But We'll Find Out for Sure When the Anime Comes Out

Nerd #1: So, was she hot?
Nerd #2: According to Google Image search, yes.

--Math Building, NYU


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Poor Guy. I Didn't Have the Heart to Tell Him He'll Be Dead in Hours

Stand-up comedy promoter: That's right folks! I'm not scary.
Teen girl: Riiight.
Stand-up comedy promoter, screaming after her: I don't bite! I don't have rabies! I took medication, and they said I'd be okay!

--Outside MTV store


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It Was the Giving Birth Kind

Actor #1: It wasn't like sex vagina, it was more like--
Actor #2: --There's more than one kind?

--Epiphany


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She's a Sex Ed Class Dummy

Queer: Today Daisy totally showed me her vagina!
Girl: She shows everyone her vagina.

--3rd & 6th

Overheard by: zin


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The Sisters Are Always Getting Estimates from Burly Tradesmen

Old lady #1: The exterminator. He's an extremely nice man. Isn't he a nice man?
Old lady #2: Yes, he was very nice.
Old lady #1: We should hire him more often.
Old lady #2: Oh, you're so bad.

--B61 bus

Overheard by: aspiring old lady


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I Miss More Than I Catch

Hipster girl #1: Wow, how did you get your hair that kind of texture? Looks great.
Hipster girl #2: ... Oral sex.

--Bedford Ave platform


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The Plot of Rent, in a Nutshell

NYU kid #1: Man, I'm so over AIDS. I'm sick of people getting it, I'm sick of people spending money on it, and I'm sick of people giving it to other people.
NYU kid #2: Yeah, seriously, fuck AIDS.

--Outside an NYU dorm, University Pl


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Kitten: Does Anybody Care That I'm Part Siamese?

Small boy: Mom, I found a kitten!
Mother: Name him Cletus.
Small boy: Cletus, you my only nigga.

--Nokia Theatre


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Drop Something and Follow It

Ghetto chick on cell: Yo, I don't be unnastandin' you -- you mus' be talkin' foreign, 'cause you ain't talkin' no American. [Pauses, looking at girl next to her.] Yo, girl, you go to college? 'Cause you looks smart. [Walks away, then stops at top of stairs, asking no one in particular] Yo, which way is down?

--Grand Central


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It May Be Time for You to Leave the Temple

Twig #1: I was feeling like a fatty, so I just ate a hard-boiled egg with some flaxseed this morning.
Twig #2: No, I'm a fatty! Was it ground flaxseed?
Twig #1: Of course!
Twig #2: Good girl!

--Starbucks, 114th & Broadway


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Close, but No Cigar

NYU guy #1: But wait, doesn't Fidel Castro own the Dallas Mavericks?
NYU guy #2: No, no, you're thinking of Mark Cuban.
NYU guy #1: Oh. What a coincidence.
NYU guy #2: Um, not really.

--Waverly Pl


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I'm Considering Getting Out of Sales

Freezing passerby: It's so cold! I wish they sold hot chocolate out here.
Yo-yo purveyor: Yeah... You wanna buy a yo-yo? Ah, that shit won't keep you warm.

--Rockefeller Center


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Remember Tilda Swinton in Orlando?

Dude: When I was a little girl...
Chick: What?!
Dude: What? I'm comfortable with my sexuality.
Chick: Which is what?!

--23rd & 6th

Overheard by: Sarah


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West Cider Story

Dude #1: Why is New York called the 'Big Apple'? Maybe it's if you put together the five boroughs on a map, it looks like a very big apple.
Dude #2: Yes, obviously! What else did you think it could have been?

--W 4th St & MacDougal

Overheard by: V


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Oh, Watch Out for That Homeless Guy

Dude #1: So, she lied to her parents about what third world country she went to?
Dude #2: Yeah, I guess so.
Dude #1: Wait, where did she really go?
Dude #2: I don't know -- Thailand, Vietnam or Kenya... Somewhere with poor people.
Dude #1: Damn.

--A train


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Someone Has to Set Our Gender Back

College girl #1: Yeah, she's afraid to go out anywhere. She always thinks she's going to get raped.
College girl #2: I don't understand the big deal about rape. If it happened to me I'd be like, 'Oh, well, it was bound to happen.'
College girl #3: Haha, you'd probably like it.
College girl #2, nodding: Yeah, I would.

