

Queer: Fuck you! I'm a smart gay!

--23rd & 6th

Overheard by: Keesha Brown


Accidental ironist
: Yeah, obviously he has no sense of smartness.


--68th & Lex

Overheard by: Casti


Hipster guy
: I erased two years of my life with drugs. Two solid years! But I'm too smart to erase more than that.


--Chinatown bus


Girl on cell
: They said that I'm smart, and that I can articulate well. But I'm not... you know... Oh, whatever.


--Queensboro Community College

Overheard by: LizDayglow


Tween boy to dad
: I'm looking for a girl who's younger and smarter.


--71st & West End

Overheard by: Susan Volchok



Posted 2006-10-18 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

What Happens When You Let Jesuits Educate Your Kids

Tween girl: Mom you're not a tease if you give it up, you're a slut. Jesse's a slut, I'm a tease.

--Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: S-dawg


Posted 2006-10-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-Liners Have a Wardrobe Malfunction

Young professional woman, trying in vain to flag a cab uptown: I should have worn something sluttier today.

--25th & Park

Overheard by: Mike S


Business woman
: All I need are some pasties, Daisy Dukes, and some four-inch heels. Then I'll get a promotion.


--43rd & Lex

Overheard by: I thought that she worked in an office


Girl
: The place is Salsa-ey, so dress a little slutty.


--St. Mark's & 3rd

Overheard by: Ronnie Q


Tween girl in hot-pants and tight shirt
: I can't buy that. My mom doesn't let me wear baggy clothes.


--Target, Atlantic Center, Brooklyn


Chick
: I want hooker boots... but not in the heels. I want flats.


--Hunter College


Conservative guy
: The second smartest person in this country is Ann Coulter. And let me tell you, she looks good in a pair of tight pants and Manolos at 2:30 in the morning.


--Metro-North

Overheard by: Stupid Liberal Hottie


Chick on cell
: Well, then I don't feel so bad about going in a little vinyl skirt if you're just going to be wearing underwear.


--Harlem

Overheard by: McFreaky


Posted 2006-10-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Now Let's Kiss and Make Up

Tween #1: You called me gay? I'll sue you!
Tween #2: You're gay for even saying that.

--Elizabeth & Mott

Overheard by: stephin' out


Posted 2006-09-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Silicone Jelly

Kinderslut #1: You wanna know the secret to having big boobs?
Kinderslut #2: Fuck, yes, you know how flat-chested I am!
Kinderslut #1: Mom and I are very well endowed, so I asked her if it was genetic or something else.
Kinderslut #2: And?
Kinderslut #1: Peanut butter.
Kinderslut #2: You're shittin' me! Are you sure?
Kinderslut #1: Yes! I've been eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all my life. So has my mom, and you see.
Kinderslut #2: Could be the jelly.

--Penn Station

Overheard by: angie


Posted 2006-09-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

They've Got to Be at Least Two Apiece

Tween girl: Is this sleepwear for fat people or regular people?
Mother: Honey, fat people are regular people.
Tween girl: Whatever.

--Macy's

Overheard by: A regular person


Posted 2006-09-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-Liners Are Still Behind

Brooklyn guy: All I'm sayin' is it goes without sayin'.

--Brooklyn bound D train

Overheard by: Robert Barry Francos


Hoochie on cell
: I don't want that. I'm looking for sauce. Sauce sauce sauce sauce sauce! S-A-U-S-C-E. Sauce!


--Waldbaum's, Whitestone, Queens

Overheard by: Liz the Overheardista


Teen girl
: Do you think Christmas will ever be on Friday the 13th?


--Times Square


Woman in elevator
: She said 13...Where's 13? What the... fuck? There's no 13. Should I press 12? Or 14? What?...She said 13. Well I'll just press both.


--22nd & Broadway

Overheard by: staring at the button for 13


Elderly woman, regarding painting
: Would you look at the detail he put into this. It almost looks two dimensional.


--The Met

Overheard by: s.gothman


Tween boy
: Did the dinosaurs come before or after Bible times?


--Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: Omg! He did not just ask that!


Posted 2006-08-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

From Road Warrior and Braveheart to The Passion IS a Tragedy

Tweeny future emo boy: The fucking problem with Hamlet is that the real tragedy is Laertes, not the goddamn Prince of Denmark.
Tweeny future fag hag girl: It's the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark. That's what it's called.
TFE boy: Hamlet kills the guy's father, sister, and then him. Who has the real tragedy?
TFFH girl: Mel Gibson?

--Outside Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center

Overheard by: Marc


Posted 2006-08-05 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Upon Hearing How Dated and Tacky They Were, the Klan Immediately Decided to Disband

Tween girl on cell: I can't believe there are still Ku Klux Klan members around. Isn't that, like, so fifties?

