Passerby, about "touch tank" aquarium: Do you guys have crabs?
Biology professor: That sounds like a personal question.
--Manhattan College
Overheard by: kim
Guy, in Star Wars' Emperor voice: Oh, I do believe the weapons on this battle station are fully operational.
Girl: That means you have an erection, doesn't it?
--Atlantic Center, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Jesus Jon
Loud teenage girl: What's good, son?
Latin teacher: Hey! No English!
Loud teenage girl: Quid bonum est, filio?
--High School, Queens
Overheard by: Sunny
Automated bus service announcement, in loud cheerful voice: Thank you for riding the MTA!
Bus driver, grumbling: They don't really mean it...
--23rd St & Park Ave
Overheard by: karjala