May 01 2008
Thursday Thirteen: Overheard in New York
- African man, yelling into cell: I am not riding a bike! I’m not a machine! I’m not a machine! I’m not a wheel!–W 23rd StOverheard by: I’m a train!
- Loud chick on cell: So I told him he’s gotta do some exercises or something to keep up with me. I mean, he doesn’t do any foreplay or anything, just climbs his fat ass on top of me…–37th & Broadway
- Guy on phone at sandwich shop: How am I? Well, that’s a complicated quesion -do you mean right now, or in general? Because right now, Lisa’s got a really bad cold and is all set up on the couch and I just got back from a eulogy for a friend’s pop. So now I’m getting a coffee and then I plan on riding the bicycle at the gym -’cause that’s the closest I can get to heroin. How are you?–85th & Columbus Ave
- Lady, to marathon wheelchair participants: Don’t just sit there, go go go!–99th & 5th, NYC Marathon
- Grown woman, clapping and bouncing up and down: Yaaaaaaay, I get to go on the slide!–76th & York
- Ten-year-old girl leaving the midnight showing of Harry Potter: Ugh. I am never working out again!–68th & BroadwayOverheard by: Sarah Booz
- Chick on cell: We can’t let Blair and Tootie control our lives!–LIRROverheard by: Poogins
- Homeless crazy black guy to three scared white girls in their twenties: Time is crazy. Oh man, what time is “Desperate Housewives” on?!–10th Street & 3rd Ave
- Large latino: Yo, it was so good last night, I mean I can’t believe you missed it. It was the best episode I’ve seen yet, seriously bro… Well the main thing that happened was Heidi tried to apologize to LC and she was all like: “I wanna forget you!” I was like: “Whaaaaaat? For real?” It was crazy, you gotta catch it!–Times Square Office BuildingOverheard by: SUSAN
- Redhead: The “Brady Bunch” world is a world without urges.–Veniero’s, 11th St between 1st & 2ndOverheard by: Ursula & Winifred
- Muscular guy: He comes up to me talking all this shit, saying that he’ll bring it. Bring what? He’s not gangsta like I am, he ain’t thug like me. Skinny motherfucka looks like a damn burnt-out Screech.–On the Bus
- Fulsome girl with bad dye job: I’m like: “I watch ‘Law and Order: SVU’, I’m not getting in your van.”–15th between 6th and 7thOverheard by: Disunionsquare
- Aries Spears, in line for an Ashlee Simpson autograph: I’m the black guy from MADtv! [Grabs a random girl’s camera and snaps a picture of them together and walks away.]–Virgin Mobile Mega Store, Times Square
This made me laugh hysterically, thanks for posting!!!
The guy on the phone at the sandwich shop is my favorite!! LOL. You have to watch out asking how someone is.. they will do just what he did and keep on and on and on and on and on…….
Love the idea that you used…. I work at a law office. I think I’m going to take down some conversations, confidentially of course, and use them for my 13 next week!
The natural spoken word can be like poetry. There’s a whole blog called “overheard in New York.”
I can’t decide if I want to slap headphones on and tune out the world, or figure out a way to invent a surreptitious listening device…
Wow. What unusual conversations those were. That was so interesting and funny.
Somebody did a book on overgeard conversations. Cells–LOL
Colleen, as the source on the post indicates, the conversations are from the Overheard in New York blog.
Diane, I believe Overheard in New York is also a book.
Auria — let’s hear it for illegal Thirteens! Yay, you!
(I’d have ignored it, too, except it was too good to pass up!)
LOL, Susan. Next time I’ll be sure to read the special TT instructions.
But, I’ve always been a rule breaker.