Young boyfriend, trying to weasel out of seeing Legally Blonde 2: I… I just don’t think I’m emotionally ready for the uncut version. Do you think I’m ready? I don’t.
Young girlfriend: You should have pulled the “it might make me gay” card.
Friend: I think his way was more gay.
Young girlfriend: Which concerns me…
Scotrun, New York
Mother to five-year-old: Keep moving, we don’t want to be in the first car. If the train crashes, we’d be done for.
Metro North Railroad
New York City, New York
Overheard by: BOB Sled
Woman: Do you remember topless movie night?
Man: No. First I’ve heard of this.
Woman, shocked: It was at your apartment!
Denny’s restaurant
East Greenbush, New York
Overheard by: conrad jones
Short girl: So, what do you do with the pen cap condoms?
Much taller girl: Okay, you take them…and you throw them out.
Short girl: You don’t like…reuse them or something?
Much taller girl, smiling: Do you reuse normal condoms?
(short girl laughs)
Much taller girl, seriously: Don’t just wash those and reuse them.
Onteora HS
Boiceville, New York
Overheard by: Toasted
Girl to friends: I mean, if you’re talking about who he’s technically going out with, then she’s the girlfriend and I’m the other woman. But, I mean… If you’re talking about who he confides in more, I’m the girlfriend and she’s the other woman.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Overheard by: Lex
Drunk JAP, yelling at boyfriend: I can’t deal with your shit anymore! You don’t respect me, you ridicule me in front of my friends. You tell me my dog doesn’t deserve to live in a house as big as mine! I don’t want to live like this!
Long Island, New York
Overheard by: Jill and Weenie
Drunk guy #1: I don’t know, I bet she was a nice-looking Irish lass back in her day.
Drunk guy #2: You keep calling my grandma a piece of ass like it’s a compliment.
Bar
Syracuse, New York
Overheard by: Mike K.
(professor starts to write on the board. The chalk breaks. Class laughs. Professor turns around and bumps into the desk. Class laughs harder)
Professor: Shut up! Shut up and listen to me! I am teaching you things and being enthusiastic! …much as I dislike each and every one of you!
Student: Oh man, I am so writing that down.
SUNY Potsdam
New York
Overheard by: minibab
Professor: I want you to write about the first time you did something. It can be anything. The first time you rode a bike. The first time you made a baby. (awkward pause) Wait!
Syracuse University
New York
Guy to girl selling breast cancer t‑shirts: I’ll do it later — the kids with cancer will still have cancer.
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Overheard by: Mike
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