--FAO Schwarz

Overheard by: Like, so someone who overheard this


Posted 2006-07-25 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

M4M Wednesday One-Liners

Teenager: Do you know where the Gay Pride Parade is?... I'm not gay!

--Astor Place


Guy
: And so, this one gay guy in your office was wearing these pants, and his fly was open and this straight guy could see his penis, or some shit like that, right?


--9th St, Park Slope


Queer on cell
: You really think she's into gay guys?


--NYU


Guy, pointing to gay hipster
: That's like "I like it in the bum" written in hair.


--Peculier Pub, Bleecker St

Overheard by: Mad


Mom, to young son
: It's not a matter of being gay or not, darling. I just won't let you participate in your school play.


--Broadway


Girl
: Well, I couldn't really sing the last part. We were both on our backs with our legs wide open. The only redeeming fact is that he was gay!


--Corbin Plaza, Brighton Beach

Overheard by: Anti-Traffic Girl


Flamboyant tween boy
: I hate health class! You know what I'm going to do in health class today? I'm going to tell the teacher I'm gay! And that I like to suck dick!


--5th Ave, Park Slope


Posted 2006-07-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Only Childless People Will Be Shocked By This

Tween boy: Mom! Let's go already!
Mom: If you're so bored, go play in traffic.

--Victoria's Secret, Lincoln Center


Posted 2006-07-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Actually, We Prefer 'Retardo-Americans'

Tween boy #1: Where is he? He owes me fucking ten dollars.
Tween boy #2: This is really gay.
Random girl: I'm offended, you retards!

--W 34th St


Posted 2006-07-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Little Does He Know His Buddy Is an Alec Guinness Maniac

Tween boy #1: Do you want to rent Madagascar?
Tween boy #2: No, I've seen it.
Tween boy #1: So?
Tween boy #2: I don't like watching movies I've seen already.
Tween boy #1: How about Ice Age?
Tween boy #2: Seen it.
Tween boy #1, to video clerk: Do you have Bridge Over the River Kwai?

--video store, Carroll Gardens


Posted 2006-07-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-Liners' New Fall Line

Tween to her mom: Oh look, it's those shoes you can eat! Wait, can you eat them? Oh, no, these aren't the edible ones.

--Payless, Upper West Side

Overheard by: embarrassed to have been in payless

Continue reading "Wednesday One-Liners' New Fall Line"

Posted 2006-05-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...And This is Your Brain on Sean Hannity

Tween girl: Why isn't she smiling?
Mom: Honey, the French gave her to us. Smiling is an American thing.
Dad: Listen to your mother, she knows a lot.

--Circle Line


Posted 2006-01-29 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

With What?

Mom: Shit, I ain't paying for peak hours.
Tween girl: I can hide in the bathroom.
Mom: Or you can flash him.

--LIRR


Overheard by
: bekarloohoo


Posted 2006-01-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

That's Not How Jesus Tells It

Tween boy: So he said, "Sex is a very beautiful thing, you shouldn't be ashamed about it."
Tween girl: Sex is a beautiful thing. Your parents had sex...or you were adopted.

--53rd & 6th


Overheard by
: Nina


Posted 2006-01-17 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

"Get the halal out of here!"

Tween boy #1: Fine, fine. I'll buy you a BLT. How 'bout that?
Tween boy #2: A BLT? I'm Jewish, you idiot.
Tween boy #1: Oh, whatever. I see you eat a BLT every day, liar.

--64th & Park


Overheard by
: Andrea C.


Posted 2006-01-14 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Only If You Pee Aggressive; P-ee Aggressive

Tween girl #1: Oh my god! They, like, totally have TVs in the bathrooms here!
Tween girl #2: Oh my god! You can so watch TV while you are peeing or whatever.
Tween girl #3: Except it's only, like, sports and stuff.
Tween girl #1: Yeah, I don't really like sports. Except cheerleading. Is that sports?

--ESPN Zone, 42nd & Broadway


Posted 2006-01-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Someone's Been to the Learning Annex

Mom: What?...What?
Tween boy: That woman--
Mom: Nah, boy. You need to learn how to crack on people. Gotta be quick on that shit. ou too late.
Tween boy: But--
Mom: Don't even try. It ain't gonna be funny. You too late.

--3 train


Posted 2005-12-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Overheard in the Headlines: The Strike

Old lady: They are going to strike? They should put up signs fuckers! I see you looking at me you skinny bitch, fuck you.
Conductor: The doors are closing.
Old lady: Can't put up signs but the fucker is telling me the doors are closing.

