Two a.m. There is a girl wasted in the gutter on my street, sprawled out next to a bottle of something in a brown paper bag. It worries me until I get close enough to hear her talking on her cellphone. It must be pinned between her head and the curb. "Yeah I'm wasted. I just decided to crawl under this SUV here..."
Posted by Alan at August 5, 2006 02:00 AMYou have to put this story on overheardinnewyork.com! Here's an example...
Wednesday One-liners Use Public Transport Conductor: Ladies and gentlemen...this is not good. --N train Conductor: Step in and stand clear of the doors, folks. If you can't fit, wait for the next train. This is not the last helicopter off the top of the embassy. --1 train Bus driver: In case you haven't noticed, we are on a very crowded bus. Please move to the rear. Squeeze in. Step on someone's toes. Make a new friend. --M7 bus Conductor: Attention, ladies and gentlemen: we do not need doorholders. --N train Conductor: Attention passengers: for future reference, "Stand clear of the closing doors" does not mean "stick your head out the door." --R train Bus driver: Lady, you want to tell your kid to put her head back inside the window? She would look stupid with it off. --B1 busvia Overheard in New York, Oct 19, 2005
Love you!
Posted by: Heather at August 21, 2006 03:40 PMmy favorite overhead in ny to date: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/005183.html.
Posted by: alan at August 21, 2006 09:55 PM
My fave one this week...
Mother to infant: I'm so glad you're getting a personality now! You used to just sit there and bore the fuck out of me. I wasn't sure if I was going to love you! You're not going to remember that, are you? [to friend] Is she?
Posted by: Heather at August 23, 2006 11:07 PMsheesh, yeah that's a good one.
Posted by: alan at August 26, 2006 02:23 PM