--Elevator in apartment building

Overheard by: Neil


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But Now I'm Thinking It Would Be Funny If We Suspended Service

Woman on platform as crowded rush hour train packs full: Is there going to be another train after this one?
Conductor, closing the doors on people: I sure hope so, stupid.

--59th & Lex

Overheard by: Queemys Mommy


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Drawing on Familiar Examples Is Just Good Pedagogy

Little boy: Daddy, why did you yell at that man?
Dad: Because he's an asshole! ... Like your brother!

--Penn Station


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False Advertising Undermines All Civilization

Thug #1: Yo, when I go to McDonald's I don't just want a fuckin' Number One with a mothafuckin' Coke. I want a Number One, a Coke, and a mothafuckin' smile.
Thug #2: Word.

--Q train platform, Union Square

Overheard by: Audrey Monaco


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There's No Room Left on the Cat

Woman: Why was the box of cereal in the bathroom with you this morning?
Man: What else was I gonna write on?

--Manhattan-bound D train

Overheard by: Jess McGins


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Gee, I Thought It Was an Easy One

Young Hasidim selling menorahs: Are you Jewish?
Old WASP lady in fur coat, disgusted: What kind of question is that?!

--14th & 6th

Overheard by: Afrocurl


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You Can Come to the Front If I Can Pick the Kids

Ragged old black guy with wad of cash in hand, teasing: You gonna let me cut the line, right?
Clerk: Please get on the end of the line.
Ragged old black guy: I'ma buy me that 250-dollar Blue Label up there. You gonna let me get on the front of this line, right?
Clerk: [Ignores him.]
Ragged old black guy: 250 dollars for Blue Label for me to get drunk and run over some kids!

--Liquor store, 23rd & Park

Overheard by: Baby G


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It's a Damn Good Thing You Put Out

Ditzy teen: Hey, is the pope Jewish?
Boyfriend: Ummm, no -- why the hell would you think that?
Ditzy teen: Well, he wears that little Jewish thing on his head.

--Central Park

Overheard by: Olivia


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Not Any More

Employee pointing to wall: See the fire damage?
Tourist mom: Is this where you stash your weed?

--Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Overheard by: amused priest


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I Still Can't Take Her for 18 Hours

Guy: No, I don't wanna see that bitch again.
Girl: Oh, it's not that bad. It's like... You have your arm around me, and you're wearing a bra.

--E 93rd St & Lex

Overheard by: Kerri


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What War Movies Have These Kids Been Watching?

11-year-old boy #1 playing with toy gun: You fucked my mom in the ass! [Makes shooting noises, then ducks.]
11-year-old boy #2, nervous, to perplexed passerby: Uhhh, he wasn't talking to you...

--10th & 7th, Park Slope

Overheard by: ian


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And It Was Originally Giving the Finger

Black guy #1: You know that statue, right? You know, the British... The British gaved the Statue of Liberty to New York. The British gaved the statue to America. To commemorate the Civil War. But they don't tell you that. They don't talk about that.
Black guy #2: Yep.
Black guy #1: And you know it was black, when the statue got here. It was black. And it had chains 'round it.
Black guy #2: Yep.

--F train, York St


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This Conversation Suggests That the Answer Is 'No'

Dude #1: Do you think retards know they're retarded?
Dude #2: Yeah. I'm sure they're all like, 'This sucks. I'm retarded.'

--East Village


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Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

Girl #1: Taxi! Taxi! Arrrgh!
Girl #2: Oh, oh, here, it's stopping. Oh, wait, no, it's not.
Girl #3: Did he just honk at us? That was, like, a whirlwind of emotion.

--Union Square

Overheard by: Leslie G.


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Would You Like Some Scones with That Gin N' Juice?

Black teen #1: See ya later.
Black teen #2: Cheerio, nigga.

--School, 17th St

Overheard by: John


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Zen and the Art of Debauchery

Hipster guy: Ever fuck a black chick?
Buddy: I don't get involved enough with the chicks I fuck to learn details like that.

--Court & Joralemon St, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Big Larry


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The Horror. The Horror!

Woman #1: Oooh, child, I know your ass was fucked up from all that drinking!
Woman #2: Hell yeah, you know I was! Shit, I woke up in bed with that mothafuckah again!
Woman #1: Girl, who was it this time?
Woman #2: My fucking husband.
Woman #1: Damn.