--F train


Hobo
: Don't worry about the strike, we'll all fly to work! Flap our wings and fly!


--14th & 7th


Guy
: I was there at the strike in 1980; I remember it well. It went on for two weeks. Of course, they could never have it that long now. The population of the city has doubled since 1980.


--Bowling Green station


Overheard by
: greek goddess



Conductor
: Shit, I'll get nasty right now. I'll pull the brakes, see how they like that.


--1 train


Overheard by
: Priscilla Castillo



Tween boy
: So how's the strike going?

Bus driver: If there was a strike I wouldn't be here, you moron.

--M15 bus


Overheard by
: Sara's Hot


Posted 2005-12-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

He's Got the Top Half Right

Tween boy #1: You don't know what AIDS is.
Tween boy #2: Yeah I do. AIDS are what you get when a boy sticks his pee-pee in a girl's coochee and he gets a disease.

--C train


Posted 2005-12-15 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Then Stop Showing Us Your Hymen

Tween girl #1: Oh my god, is it wrong that I want him inside me?
Tween girl #2: Uh, yeah, especially since you're like 13 and a virgin.
Tween girl #1: Oh my god, shut up! I don't want all these New Yorkers to know I'm a virgin!

--50th & 6th


Posted 2005-11-29 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I'm Thankful for My Intelligence

Tween girl #1: Gina, you know you look a lot taller when you run.
Tween girl #2: That's because she's up in the air more, dummy.

--Battery Park


Suit
: Thanksgiving is on a Friday, right?


--34th & 7th


Overheard by
: Andrew Richter


Posted 2005-11-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-liners Bear a Resemblance

Tween boy: They all kind of look like hipsters.

--Columbia University


Overheard by
: ben wg



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Posted 2005-11-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It'll Be Just Like Playing Cat's Cradle

Tween girl #1: I don't understand why anyone would be pro-life.
Tween girl #2: Yeah, I'm gonna get my tubes tied once I'm old enough.

--16th & 2nd


Overheard by
: alex duncan


Posted 2005-11-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

That's What's On His Business Cards

Tween girl #1: So like apparently my brother is engaged.
Tween girl #2: Really? Since when?
Tween girl #1: I dunno, found out at breakfast this morning.
Tween girl #2: Didn't he like just finish high school?
Tween girl #1: Yeah, but she's like still 17 and she's got a two year old so she's way worse off than him.
Tween girl #2: Well is it his kid?
Tween girl #1: Who knows? He's not tellin'.
Tween girl #2: Probably is...what a man-ho slut wedder.

--F train


Overheard by
: Supertramp


Posted 2005-10-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-liners are New to the Area

Tween girl: Are there two Union Squares?

--Union Square West


Overheard by
: jessica castro

Continue reading "Wednesday One-liners are New to the Area"

Posted 2005-10-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It Gets Hard Once the Numbers Hit 20

Tween boy #1: There's an excellent movie that's rated R but should be rated PG-13. It's producted by Stephen Cow and it's called Kung Fu Hustle.
Tween boy #2: I've only seen one R-rated movie.
Tween boy #1: I've seen so many I've lost count.

--Uncle Liao's, Park Slope


Posted 2005-10-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Because Butterflies Wear T-shirts

Girl: Well, I don't know...She doesn't look very much like a butterfly.
Guy: What, would you rather have her wear a t-shirt with a giant butterfly on it?

--Lincoln Center


Posted 2005-10-08 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It Was Actually--and Properly--a Mime

Tween girl: So my sister got this stuff, called absin...abstin... abstinence. It's this green stuff, and it's illegal in America, and her friend drank it and thought he saw a clown.

--Bx7 bus


Posted 2005-10-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Take a Deep Breath, Wednesday One-liners

Tween boy: I'm gonna fight you, Steve...I'm gonna trash yo' face, son...you gonna have to go to Jonathan Zizmor, son.

--6 train

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So That We'll Never Forget to Light It

Tween girl #1: She's been in this bitchy mood all week and when I asked her why she said she just got back from the Holocaust Memorial.
Tween girl #2: Holo--oh, that Jewish thing with all the candles? Why does that have a memorial?

--Dumbo


Overheard by
: Egregious Pixie


Posted 2005-09-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Depends on If You're a Top or Not

Tween girl #1: His hair is sometimes awful, but it's sometimes so perfect.
Tween girl #2: I think that's what gay hair is like.

--Prospect Park


Overheard by
: emily clinch


Posted 2005-08-29 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Don't Be Such a Little Momaphobe

Tween girl: My dad flies into New York airport tonight; where is that?
Tween boy: It's in Jersey.
Tween girl: Idiot! It's New York airport.
Tween boy: It's Newark airport, and it's in Jersey.
Tween girl: New York airport and it's in New Jersey? That's gay.
Tween boy: You're gay.
Tween girl: Shut up! We're at the museum!

