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Girl #1: So after all that, can' t you understand why I'm pretty much a full-fledged lesbian now?
Girl #2: In a way, but I think you could still be into guys. I have a hard time believing you don't have feelings for Jarrod.
Girl #1: No, I really don't. That's done.
Girl #2: I totally support you. I just think, you know, there's more than one way to eat a Reese's.
Girl #1: Exactly.

--Metro North

Overheard by: ianbobian

Little boy: I want a Cinnabon for breakfast!
Dour mom: Now, Matthew, let me ask you a question. How many grams of sugar does a Cinnabon have?
Little boy, dejectedly: Seven.
Dour mom: And how many grams of sugar are you allowed to eat at breakfast?
Little boy: Fiiiive.
Dour mom: Well then, don't you think... [they go out of hearing range]

--5 Train

Overheard by: Jonathan Harford

Man: [Really disgusting burp.]
Friend: That's gross.
Man: That's not gross. You eat, you shit, you burp, you fart. Welcome to New York, ladies.

--Shop, Chinatown

Guy #1: Oh yeah, let's all take a picture of the big fucking stone thing because it's really old!
Arsty guy: Shut up, asshole.

--the met

Headline by: Eddie

Runners-Up:
"Geologically Speaking, It's a Young Fucking Stone Thing." - Peter Manther
"Hmmm, Maybe I Shouldn't Have Stabbed My Etiquette Coach" - Jimmy
"Mick Visits the Met" - bb
"No One Likes Sightseeing With Frank Gehry Anymore" - Jeff`
"She Was Awesome in Basic Instinct" - Craig should be working
"Why Flashes Are Not Allowed at Rolling Acres Assisted Living." - Karl


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Little boy: But how do I know you're not part of the Martian menace?
Dad, deadpan: You don't.

--110th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: Alexandra

Stressed guy: But what are you going to do with no hair?!
Stressed girl: I don't know... Have a baby?

--L Train

Overheard by: Karen

Emotional suit: My shrink said I'm dragging my feet to test my wife.
Supportive suit: He could be right.
Emotional suit: No, it's a woman.
Supportive suit: Oh no! She is manipulating your ass.

--3 Train

Overheard by: EmLo

Toddler, screaming: Eeeeeeaaaaaeeeeeeaaaaeeeeeeee.
Tranny woman: Oh my gawd, you so need to win American Idol!
Toddler: ...

--F Train

Overheard by: Faye

High-school teen to friend: So, like, every guy that likes me must totally be a pedophile.

--Flatbush & Dekalb, Brooklyn

13-year-old: I mean, he's not a pedophile, he's just very open with his sexuality, and I like that.

--8th & Broadway

Overheard by: Kelly

Lesbian on cell: I just saw these girls and they were pretty. Really pretty. And fifteen. But then I heard them talking and I realized they were French! So it's fine. Fifteen is legal there.

--36th St & Fifth Ave

Middle-aged teacher: I have this girl in my class that's a six-year-old with a 46-year-old woman's body.

--Prem-On Thai

Overheard by: office peon

Guy who just got more beer: This is the happiest place on earth... Except for that kindergarten I'm not allowed to go back to anymore.

--McSorley's, 7th & 3rd

Overheard by: I'll drink to that!

Seven-year-old boy running after another child: I'm a pedophile! I'm a pedophile! I'm a pedophile!

--Coney Island Boardwalk

Overheard by: that'swhathesaid

Dude on cell: I'm okay with it. As long as nobody slaps me or calls me gay or spits on me. Those are my three things. As long as nobody does those three things.

--21st St & 8th Ave

Asian girl: You gave me the gay!

--C Train

Overheard by: Jordan

Female cop to male cop: You a queer? For real, you queer? You a queer? You a queer? Oh, I didn't know that. Okay. [Nods.]

--C Train

Barnard girl to friends: I don't think he's gay, I just think he has problems having sex with women.