--Jay St/Borough Hall train station


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Ordinarily I'd Add My Own Cheer

Barista: Soy latte coming up.
Monotone man: Will you make it with holiday cheer?
Barista: Uh... Okay, sure.
Monotone man: I'm a little tired today.

--Starbucks, 114th & Broadway


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From Sodom to SoHo

Man #1: I have a book coming out this year, so I'm looking forward to that.
Man #2: Oh, yeah? What's it about?
Man #1: It's an oral history of anal sex.
Man #2: [Silence.]
Man #1: It was a lot of hard work, but it was a real labor of love.

--Locker room, McBurney YMCA, 14th St & 6th Ave



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A Lot of Buddhists Like That Film for Some Reason

Man in Jews for Jesus t-shirt sits while well-dressed young man across from him unbuttons shirt, takes out black marker, and writes 'Buddhist 4 Mohammed' on his undershirt, standing and aggressively staring down Jew for Jesus.

Buddhist guy: Give me zee money, Lebowski! I fucks you up! We want zee money, Lebowski! Give us zee money or we fucks you up! [Steps to the left, and in a different German accent] Ya, give us zee money, Lebowski. My girlfriend cut off her toe 'cause she thought we would get zee money. Iss not fair.
Jew for Jesus: [Silent, calm.]
Buddhist guy calmly sits back down and buttons his shirt, turning to small Hispanic boy next to him: And that's where babies come from.

--6 train


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And Clay Aiken-Gay, Not Oscar Wilde-Gay

Foreigner: What was with those guys in Brokeback Mountain? Are all cowboys dumb?
Girl: They weren't dumb, they were gay.

--Union Square

Overheard by: Sara McGrath


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Can't You Just Talk about Klingon Reproduction Like My Other Dates?

Geeky boy: So I downloaded this porn the other day and there was a glitch, so when the guy came he was like, 'Yeah, oh, shit...' Shit, it was hilarious.
Geeky girl: ... Wait, is this a joke?
Geeky boy: Huh? No, it really happened.
Geeky girl, scooting away: God, you're awkward.

--Bus

Overheard by: nina


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Wednesday One-Liners Are Like a Dog in Heat

Conductor: Hey, clear the closing doors, bitch.

--8th St

Chick on cell: So, how did your date go? Did she call the police on you this week? ... Did she have you escorted out of her building this week? ... No? Then why did you call me? You just wanted to tell me that? ... Oh, you had a big fight? Was it because she's a crazy bitch?

--225th & Broadway

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Eight-year-old boy to younger kid: If we were in prison you'd be my bitch!

--Hudson & Christopher

Overheard by: Talia

Black man: Went out, got that bitch some food. Bitch was hungry. Got her some food, took her out back, and she sucked my dick. Licked my balls. She's only 21. Gonna marry that bitch.

--34th & 8th

Guy to buddy: No, it actually sucks because she's a selfish bitch. She switched our cell phones because mine vibrates better... So she can get off in her cube.

--Hershey store, Times Square

Dude on cell: Well... Well, there's groups of bitches. There's, like, a group of bitches here... and a group of bitches there.

--Outside bar, 32nd & 4th, Brooklyn

Overheard by: A Lone Bitch

Guy in full yellow suit with matching hat: I don't get this girl. You know what I'm saying, 'cause you know I'm the nicest nigga to a bitch.

--Waiting for the L, Union Square


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Wednesday One-Liners Check 'In a Relationship'

Chick on cell: I always end up dating people whose names aren't actually their names.

--Harlem

Overheard by: Ladle

Woman on cell: There's this guy I think is really hot. He's gained some weight and lost his hair... but in a graceful way. No, no, nothing like that. He's really nice and he's so smart... Well, he drinks a lot.

--Strand Bookstore

Overheard by: MHY

Woman to friend: 2006 was a terrible year, but 2007 is gonna be better... No men in my life! But there's this man at my job, and I'm trying to stay away from him, but I just can't. From the moment I saw him... Whew! One day he said to me, 'Girl, put your hand in my pocket, I got some lunch money in there for you.' And I did it, and... Whew! I said, 'I know what that is... That's no lunch money... Let me feel it again.'

--F train

Overheard by: liza

Man on cell: If I can't get an American Jewish woman to go out with me... then there must be something wrong with American Jewish women!

--45th & 8th

Overheard by: Melanie

British chick to guy: I'm not breaking up with you in that sense...

