A while ago I signed up to get the weekly best of Overheard in New York by email. That was a good move on my part. Here are a few samples:
Woman on cell: There’s only one word for this party. And it is “epic.”
–CPW and 110th St.
Hobo: Can you spare a quarter?
20-ish guy: I’m broke. I owe the government 70 thousand dollars.
Hobo, after a pause: Would you like a quarter?
–Madison Square Garden
Small girl’s voice from inside tube: Repeat, I have the prisoner, over.
–McDonald’s playland, 69th & Metro, Queens
Bimbette: Yeah, she’s a vegetarian now. No turkey, no meat — nothing. But I don’t know what she’s gonna do at Thanksgiving, because my aunt makes the best eggplant. Wait — is eggplant meat?
–A train
Father to three-year-old son: You pinky-promised you wouldn’t act like a bastard!
–Bronx Zoo
Really tall guy folding himself into a Toyota Corolla: Don’t let me forget — I have a pocket full of meat!
–7th St, between Ave A & B
Guy #1: Yo B., let’s cross here.
Guy #2: Did you just call me Babe?
Guy #1: No, niggah, I called you B.! You outta your fuckin’ mind?
–Spring & W. Broadway