--Columbia University Steps

Overheard by: John Jay

Man to friend: See, I told you this was a gay neighborhood, look at all the women!

--Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights

Overheard by: glekapolis

Loudly homophobic guy: Gay! Gay! My ass hurts from watching that preview!

--AMC Theater, Times Square

Overheard by: Lo

Dude on cell: I'm okay with it. As long as nobody slaps me or calls me gay or spits on me. Those are my three things. As long as nobody does those three things.

--21st St & 8th Ave

Asian girl: You gave me the gay!

--C Train

Overheard by: Jordan

Female cop to male cop: You a queer? For real, you queer? You a queer? You a queer? Oh, I didn't know that. Okay. [Nods.]

--C Train

Barnard girl to friends: I don't think he's gay, I just think he has problems having sex with women.

--Columbia University Steps

Overheard by: John Jay

Man to friend: See, I told you this was a gay neighborhood, look at all the women!

--Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights

Overheard by: glekapolis

Loudly homophobic guy: Gay! Gay! My ass hurts from watching that preview!

--AMC Theater, Times Square

Overheard by: Lo

Seven-year-old boy to friend: What are you, drunk or something?

--Union Square

Ten-year-old boy to mom: Let's get drunk! [Starts dancing.]

--W 45th St & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Jon A.

Dad to three-year-old: Well, I don't know, will you buy me a beer?

--79th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: s h

[Tiny boy is making weird faces at the window.]
Sister: Mommy, I think he's drunk.

--6 Train

Overheard by: Becca

Trashy Boston girl: I love little children. They are like little drunk real people. Except that one, because she's foreign.

--Madison Square Garden

Guy looking at books, to no one in particular: I don't want to hear or see anything about the devil, demons, voodoo or big hairy black guys.

--Barnes & Noble

Overheard by: 153

Guy hawking pamphlets: How to sucker punch the devil right in the ass!

--W 12th & Brodway

Overheard by: Why didn't I get that pamphlet?!

Coworker about colleague: Every time he comes by here the number 666 comes up.

--1250 Broadway

Punk kid, walking past a group of nuns: Hail Satan!

--Waverly & Greene

Professor: I don't want to be saved, I want to go to hell. I'll meet interesting people there!

--Cooper Union, Astor Place

Overheard by: Hopefully not me!

Crazy older lady screaming on cell: You what? You are buying soda? You are going to go to fucking hell! Don't you remember the promise you made to god? You're probably standing in line with some goddamn candy too. You are going to hell!

--W Train

Overheard by: DR G LUV

Conductor: Stand clear of the closing doors. Person in the back of the train, step out into the train. Step into the train! Excuse me, in the back with the grey shirt, step into the train. Yes you! I'm looking right at you! Oh my god! Ladies and gentlemen, we're being held in the station because someone in the back of the train wearing a grey shirt is blocking the doors.

--B Train

Conductor [as passengers keep blocking the subway doors from closing]: You're invited!

--1 Train

Conductor: Stand clear of the closing doors. [Alert signal, doors re-open.] Goddamit! There's always someone... Isn't there?

--R Train

Conductor, in completely empty train: Ladies and gentlemen, if you get to the train and it is full, don't try to force your way in. Don't block the way of the door closing either. I don't want any body parts obstructing them. Also, if you get to the train as the doors are closing, don't try to pry them back open. Don't try sticking your arms in between them either. Very bad idea. Just stand on the platform, wave, and say: "Bye bye, train".

--A Train

Snarky train conductor: Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. It's very simple: We open the doors, you get on, we close the doors. If you are going to walk past two or three doors trying to find a car or space that you like, don't be surprised if the doors close on you before you can get on. We are not mind-readers.

--B Train

Conductor, to guy holding train doors for his girlfriend: Sir, please let the doors close, we can't wait for your girlfriend. [Some time passes.] Sir, you are young and not unattractive, I am sure you can find someone else to sleep with you on the train.

--L Train