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Man #1: Yeah... So I took my daughter to see that movie, Enchanted.
Man #2: Sounds good... Wait! Isn't that about a prostitute?!

--333 Lafayette St

Overheard by: OverHearer369

Teen #1: What do you think is like the best sports movie ever?
Teen #2: I think The Green Mile.
Teen #3: That ain't no sports movie, man!
Teen #2: He was runnin'!
Teen #1: I like Rudy.
Teen #2: Naw man, Rudy was a fuckin' benchwarmer.
Teen #3: Naw, Rudy is all about how the little guy can persevere.
Teen #1: I cried at Rudy.
Teen #3, touching his heart: Yeah, man, Rudy hurts.

--A Train

Overheard by: Brenda

Chick #1: I'm nostalgic for the '40s.
Chick #2: You can't be nostalgic for an era you never lived through.
Chick #1: Fine. Then I long for the '40s to the very depth of my soul.
Chick #2: From your loins?
Chick #1: Yes. My loins... They long for the '40s.

--Herald Square

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Girl #1: She asked us once if Jesus had a last name.
Girl #2: Oh. [Pauses.] Wait, I know this one.

--Penn Station

Woman in elevator: So then he just bit off the hamster's head.
Man in elevator: That's gross.
Woman in elevator: I'm telling you. That's what happens when you don't feed babies. They just bite off hamsters' heads and eat them. It's disgusting.
Man just entering elevator: This is so disturbing.

--Elevator, Ripley-Ggrier Studios

Overheard by: a poor victim of this conversation

Girl yuppie: Isn't it crazy how rapidly presidents age over eight years?
Guy yuppie: Oh I know, all the stress.
Girl yuppie: If Hil wins president, she's gonna be a hot mess.
Guy yuppie: She'll look like Margaret Thatcher after three months!

--Metro North

Overheard by: Sromeo

Insurance guy #1: Man, I love this weather!
Insurance guy #2: Yeah, I love global warming... That's why I drive an SUV. We're tropical animals, we're supposed to be in tropical weather!

--25th St & Madison Ave

Bald man: I'll tell you one thing, my daughter is not dating until she's 18. She is NOT dating. No way. I won't allow it.

Other guy: (long pause): Well, good luck with that. Let me know how that works out.

- Overheard by John

Young man on Max (to new mom): Moms are cool. Moms are cool. Not mine, I never met her but... moms are cool.

- Overheard by Grace

Four-year-old girl, jubilantly: The letter y!
Father: Z.
Four-year-old girl: Good-bye.
Father: Four.
Four-year-old girl: What?
Father: Yes.

--Times Square

Overheard by: Christin

[A couple are looking in the mirror.]
Man: Why don't you ever say anything when my glasses are all wonky?
Woman: Say anything?
Man: Yeah, like you wonky cunt.

--Bloomingdale's, 3rd Ave

Couple arguing in the street:

Girl: "I don't have to like you!"
Guy: "Have you seen the size of my penis??"
Girl: "...I don't have to like you to have sex with you."

outside White Dog cafe, west philly
Overheard by Claire

Old man: By this time of day, my left buttcheek always starts hurting! Not the right one, just the left one. In the morning I feel fine, but by the afternoon... It hurts!
Old lady: I don't know what to tell you, Earl. Maybe you need to shake it more.

--Bay Terrace

Overheard by: Sov

Little boy holding a box of cupcakes: Dad, I need money.
Dad: Just run.

--Magnolia Bakery

Overheard by: Mike

[Just before the curtain rises on the opera Carmen.]
Guy: Do you know the show?
Girl: Uh-uh.
Guy: It's sooo sad. Like Rent.
Girl: Oooh. Wow.

--The Met

Posted 2008-05-31

Red-faced toddler in stroller: Nooooo!
Dad: Once more, with feeling!

--82nd & 2nd

Overheard by: Jamie

Girl one: I hate going to a bar with pregnant girls, it's so boring.
Girl two: Yeah.
Gorl one: It's even worse when you go with pregnant girls that drink.

--Rockefeller Center

Little girl, pointing at Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe: Mommy, who's that lady?
Mom: That's Elizabeth Taylor, honey.
Little girl: Oh, hello, Elizabeth.

--The Moderne Hotel, 55th & Broadway

Manager: Pants off is the new black.

- At the office

-- Overheard by fool

A girl waits by the door to get off the bus, and her cell phone rings.

Girl: I've got Ashley's phone, she's in jail. Yeah, she beat the shit out of the chick....No, she just beat the shit out of her. Nothin' but her two hands. Girl had to go to the hospital...It was over at the 7-11 on 82nd & Powell...Well, you know how she repped the bloods, right?"


- On the #4 at PCC

-- Overheard by Charlotte

Four-year-old cute tourist girl: Mommy, people are different in New York!
Tourist mom: They're all fuckin' crazy.

--Union Square

Overheard by: Natasha G

Sober Londoner: Did you just have a civilized conversation?
Very drunk Londoner: No, I was talking to some Australian girl.

--Eight Mile Creek

Overheard by: Adam Scholem

Gay sandwich artist #1: Yeah, I just have sugar daddies.
Older/Wiser gay sandwich artist #2: Yeah, what happens when the sugar’s all gone and daddy’s not at home?

Bruegger’s downtown MPLS
Overheard by Ben.

3Mer #1 (with a southern accent): I thought you said it was warmer up here.
3Mer #2: Well, it’s warmer now than when you were here in November.
3Mer #1: Yeah, but my refrigerator is warmer than this state.

3M Center, St. Paul
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