Girl: Look, Rocafella Plaza is right there!
Guy: Where? I don’t see shit.
Girl: I hope you can see if you step in it
Guy: Actually I smell shit right now, do you smell that shit?
Girl: Yeah I do, but I bet you can’t see it.
–49th & 5th
Overheard by: Christine Rinaldi
Chick #1: So, that girl from Japan is paying double rent, right? $1600 on her apartment here, and $1800 on the other apartment where she was living. I asked her how she could afford both places and she told me that her Mom and her sister died in a plane crash.
Chick #2: Holy shit! Which plane crash?
Chick #1: I don’t know, one in Japan.
Chick #2: So she’s rich now, right?
Chick #3: That’s how my friend moved to Miami.
–Williamsburg
- Posted on
- Death, Friends, Global Geography, Money & Class, Real Estate, Travel, U.S. Geography, Williamsburg
Charity mugger: Excuse me, do you have a minute to talk about Children International?
Guy: Yeah…right.
Charity mugger: You don’t have to be such a jerk about it.
Guy: Actually I do. You see, that’s sort of my thing.
–Union Square South
Overheard by: stu-ee
Mom: Stop giving your sister the evil eye! What did I tell you about giving people the evil eye?
Little boy: That they would be sent to Hell forever to live with the devil.
–Bx22 bus
Bookchick #1: I had to go and see a circumcision yesterday. Any mother who does that to their son is evil and should burn in Hell.
Bookchick #2: Yeah, but it’s much more hygienic.
Bookchick #1: So? Your labia gets dirty too.
–Barnes & Noble, 22nd & 6th
Overheard by: Vic Payback
Asian guy: We ain’t no typical Asian niggas.
Desi guy: Yeah yo, we got black in us.
–Axis men’s room, Flushing
Overheard by: trufo
- Posted on
- Bars & Clubs, Black Asians, Race
Howard Dean: …I think Ferrer can win–
Man: Mr. Dean! I would have voted for you, man!
Howard Dean: …Thanks…
Man: I would have voted for you if you remove all the poison in your
body!…I would have voted for you if you loved America! You would have been a great president, but only if you weren’t so poisonous!
Howard Dean: …Thanks…
–20th & Park
Overheard by: Steve Gartland
- Posted on
- A-List, Assholes, Insults, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Politicians, Politics, President, Talking/Convos
A hobo has a cardboard sign that says “Ninjas killed parents, need money for Kugn [sic] Fu lessons.”
A cop comes up, and the hobo says: I don’t know why. I’ve already had five police come by and bother me today.
–14th & 5th
Overheard by: Casey
(cf. This guy.)
- Posted on
- Cops, Death, Education, Fighting and ass kicking, Hobos, Homeless, Manhattan, Money & Class, Murder, Parents, People, Places, Topics, Union Square and East Village, Violence
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 on
- Movies, Park Slope, Tweens
Guy: Do you have Jesus in your heart?
Woman: Do I have cheese?
–Smith/9th Street station
- Posted on
- God Squad, Jesus, Subway stations, platforms, etc.
Hetard: What did you do that for?
Shetard: Because I love you.
Hetard: Why do you love me?
Shetard: If I have to answer that again this week, I will shoot myself.
–Port Authority
- Posted on
- Couples, Love, Port Authority, Questions, Relationships
