Overheard in New York http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/ The Voice of the City Copyright 2009 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.31 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ...I Own You Trashy high school girl: I'm so glad I'm finally a freshman.
High school boy #1: Why?
Trashy high school girl: Because then I can make out with all the hot jocks.
High school boy #2: Wait... You make out with me.
Trashy high school girl: Yeah, but you're my boyfriend.

--Central Park

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Ditz #2: Totally. And Harry Potter, too.
(they nod together)

--F Train

Overheard by: Numbat

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Friend: Oh shit, nigga!
Gangsta: And then she got one of those knife sharpeners.
Friend: Fuck!

--189th & Belmont

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Irate woman, yellling: No! No! I will not do it! I will not have sex with you!
Smooth guy: But baby...
Irate woman: I cannot have sex with you! We're not in love! And until we're in love, I'm not having sex!

--57th & 7th

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Daughter: She said... that I'm ugly.
Mom: Well, you tell her that her mom is ugly. And then you punch her in the face, that's what you do. And then I'll go and punch her mom in the face! That's what you do!

--48th St & Broadway

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020833.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020833.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 Further Knowledge Is Now Unwelcome Girl #1: Did you know that if you lick the wrapper of Big Red it'll stick to your forehead?
Girl #2: I learned about pineapple yesterday.

--Theater

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Kid #2: I hid in the bush.
Kid #3, yelling and throwing hands in the air in disgust: No! You weren't hiding in the bush, you were hiding in the shrubs. Doesn't anybody know the difference between bushes and shrubs?!

--Central Park

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020831.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020831.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500 Ever Wonder What Really Happens When You Press the "Easy" Button? Drunk white girl, walking past Staples: Ohmigod! I remember last summer when a guy spit on me at staples!
Drunk white boy: What? A Staples?
Drunk white girl: Yes, it was that Staples!

--Brooklyn

Overheard by: Kiara

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020830.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020830.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500 That's Stigmata, Ashley. Girl: What have you been up to, Stephanie?
Stephanie: Oh, I work at an assisted living in Dedham.
Girl: Oh, I know that one. I have a funny story about...
Stephanie: Oh?
Girl: And by "funny story" I mean that I'm in love with your coworker's ex.
Stephanie: Wow!
Girl: Hey, does this look like a mosquito bite or a hive?

--Columbus Circle

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020829.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020829.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500 You're Going to Have to Be More Specific Girl #1: Fergus's apartment is down there. Have you ever seen it?
Girl #2: I have. Actually, I did ecstasy in that apartment once. Wait, you were there! We ate ostrich. You rolled around on the carpet.

--Lexington & 51st St

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020828.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020828.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 That Chick Is Way Too Cocky Wide-eyed girl, alarmed: I can't believe she mentioned his dick in front of you.
Girl in mourning clothes: I know. It's one thing if she mentioned...
Both, in unison: Her dick.

--Tompkins Ave & Hylan Boulevard

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020827.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020827.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Pictorial Illiteracy Can Be Fatal Hispanic teen to friend: Yo, none of the danger signs are in Spanish! "Do not lean on the doors, do not hold the doors." The city doesn't care if we fall off the train and die!
Friend: Then you guys better start looking at the fucking stick figures!

--Uptown E Train

Overheard by: Tara

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Polite construction worker: Good morning.
Hot girl's friend: How embarrassing.
Hot girl: Shut it.

--Harlem

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020825.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020825.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 ...Though, to Be Fair, I Don't Act Like That with My Hairdresser. Ghetto Latina: He's so fucking stupid! This morning I kissed him goodbye and said "you're my world." and he goes "why you gotta be so dramatic?" Like, what the fuck?
Ghetto black friend: Damn!

--Houston & Hudson

Overheard by: Suit

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]]> http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020824.html http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020824.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 ...Away from Witnesses Mom on stoop: Don't you skate too far from the house!
Four-year-old boy on skateboard: Moooooooom! Go insiiiiide the hoooooouse! I don't need you!
Mom neighbor: Did he just tell me to go inside the house? Boy, you just wait till *you* come inside the house!

--Monroe & Franklin, Bed-Stuy

Overheard by: Tigertail

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