Blog Profile / Overheard in New York
| URL : | http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / New York | |
| Posts on Regator: | 11259 | |
| Posts / Week: | 42.3 | |
| Archived Since: | April 14, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Sister Mary Catherine Will Be Disappointed
wo middle-aged guys walking down the street. Guy #1 : Yes I can! Guy #2 : No you can't! You're not supposed to have sex with your sister. --Cortelyou Road & 17th Street, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn Overheard by: Jason Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-03
It Really Is the Best Part Of Waking Up, Isn't It?
guy at counter "would you like anything in your coffee" customer "cocaine... Just a sprinkle if you have" --Europan on 78th & Broadway Overheard by: Lea Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Would You Prefer "Dismounting"?
Bus driver : (to passenger standing near door) are you getting off? Random old man : (mutters) I don't like those two words, "getting off." --Q33 bus Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Not Exactly American Girl, Honey
Elementary-aged girl to her mother, upon seeing an ad atop a passing cab : "wow, mom, new york dolls! Can we go?" Mom : "uh... No." --Duane St. and Hudson St. Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Cultural Imperialism? Discuss.
Older lady #1 : Now who builds an art gallery in the middle of the ghetto?? Older lady #2 : White people. --Myrtle and Tompkins Ave. in Bedstuy Overheard by: Matt Dallow Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
This Guy Has the Soul Of a Poet
Russian man staring out window (said to no one in particular) : I told you, lying stupid beyotch, trying to turn tables around!! You got no brains, no balls, butthead! Do what you do best and go screw yourself, butthead!!! And do itShow More Summary
Paging Doctor Freud
Woman pushing stroller : Mama! Baby : Papa! Woman : Mama! Baby : Papa! Woman : No papa, mama! Baby : Papa! Woman : Can you say mama? Baby : Papa! --103rd and Columbus Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
To Manscape Or Not to Manscape, That Is the Question
"there are two bathrooms over there! You're sitting here scratching your penis like it's ok. It's not ok!" "balls. I'm scratching my balls, not my penis." "balls, testicles, nuts, wrinkles, whatever! Still not ok!" "careful, don't turn yourself on, honey." --Harlem Hospital ER Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Can We Have Sex First?
Guy : Finally! I'm here in nyc. Girl : Welcome to the city that never sleeps sweetie. Luckily,we have plenty of coffee to go around. --JFK Airport Overheard by: colin_nyc Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Um, That Was a Billboard.
lost yuppies (and you think hipsters are bad). Yuppie guy #1 : I think we have to go over the bridge before we can get off. Yuppie girl : I never go to brooklyn, I prefer to stay in chelsea or the west village. I dont even like to go to les. Show More Summary
"Blanket Statement:" Defined
heard a loud noise from a mother asking her room from outside. "what was that, justin??" "the blankets fell off the bed, mom!" "how come his voice so loud?" "in my blanket no, ma'am!" --East 6th & 3rd Ave Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Rebellion in the Streets!
Japanese teacher to class : Say oishii-desu. Entire japanese class : Oishikunai! (oishii means delicious and oishikunai means not delicious). --Times Square Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
We Totally Understand Why Our Submitter Sent This In
As I walked past two homeless guys : Homeless guy #1: Wow! She's beautiful! Homeless guy #2 (condescendingly) : She's not [I]real[/I]. --116th and Madison Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-02
Bob Thought He Was Drinking at the Library
Girl, hitting on guy with book : "oh, you like to read? What's your name?" Guy : (mutters inaudibly). Girl : "is that how you talk to a girl at a bar?" --Sycamore, Brooklyn Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-01
I Think We Need to Date Other Genders
Guy : Ok, see you later friend, kinda, maybe, it's complicated. Other guy : Love you. --Fordham, Rose Hill campus Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-01
United States-- Yeah, Right
Tourist father talking to his #6 year old smart son : Well, here we are, welcome to the center of the universe! Tourist son : Oh please, its not even the center of the united states... --Times Square Overheard by: lady_liberty Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-01
Like That He's a Republican?
still drunk on the way to work. Dude #1 : I am so hungover right now. Dude #2 : Me too dude. Dude #1 : Come to think of it, I think I am still drunk. Dude #2 : Me too, this is going to suck. Dude #1 : Know what? Im ready for this shit. Show More Summary
And Don't Even Get Me Started on Peter Pansexual
Dad : "kermit frogs? You mean kermit the frog?" Little girl : "no...(pause)... Hermit frogs." Dad : "hermit frogs? I've never heard of them." Little girl : "yeah! They're both a boy and a girl at the same time!" --LaGuardia International Airport Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-01
Nobody Puts Baby Next to the Crackhead.
Crackhead boyfriend on subway, talking to random baby : Baby, how you doin' today? You like bein' a baby? I got a baby right there. Crackhead girlfriend, completing crossword puzzle : Whas fo' lettas and is the middle of a egg? It can't...Show More Summary
...Who Are You Raping Lately?
1 coworker behind a partition : I like your new beard. 2nd coworker behind partition : Thanks, I look like a magician who rapes, I'm a rapey magician. 1 coworker : I haven't seen you in a while. --the office building, 50th and 6th Overheard by: pantsy Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-12-01