--49th St, between 9th & 10th Ave

Overheard by: nyamelia

Hipster chick: ... And I'm like, 'I love you.' And he's like, 'Get away from me.' I think he's just afraid of commitment.

--7th Ave

Overheard by: Regina Deorum

Woman to friends: Who needs a boyfriend when you've got a dog who farts?

--Max Brenner, Broadway, between 13th & 14th


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Wednesday One-Liners Wish They Had Medical Insurance

Girl on cell, smiling and laughing: Maybe because he's a cripple!

--Pavilion Movie Theater

Overheard by: Jamie F

Running tween girl to friend: I'm going to give you breast cancer, you idiot!

--Times Square

Yuppie woman on cell and pushing empty wheelchair: Honey, guess what? I'm not a paraplegic anymore! No, seriously! Isn't that great?!

--12th & 3rd

Suit on cell: You shouldn't feel bad for the boy who cried uterine trouble.

--A train

Overheard by: Sue

Woman to street vendor: That's the problem with my inverted uterus...

--Prince & Broadway

Overheard by: BT

Genius holding her breath to cure hiccups: Oh my god, I hate the hiccups. I mean, seriously. The hiccups are the most annoying thing ever. Like, if I had the choice of having cancer or the hiccups, I would choose cancer. I mean, I know people who've had cancer, and the hiccups are way more annoying.

--N train

Overheard by: jessica

Jersey chick to friend, after denying deaf panhandler: I mean, if he were missing a limb or something, that would be one thing...

--NJT train from Penn Station

Overheard by: gotta draw the line somewhere


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Wednesday One-Liners for Michael Douglas

Gleeful girl to friend: Hey, do you like child trafficking?!

--Union Square

Overheard by: NYCtrippedmyconscience

Hobo sitting on ground cleaning a trumpet, to hot lady passerby: Hey, don't fucking look at me -- I'm too old for you!

--51st & 2nd

Overheard by: Outlaw

20-ish chick on cell: I only fucked that scum-sucking man-whore because my ex was fucking an 18-year-old.

--Bleecker & Broadway

Teacher with group of kids on field trip: It's so hard to find a tall, skinny senior boy.

--C train

Overheard by: ej

Teen girl: Yeah, Renata can totally pull off pedophilia.

--C train

Overheard by: sarah


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Wednesday One-Liners for Kings County

Scholar: Brooklyn is the Paris of New York.

--Grand Army Plaza Station, Brooklyn

Overheard by: ivel

Crazy: Fuck Brooklyn! I can pay for Brooklyn on any other day. Yes, that's right -- I'm a black man, and I am not going to Brooklyn. What do you know about that! And you, you're a Jew. I'll still pray for you. Wherever we end up, I'll still pray for you. Fuck all you people. Except you, Jew. I love you.

--L train from 6th Ave to 3rd Ave

Overheard by: Nash Astor

Girl: I just don't like living in Brooklyn. My place is, like, four whole blocks away from Dunkin' Donuts.

--Tenacious D album signing, Virgin Megastore

Guy: Sobriety is my back, I am the camel, and Brooklyn is the straw.

--A/C/E subway platform, Lower West Side

Overheard by: Magaret

Lady: I like the brown eggs more than the white. Well, I have 12 at home in my fridge -- it's like Brooklyn in there.

--15th St & Union Square West


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Wednesday One-Liners Watch Oz

Woman to friend: It just wasn't what they imagined when they dreamed of going to jail.

--5th Ave, Park Slope

Overheard by: MK

LA bimbette to another: I think, like, everyone I know has been arrested. I mean, like, who hasn't been charged with a drunk and disorderly at least once?

--R train

Chick to friend: Yeah, he got a lot of gold chains, but that's an investment... That's bail.

--Bus, Port Authority

Guy leaving subway: Hey, baby, I'm home! One more day and I'm not in jail!

--Subway entrance, 125th St

Overheard by: Leaving Harlem

Teen thug: Man, I never had to spend Valentine's Day with my mom... If her boyfriend wasn't in jail she wouldn't be bothering me.

--Eastern Pkwy Library

Chick to boyfriend: So, that's what you learned in prison?

--Central Park


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Wednesday One-Liners by Victoria

Puerto Rican girl to another: I never dated a white guy, 'cause they got bad taste in underwear.

--Subway station, Times Square

Overheard by: Mama

Chick: ... So I was dancing in the kitchen in my underwear and I looked out the window and the orthodox Yeshiva student guy that lives across the building from me was just staring open-mouthed. I'm never gonna open the curtains in the kitchen again.

--181st St

Overheard by: LSB

Mother to toddler son: Now, honey, close your eyes. This isn't for you.

--Frederick's of Hollywood, King's Plaza

Queer: I totally go out of my way to wear edible thongs to work.

--Library Bar, Houston & Ave A

Overheard by: Rachel W.

Teen girl quickly descending staircase: I didn't wear a bra again today. My boobs are bouncing down these stairs!

--Notre Dame Academy, Staten Island

Suit on cell: Well, I mean, I have thongs... But I really don't consider those underwear...

--W 4th St & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Laura


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Wednesday One-Liners Got a Norplant When They Turned 11

Girl: Promiscuity is turning out to be a lot more work than I thought it would be.

--Columbia bookstore

Drunken hobo singing: Jesus loves me! Jesus supports me! [Turning to two NYU girls] Jesus doesn't support you! [Chuckles] Whores!

--LaGuardia & W 3rd

Overheard by: TheBrit

Professor: Monogamy is depressing. When you get married you can only have sex with one person for the rest of your life. I've been married for 25 years, and I was on Prozac by year two. Female promiscuity is frowned upon in nearly all cultures. Dammit!

--Fordham University

Girl on cell: Oh my god! That is so funny! Wait, is she a slut? It would be so much funnier if she was a slut... Oh. Never mind.

--Central Park

Overheard by: Cassie

Bubbly high school chick: ... And I didn't know, so I just opened my legs...

--Astor Pl

Homeless man yelling at passersby: Can any of you spare a nickel in the name of alcoholic beverages? Or maybe a loose woman or two?!

--7th & Ave A

Overheard by: you gotta respect the honesty

Dad to little girl: Okay, honey, now how do we spell 'whore'? Remember, sound it out...

--Penn Station


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High Colonic Wednesday One-Liners

Scruffy man to scruffy friend: ... And then I stuck my thumb up her ass for some grip. Like a bowling ball!

--34th & 6th

Overheard by: Jared

Male student to two friends: No, they literally put it in your ass!

--51st & Broadway

Overheard by: tin steve

Bilingual hipster skank on cell: ... So I was like, 'I don't care if it is my shit -- you were the one who wanted to order the flan and you were the one who wanted to put it up where it doesn't belong! Exit only! Flan exit only! No entrada por nada!' ... No, we just slept on the floor and left it all for housekeeping...

--Lobby of W Hotel, Union Square

Train announcer: In the rear, if it won't fit, don't force it.

--2 train, 72nd St

Overheard by: Brett

Gay man in kitchen: There's absolutely nothing gay about me other than the cooking and the cleaning, and the taking it up the ass.

--207th St, Woodlawn, Bronx

Thug: Baby... C'mon... Take that thing out of your butt and we'll talk when I get back.

--Hoboken PATH Station

Overheard by: Seph

Guido: You take it in the ass! You're a 24-hour ass-taker-inner!

--Prospect Park

Overheard by: Patrick Di Justo


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Wednesday One-Liners Refer to 110th Street As 'Downtown'

Exchange student: I was just telling him how to use a Post-it.

--Columbia

20-ish male: Actually, global warming is only going to benefit New York City.

--Columbia

Overheard by: martina m.

Chick: I am not eating somewhere with a misplaced apostrophe in its menu.

--Columbia

Overheard by: Ladle

Young Columbia student: Yeah, so all of a sudden I was walking home drunk, in a diaper, with a huge scar.

--1 train

Columbia grad student: ... And if you ask him he'll say, 'I'm making money for the school! I'm making money for the school! I do drugs! I do drugs!'

--1 train

Student to another: As for the article, I don't care about the truth of my argument. I care about people knowing how big my penis is.

--Columbia

Conductor: This is 116th Street, Columbia University. Good luck paying your tuition.

--116th St

Overheard by: Sam


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Some of My Best Friends Are Wednesday One-Liners

Female conductor over speaker: Oh, I know you did not! If you wanna wait for your friends, you wait on the platform -- do not hold my motherfucking doors!

--Manhattan-bound 1 train, 225th St

Young suit to another: I'm introducing you as a good friend of mine from the Bank of America, just so you know.

--Houston & Varick

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

Middle-aged B&T lady: She told me she had no trouble with her friend dying in her apartment.

--375 Hudson St

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

White chick: When I was younger I used to fart really loud every time I laughed. I think that's why I didn't have any friends.

--Bed-Stuy

Overheard by: MaryAnnaise

Five-year-old boy throwing wad of trash at younger brother: Say hello to my little friend!

--15th & 7th, Brooklyn

Overheard by: nyamelia

Tired man on cell: You harassed me, you harassed my friends, and you cut up all my furniture... I don't know what else there is to talk about.

--Steinway & Broadway, Astoria

Overheard by: Czarina

Tween: Yeah, and then I made my friend scratch my back with his claws... And then I got ringworm.

--Q train, 8th & Broadway

Overheard by: worldfamouscats.com


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Wednesday One-Liners Aren't Having It

Ditz: This chair is so comfortable. It feels just like the chair they let me sit in for 30 minutes after I got my abortion... No, that one was even more comfortable!

--Kmart, Astor Pl

Girl on cell: And it worked? So, when are you going to miscarry? You are so smart. That's awesome. Teach me, Simone. Teach me.

--Subway from Ditmars Blvd into Times Square

Overheard by: Meg

Chick: They were on a roadtrip in Ohio. They had this idea to bum-rush the abortion clinic protestors. She would throw her mom down on the ground and start eating her out. Then they would get up and run away.

--Brooklyn-bound L train

Seven-year-old girl: So, Mommy, why did Aunt Debbie kill the baby in her tummy?

--3rd St & 5th Ave, Park Slope

Overheard by: Matty H

Hipster girl on cell: Seriously, every time I hear a guy say he's pro-choice I just want to have his babies.

--Housing Works Bookstore

Blond man on cell: Thank you for calling the abortion clinic. You rape 'em, we scrape 'em... Hi, Dad.

--45th & Broadway

Overheard by: Brady


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More of a CMT Gal, Then?

Fat chick enters store and then leaves immediately.

Dad: What's wrong?
Fat chick: I'm too fat and poor to shop here.

--MTV store, Times Square


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Touchy-Ass Cannibals

Chick #1 reading can: 'Pineapple chunks in its own juices.' Ewww.
Chick #2: Hey, at least it doesn't say 'Pineapple chunks in his own juices.'
Chick #1: Why would it say that?!

--D'Agostinos, 78th & York


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He's a Huge Baseball Fan

Blonde #1: Is Super Bowl Sunday this Thursday?
Blonde #2: I think so... I'll ask my boyfriend, he'll know.

--Union Square

Overheard by: brunette in a bottle


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I Wanted the Doctor to Like Me

20-ish guy: Your glasses can't be bad, you just got them!
20-ish girl: Yeah, but I cheated on the eye exam, so it's really my own fault...
20-ish guy: ... That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
20-ish girl: I can't help it, I'm very competitive!

--Kim's Video, St. Mark's Pl


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Blood's Available in the Gift Shop

Little girl in stroller pointing to Bodies Exhibit poster: Mama, what's that?
Mom: That's what the inside of your body looks like. That's what your heart looks like. I don't know what everything else is.
Little girl: Where's all the blood?
Mom: Well, I guess they drained the blood. Isn't it pretty?

--LIRR, Penn Station


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Don't Think I Don't See What You Do to Your Ken Doll

Six-year-old girl pointing to painting of naked man: I like that one!
Mom: You would.

--Brooklyn Museum


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Dude, You Are the Worst Salesman Ever

Salesguy: See, these big-screen TVs are like another woman to a guy. Seriously. So, if you bring this home it's like bringing home a threesome. You, him, and this other woman TV. You see?
Chick: Uh, I'm gonna have to think about it.

--Circuit City, Upper West Side


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You Gotta Get It Right, 'Cause You're Defending Your Dissertation Tomorrow

Thugette #1: One, two, three fish! One, two, three fish!
Thugette #2: No.
Thugette #1: Nigga! It's one, two, three fish!
Thugette #2: No, it ain't. It's one fish...
Thugette #1: Nigga! Oh... Wait... You right.
Thugette #1 and #2 together: One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.
Thugette #2: Nigga I told you.

--Queens-bound M train

Overheard by: Sarah Booz


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Oh, Honey, It's So Not What You Think

Artsy hipster girl: Oh my god, I haven't seen you in so long!
Woman: What's new?
Artsy hipster girl: I'm going to circus school in two weeks!

--L train


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A Face Is Just Like a Hand Without Fingers, You Know?