--outside MoMA


Posted 2005-08-21 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

No Wonder That "R" is Backwards

Tween girl #1: Wow, like this is really high up.
Tween girl #2: Like wow.

--Toys R Us, Times Square


Overheard by
: Dawn Furey


Posted 2005-07-22 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-liners for the Kiddies

Guy: So, I went on this audition, and they asked me, "Can you juggle and ride a unicycle?". I mean, I can juggle, and I can ride a unicycle, but I can't do both at once, I'm not a skills clown. Basically, my skill is falling. I can fall really well.

--A train


Overheard by
: Berit J.



Girl
: Mommy, what's the opposite of hair?


--86th & Broadway


Overheard by
: Stuart Weisberg



Mom
: Don't you know this is the liberry, not the cry-berry?


--The Fordham Library Center


Tween girl
: ...and the one Winnie the Pooh had a nice body...


--Bryant Park


Overheard by
: Jason B. Schmidt



Guy
: ...if my wife and I spit at the kids, nothing happens...but if a llama does they burst into tears.


--53rd & 6th


Overheard by
: J-Mo



British guy
: Can't be more worse than having a baby every six months.


--116th & Lexington


Boy
: Mommy, how many hours are in a mile?


--44th & 8th


Overheard by
: BBW


Posted 2005-07-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Hey "Mom": It Can't Drown if There's No Water

Girl #1: When I'm older and I'm pregnant, I hope I'm standing when my water breaks cause I don't want the baby to come down and, like, drown.
Girl #2: My Mom went down in a gutter with me.

--B44 bus


Posted 2005-06-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Somewhere, A Sardine is Turning Green with Envy

Two tween girls push into a very crowded train, causing a woman to almost lose her footing.

Woman: You can't just push if there's nowhere to go!

The doors start to close.

Tween girl: Obviously I could.

--6 train


Overheard by
: Francesca


Posted 2005-06-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

But Then the Uncles Start Pinching Your Cheeks

Boy #1: It's so gross! My aunts pinch my cheeks and call me cute and make, like, cow noises!
Boy #2: Take it from me: wait 'til you get older. I promise, no one will ever call you cute again.

--Prospect Park


Overheard by
: Andrea


Posted 2005-05-09 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Dad Ordered the T-mobile Steak (You Get More)

Tween chick #1: So when we went to Canada, we had deer.
Tween chick #2: Really? Doesn't it have a special name too?
Tween chick #1: Yeah. Verizon, like the phones.

--M14 bus


Overheard by
: Melissa


Posted 2005-05-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday One-liners for the New German Pope

Preacher: What does God think of your sex life? Are you a winner or are you a chicken dinner?

--42nd Street station


Overheard by
: Brian Lang



Teen boy
: I must be the Antichrist! Every time I pass by a church it blows up. It's happened twice already!


--30th & 7th


Guy
: Why? Because I'm lazy, and I'm Jewish!


--MacDougal Street


Overheard by
: Nishad Shevde


Posted 2005-04-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It's Not Too Early to Consider Implants, Kid

Tween swimmer girl #1: I'm nervous. I think I look funny when I'm naked.
Tween swimmer girl #2: No offense, but everyone looks funny when they're naked!

--Manhattan Plaza Health Club locker room, W. 43rd St.


Overheard by
: Andrea


Posted 2005-04-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Believe Our Children Are The Future

Schoolgirl #1: The sun rises in the west and sets in the east, right?
Schoolgirl #2: No, no, no! It rises in the east! Girl, you need to learn your temperatures!

--N train


Posted 2005-02-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Humans and Yuppies, That Is

Two tween girls walk into Starbucks. For some reason one emits a high pitched squeal.

Tween #2: Shut up! This is a place where humans go!

--Starbucks, Astor Place


Overheard by
: Scott Nybakken


Posted 2004-08-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Teabagging 101

Preteen Boy #1: Get her, fuck her, leave her.
Preteen Boy #2: Is that what you do?
Preteen Boy #1: Hell yeah. Teabagging.
Preteen Boy #2: Teabagging?
Preteen Boy #1: Yeah. Get in and get out. That's teabagging.
Preteen Boy #2: Ha, ha! Teabagging!
Preteen Boy #1: Hey, how do you spell Utah?
Preteen Boy #2: U... U...
Preteen Boy #1: Tell me how to spell Utah, motherfucker!

--Smith/9th St. Station


Overheard by
: Mary Phillips-Sandy


Posted 2004-07-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook