Overheard in New York

I recently came across this site and found it to be hilarious. It's called OVERHEARD IN NEW YORK

A blogsite that picks up on various conversation snippets overheard in various parts of the city, whether it be in an elevator, a cubicle, at the water cooler, etc. After reading some of these "snippets", you can't help but to say "Only in New York.... "

Some examples:

So He Doesn't Cure Social Diseases?

Bartender: Yeah, I know him, he's a professor of social studies at Columbia.
Middle-Aged woman: That's my school! I think it's so great that he's a social worker.
Bartender: Um, he's a professor of social studies.
Middle-Aged woman: Right, a social worker.
Bartender: No, he's a professor of social studies. That doesn't make him a social worker.
Middle-Aged woman: No?

--81st & Amsterdam

via Overheard in New York, Aug 13, 2006


The Present of an Illusion

Girl: They're making a musical of Siegfried and Roy's life.
Guy: Didn't they do that on Friends already?
Girl: They did?
Guy: Yeah, remember Joey was the singing psychiatrist?

--Wall & Exchange

Girl #1: I wish we coulda seen those magicians with the tigers, but they don't perform anymore...
Girl #2: You mean Sigmund Freud and Roy?

--Circulo Theater, E. 4th Street

via Overheard in New York, Sep 29, 2005

Wednesday One-Liners and the Lying Liars That Tell Them

Woman on cell, sitting on a bench, smoking: I'll be there as fast as I can, I'm running...

--Rockefeller Center

Woman on cell: Yeah, I'm in the Bronx right now... No, I don't know when I'll be back, you know how crazy this borough is.

--57th & Lex

Woman on cell in line at Au Bon Pain: I am literally in the elevator on my way up to the office now. Can I call you back?

--5th & 16th

via Overheard in New York, May 3, 2006

So feel free to check it out if you need a quick laugh.


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