Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Middle aged woman on cell phone: Yeah, he screwed up his neck, so they gave him some Percocet. He looooves that stuff. He LOOOOOVES that stuff!
Cottage Grove Walgreens
Overheard by Not so sure about filling this guy’s prescription now…
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Recent newlywed girl to her husband at 2:00 a.m.: I told you, I don’t do that!
Through walls in an apartment in St. Paul
Overheard by Sleepless in St. Paul.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Emo guy: Seriously… about ‘patio’, why isn’t it pronounced like ‘ratio’? Like, hey, let’s go eat lunch on the pay-shee-o.
Equally emo girl: Yeah… learn about soft sounding T’s, bitches.
gas station in anoka
Overheard by good grief guys, go home.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Girl #1: You don’t seem like a ‘hat’ person.
Girl #2: What are you talking about? Are you toking the gange?
Girl #1: Um… first off, no. And I guess my question is, ‘are you partial to hats?’
Girl #2: Why do you ask in such a sudden matter?
Girl #1: I thought I’d ask to verify.
Girl #2: Well, depends on the hat. But I find little opportunity to wear them, regardless.
a subway in anoka
Overheard by it’s a legit question i guess.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Guy: Well… you know what they say: ‘If at first you don’t succeed…’
Girl: You get a bat.
Guy: You’re fantastic.
Anoka High School, Anoka
Overheard by that’s what i call romance.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Girl, after seeing an ad for "escape from chimp eden": Oh, I want a monkey! I've always wanted a monkey!
Friend: Like, as a pet?
Girl: ... Or a homie.
--133rd St & Frederick Douglass Blvd
Overheard by: Nathalie
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
[A Girl is running ahead of her mom and yelling.]
Mom: Get back here!
[Girl continues her rowdy behavior.]
Little girl: No! Ahhhhh!
Mom: Stop yelling like that! You're going to scare the humans.
--59th & Lex
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Guy at hipster party: As white people, we don't think of Greeks as white --we think of them as... Dirty Greeks!
Girl: I can't believe you just said that.
Guy: Come on. No one likes a Greek.
--Party, Greenpoint
Overheard by: I have no problem with Greeks
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Deli worker: What part of Mexico are you from?
Tourist: Umm... We're from Canada.
Deli worker: Oh. You sure like spicy peppers.
Tourist: Yeah. All Canadians like spicy peppers.
Deli worker: True.
--Broadway & Liberty
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Guy: I've started calling vaginas "Panninis."
Girl: You dug this hole!
Guy: Yeah, and now I'm gonna bury myself in it -which is great, because it's the perfect size to fit my dead corpse!
--Hunter College
Overheard by: Therese
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Girl #1: "I feel bad for him."
Girl #2: "Me, too. But he didn't really deserve the raise he got."
Girl #1: "I know, but I feel worse that he bought me all that stuff."
Girl #2: "Forget that. That's his problem. It's yours to keep, no matter what."
- Grant Park
-- Submitted by Spring is Here!
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Guy #1: "....and I have to take my suit in for alteration."
Guy #2: "You know they don't really alter suits, right?"
Guy #1: "Oh no?"
Guy #2: "No. They just get new suits and stick some stitching in there. It's a huge sham. A conspiracy to get you to buy more items from the store."
Guy #1: "But alterations are free."
Guy #2: "So they got you already, huh?"
- State Street
-- Submitted by Cat Burglar
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Guy: (wearing Ipod) "GOD DAMN IT I HATE DANIEL BEDDINGFIELD!"
- Blue Line
-- Submitted by Hair
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Teen dude: So you wouldn't?
Teen girl: Hell no! I'd break up with any dude who'd had his cock torn off and reconstructed using part of his thigh! That shit ain't natural.
Teen dude: That's so shallow.
--Union Square
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Girl #1: What kind of food do you want?
Girl #2: I don't know, I can do anything so you can pick.
Girl #1: Ohhh... Let's get Indian! I really want Indian.
Girl #2: Can't do Indian. It reminds me of anal sex.
--L Train
Overheard by: sneddy krueger
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
School Bus:
Girl #1: You know, Chinese people are like good at everything!
Girl #2: THAT’S COS THEY’RE POOR!
Girl #1:OoOhh
— Overheard by Dommy and Dean
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Professor: So REM stands for "Rapid Eye Movement".
Befuddled girl: Then why isn't it called "RIM"?
--Psychology Lecture, City College
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Woman (I hope): "I always have to
pee before I go on a trampoline or else...I have issues. This is why I do vaginal exercises."
[blank stare from friends]
Woman: "It's a normal thing!! I guess my urethra is not at tight."
[continued blank stares]
North Philly
Overheard by ferdinand

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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Drunk guy #1: Yo, let me get a cheese slice. No... Actually, what is that?
Drunk guy #2: It's a lasagna slice.
Drunk guy #1: Nah, I need some fuckin meat. Give me a slice with some fuckin meat on it. Oh! You got any slices with alcohol? Give me a slice with alcohol on it. Give me some alcohol!
--Moon Pie Pizza, 4th St & Avenue C
Overheard by: soyloaf
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Long Island girl: The things I think about when I'm not sleeping are so meaningless.
--Brooklyn
Overheard by: Casayoto
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Bimbette art student #1, pointing at fresh grapes: I don't get why they call 'olive-skinned' people 'olive-skinned'. No one's skin is that color!
Bimbette art student #2, after closer inspection of fresh grapes: Yeah, but those olives look messed up, I think they're fake. Real olives are, like, darker or something.
Bimbette art student #1: Yeah, those olives are too light, that's it. No one's skin is that color of... of light green.
Cashier: Uhm, are you ladies in line? Can I get you some... Grapes?
Bimbette art student #3: Yeah, those olives are totally fake, that must be it.
[Group leaves deli.]
Cashier: Did that really just happen?
--27th & 5th
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Dude #1: ... Yo it was awesome man, she was so hot. It totally made the ski trip worth it.
Dude #2: Look at you, Governor Spitzer, gettin' some outta town booty.
--Bryant Park
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Guy #1: You've been snackin' recently.
Guy #2: What do you mean?
Guy #1: Spitting in my sandwiches --and I still eat them, but there's no trust!
--4 Train
Overheard by: Been Jamin'
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Guy #1: You've been snackin' recently.
Guy #2: What do you mean?
Guy #1: Spitting in my sandwiches --and I still eat them, but there's no trust!
--4 Train
Overheard by: Been Jamin'
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Twelve-year-old boy: How do you know they don't have kid's sizes?
Mom: I just know they don't.
Kid: But how do you know?!
Mom, impatient: I know!
--Christopher St., in front of Gay Leather Fetish Shop
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