Overheard In NY

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My favorite.

Kid #1: Paper beats rock. BAM! Your rock is blowed up!
Kid #2: "Bam" doesn't blow up, "bam" makes it spicy. Now I got a SPICY ROCK! You can't defeat that!

--6 Train

Second.

Woman #1: It's really small, you know, but the sex is wonderful.
Woman #2: You mean he's rich?
Woman #1: Yeah. Exactly.

--Union Square

Guy #1: I'd totally hit that.
Guy #2: Dude, I'd hit that so hard whoever could pull me out would become the King of England.

--College Walk, Columbia University

Overheard by: King Arthur

Hot southern girl #1: So, before I came up here my mom is like, "Be very careful around those northern boys, they think all southern girls just love to cook and fuck."
Hot southern girl #2: Oh my gosh, are you serious? They think that? That's so messed up!
Hot southern girl #1: I know!
Hot southern girl #2: But I really do love to cook... And fuck.
Hot southern girl #1: I know... Me too.

--Union Square Cafe

Overheard by: Moving South

[Cloud]

oh, those are all SO GOOD!

BAM makes it spicy! (shakes head)

[Ibby]

Homeless Guy: Yo! Whoo! Yeah! Go you! You're chinese!

Asian Guy: I don't have the heart to tell him I'm Korean.

[wolf]

Dumb teen: Hey, look at this! It says "Train for jobs in biotch."
Smarter teen: Fool! That word is biotech. Why you gotta be ignorant all your life?

--1 train

Older woman: Excuse me, miss?
Younger woman: Yeah?
Older woman: Your veil, your burqa is very beautiful. I didn't know your people were allowed to wear it in bright colors.
Younger woman: It's not a burqa, it's a poncho. I'm Jewish. It's for the rain. I got it at TJ Maxx.

--53rd & 7th

This stuff is brilliant!

My friends and I used to do stuff like this in college, before there was an internet.

I had tons of ATM receipts with funny stuff like this written on the back.

20-something Intellectual: Facts are such a distraction from the essence of what's really happening.

--Private Party, Brooklyn

*shoots self in face*
I can't handle stupidity at that level.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Flint

Overheard at Target: (lady on cellphone, calling for expert advice) "iPods are called Zunes, right?"

Hobo: Look, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not hungry or sick, I just need some money so I can get high, but it's just weed, I don't do heroin or cocaine or any of that shit.
Guy: You know, it's because of guys like you that people think pot should be illegal! Look at you! When I get high, I pay my own way! I earn my own money and get high! There are little kids on this train! What do you think they're going to learn? Man, think a little!

--4 train

Overheard by: Alice S.

Overheard in the office

Coworker on phone: Do you have a Mac or a real computer?

Bowling Green, Ohio