Woman looking at cookbooks: Do you have a big kitchen?
Friend: Well, kinda. I've got a stove with two burners, and a microwave.
--Bleecker & Cornelia
Homeless guy: I got candy, I got gum. I do this 'cause everybody got to eat. I'm trying to do the right thing. I sell candy, I sell gum. I don't sell drugs.
Blonde girl: Do you have drugs?
--Times Square
20-something girl to mom: If I had a million dollars, I would spend 90% of my time watching tv, or doing nothing, like playing on the computer.
Mom: See? That is the type of attitude we need to talk about, you should want something!
20-something girl: Okay, I will read books.
Mom: (sighs)
--Penn Station
Overheard by: amazed by ignorance
Little girl: Orange juice is good, but oranges are bad. Peanut butter is good, but peanuts are bad. Why?
Friend: Hahahahaha! You said penis.
Little girl: Hahahahahaah! Penis!
--M104 Bus
Redheaded hipster #1, jumping in flour: This is so Brooklyn... Why is there flour in the street?
Redheaded hipster #2: Someone probably was just like "fuck this cake," and threw it out of their window in frustration.
Redheaded hipster #1: I mean, probably.
--Williamsburg
Teenage girl: Yeah, well... I'm *really* close with the school principal.
Teenage friend, raising eyebrow: Are you?
Teenaged girl: No. I mean really close. Like, "spank me daddy" close!
(teenage friend accidentally puts the lit end of a cigarette in her mouth and starts screaming)
--59th St & 9th Ave
Overheard by: tinyfoo
Woman #1: We did it on his lunch break in a hotel by that cafe we like.
Woman #2: So I'm guessing it was quick?
Woman #1: Yeah, like one of those cartoons.
--Canal St
Overheard by: Mark
Well-dressed 60-something crazy white man looking into artsy coffee shop: What movie is this?
30-something white artsy man, smoking: This? This is a coffee shop.
Well-dressed 60-something crazy white man: Yes, yes... But what movie?
--Cafe, Luldow St
Wife: The Titanic sank for hours?!
Husband: No, the sign says the Titanic sank four hours. Over a thousand people died.
Wife: Why didn't they just get on the life boats?
--Titanic Exhibit
Thin preppy girl to heavier stranger: Oh my god! I love your shoes.
Heavier stranger, looking her over: Girl, I wish I could give you a compliment, but you just look hungry.
--95th St & Madison Ave
Overheard by: Adriana
College girl, sniffing jacket sleeve: This smells bad.
College boy: Is it vomit?
College girl: No, because I didn't wear it last night.
--Greenwich & 7th Ave
Overheard by: Carla
Young woman: Do you see this line on my face?
Friend: What line?
Young woman: This line. I must have got it from my internship. (pause) I think it's from... thinking. But I called my plastic surgeon, and he's totally gonna fix it.
--Columbia University
Guy: I'm a cute gay guy at NYU. I'm doing just fine, darling!
Girl: I'm a straight girl at NYU. I go through a lot of vibrators.
--Starbucks, Washington Square
Woman #1 in line to man with Tim McGraw's "Skydiving" as ringtone: I thought I was the only person in the Bronx who listened to country music!
Man, laughing: Well, there's me, too.
Woman #2, further up the line: Me, too!
--Post Office, 187th St & Belmont Ave
Overheard by: eternal student
Girl #1: I think I want to take advanced physics.
Girl #2: What? That's math and science.
Girl #1: I know.
Girl #2: Together.
Girl #3: That's gay.
--Queensborough Community College
Suit #1, looking at his BlackBerry: I have a 10:00 and a board meeting at 1. How about 10:30?
Suit #2, looking at his BlackBerry: Conference call at 10:30. 11?
Suit #1: I'm expecting a call then. 11:45?
Suit #2: Appointment downtown at 12:30, need travel time. 11:30?
Suit #1: I can't commit to 11:30. How about 9:30?
Suit #2: 9:30's now.
--E Train
Overheard by: Chuckell
14-year-old girl #1: I wish I had a boyfriend.
14-year-old girl #2: Yeah, me too... Well, either a boyfriend or a puppy.
--4 Train
Overheard by: Dave Rabkin
Little boy, pointing at juice boxes: I want Clifford!
Mom: No! Those aren't organic!
--Uptown Fairway
Party girl: Can you drink vodka if you're allergic to potatoes?
Pretty boy: Are you allergic to potatoes?
Party girl: No, I just wanna know.
Pretty boy: I don't know.
Party girl: Can you drink wine if you're allergic to grapes?
Pretty boy: Are you allergic to grapes?
Party girl: No...
--PATH
Overheard by: TR
Grad student: I'm signing up for squash classes. I like squash, even though it's messed up my tennis playing.
Gay coworker: Oh, I approve of all the racket sports. Maybe I should play squash, too, since my wrists are not firm. (laughs)
--NYU Meyer Building
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