Guy #1: Dude, are you rolling on E, man? High five!
Guy #2, slowly with eyes closed: High five my face.

--F train

Overheard by: Jane


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I Loved It!

Woman #1: Did you like it?
Woman #2: Like it? Bitch, that motherfucker pushed my hemorrhoids back up!

--Outside methadone clinic, 57th & 10th

Overheard by: R. Frank


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Or... Uhhh... to Make a Social Commentary on the Oppression of African Americans?

Older white woman: Can you tell me where you have the Ku Klux Klan Christmas cards?
Young Hispanic clerk: Excuse me?
Older white woman: A friend of mine told me he saw KKK Christmas cards somewhere, and I'm trying to find them. I know it doesn't sound too nice, but I think he's just going to use them to make a black joke or something.

--Hallmark

Overheard by: Black woman trying to maintain her cool


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The Ayn Rand Preschool May Have Been a Mistake

Child: Mommy! Mommy! [Pointing at track worker] Look, that man is going to kill himself.
Mom: No, honey, he is just fixing the tracks so we don't crash with another train.
Child: So that means he is saving our lives by risking his. What a dumbass!

--7 train

Overheard by: Feziie Fez


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Or Tattoos! What about Tattoos?

Thug #1: Yo, fuck them 'Free Yayo' t-shirt whack shits.
Thug #2: Them shits should say 'Free Us from Yayo' and on the back some 'Whackness is a Crime' shit. Cooold blooded! What ya'll think?
Thug #3: Some of you niggas need to get t-shirts that say 'Free Us from Illiteracy and Ignorance.'

--Bronx-bound 4 train

Overheard by: solar


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There's Nothing Rational about Desire

Very gay man: I have to go buy some Crisco -- I have a date tonight.
Straight guy: I don't understand how you can not be interested in a nice set of tits and a wet vagina.
Very gay man: I don't understand how you can not be interested in a big throbbing cock!
Straight guy: Because I already have one.
Very gay man: Let me see!
Straight guy: No!

--Washington Square Park

Overheard by: Big Larry


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That's for Emergencies, Not for Pique

Wailing six-year-old boy: But whyyy?!
Mom: Well, I know, honey, but kick him in the shins, don't kick him in the balls!

--Prince & Broadway


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Pay No Attention to the Deity behind the Curtain

Guy #1: Dude, let's go see Fiddler on the Roof. I heard it's sick.
Guy #2: Oh, that's the sequel to The Wizard of Oz, right? With the witch of the East... Right?
Guy #1: Let's go get high.
Guy #2: Okay.

--Times Square

Overheard by: Darius Izad


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Like That Guy Urinating Over There

Mom: Well, now we're all going to visit Grandma.
Anxious child: No, Mommy! I don't want to go to the hospital!
Mom: But we're going to visit Grandma today...
Anxious child, screaming: No! I don't want to go to the hospital! People urinate on the floor!
Mom: Everyone can hear you!

--1 train


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I Said Later... Wait, What?

Teen boy: Mom, is it true that some people are both a man and a woman?
Mom: Yes. Well, sort of. Can we talk about this when we get home?
Teen boy: So does that mean they have, like, both--
Mom: --Yes, honey, now be quiet for a little while, okay?
Teen boy: Does that mean they can, like, do the slinky?

--Park Slope

Overheard by: Mike N


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Though Yesterday's Whale Calls Were Quite Impressive

Hobo: Caw! Caw! Tweet! Gobble! Gobble!
Black cop to another: See, man, that's what's happening to our people.

--8th Ave, between 35th & 36th

Overheard by: NRG


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Celebrity Wit

After four years of documenting the insights of the Unknown Man in the Street,
we're branching out and documenting the insights of the Celebrity, too. Let
us know what you think of our new site, Celebrity Wit, by e-mailing us at
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Besides, We Need to Wait for the Bloody Hand to Go Away

A woman and four fancifully-dressed little kids are waiting to cross the street.

Little girl: Can't we cross the streeet? What are we waiting for?!
Stressed mom: Your father. Remember? The guy you want to be cremated with?

--72nd & Central Park West

Overheard by: Elm City Lass


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See Dick Run. Run, Dick, Run.

Girl: So, are you still getting me pregnant this weekend?
Confused boyfriend: ... What?
Girl: Oh. Did I not tell you about that?

--TKTS booth, Times Square

Overheard by: Kevin



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The Diet Kind

Chick: ... And I've been so tired.
Dude: Maybe you should eat more.
Chick: Well, I have been drinking water.

--Post office, 52nd St

Overheard by: what what


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Reality Is What They Had before TV

Female student #1: I feel bad for Czar Nicholas, because not only did he get overthrown and exiled, but Rasputin came in while he was gone and messed up his whole country.
Female student #2: What, you mean like in Anastasia?
Female student #1: No, I mean in, like, real life. The movie was based off real life.
Female student #2: Wait, you mean Rasputin was real?

--Bleecker & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Andrew


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How Many Danger Signs Can You Find?

Blonde: Yeah, so I talked to him on the phone about three weeks ago, and he was saying how we haven't chilled 'cause he's been in and out of court... I don't know. I wish he'd call.
Brunette: Hey, maybe he's in jail.
Blonde: Damn... I still didn't get my lighter back!

--Park Slope


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Call Me Ishmael

Girl #1: Every time we go out she's all like, 'I need a boyfriend sooo bad!' And all she does is bitch about how she doesn't have a boyfriend. Well, it's like, 'Of course you don't have a boyfriend -- maybe if your blubber didn't hang down over your jeans some guy would want you.' No guy wants to mount a beached whale... Well, unless they're into that kind of thing...
Girl #2: I know the perfect guy.
Girl #1: I bet he's real hot.

--Columbia University


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Andy Sensed a Dangerous Alliance Forming

Mother: You have to cut her chicken fingers up. I gave her a whole one the other day and she almost choked to death.
Father: I like for her to learn to take bites.
Mother: She's not ready.
Two-year-old daughter: I'm not ready, Dad.

--Diner, Midtown


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She's Also Got New York Sarcasm Down Pat

Blonde girl: So, you're from Puerto Rico and you just moved here? Wow, that's so exciting! Do you speak Puerto Rican?
Puerto Rican girl: No, but I speak Mexican fluently.

--Tisch Hospital, 33rd & 1st

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No, but That Would Be So Cool

Little boy: Mom, how did the dinosaurs cook their meat?
Mother: They didn't, they ate it raw.
Little boy: Oh. [Long pause.] Are Japanese people dinosaurs?

--Astoria Park


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All Part of the Great Web of Sugar

Black woman #1: I think Tony could be your sugar daddy.
Black woman #2: Ummm, no.
Black woman #1: Why not?
Black woman #2: No, I don't think so.
Black woman #1: Why? You guys get along so well.
Black woman #2: Because I think he has a sugar daddy.

--Office building, Midtown


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He Almost Has to Be a Dick to Compensate

Girl #1: He was, like, a total dick, you know? But it's like, he's allowed to be, you know?
Girl #2: Well, yeah. He's a straight NYU guy who plays soccer.
Girl #1: Yeah. So he could get away with it.

--Cantor Film Center, NYU

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We Should Talk. But Not Here

Man: Sooo, I had anal sex for the first time last night.
Woman: Did she swallow?

--McDonald's

Overheard by: Jrmy


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I Got So Caught Up in the Troop Surge, I Lost Perspective

NYU guy: Wait, so was it cocaine? It was cocaine, right?
Random girl at another table: Are you guys talking about Anna Nicole?
NYU guy: Yes! I missed the press conference! I feel, like, so irresponsible for not keeping up.

--Starbucks, Astor Pl

Overheard by: Matthew K Johnson


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She Seems Like an Abort-and-Rally Girl

Woman: She was a total skank.
Man: Yeah...
Woman: But still, I'm surprised she's having a baby. Never saw it coming.
Man: Don't think anyone did.

--Vincent's, Mott St


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Race Card Drivers

Asian guy #1: Fucking motherfucker!
Asian guy #2: Ass-fucking mule!
Asian guy #1: Cum wad!
Asian guy #2: Asian!
Asian guy #1: Whoa, man, that's just rude.

--Radio City Music Hall

Overheard by: Laura


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They Will Draw No Inferences from a Bare Assertion

Girl student #1: Fuck Piaget!
Girl student #2: Dude! Children!

--Starbucks, Union Square West

Overheard by: ninja z


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Situational Ethics

Girl #1: Hey, your tag is still on your sweatshirt.
Girl #2: I know. I'm thinking about returning it.
Girl #3, a minute later: Hey, your tag is still on your sweatshirt.
Girl #2: I know! I'm hip hop.

--Williamsburg


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