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For all you eavesdroppers out there...
Back in 2005, Gadling wrote about a site called Overheard in New York, in which New Yorkers post the funniest quotes and conversations that they've heard in their city. Since that time, the "Overheard" concept has expanded exponentially, and there is now a similar site for just about everyone-- for those in the suburbs, at the beach, at the office, in the UK, at college, and everywhere else.
The quotes on the original New York site are still the most entertaining, and they range from simply disturbing to utterly surreal to just plain mean. A couple samples:
White guy: I had a dream about Berlin. It was subtitled.
--JFK
Salesgirl: How'd you get that bruise?
Customer: I was jumproping and I fell.
Salesgirl: Aren't you a little old to be jumproping?
Customer: Aren't you a little fat to be working at The Gap?
--The Gap, 48th & 6th
Conductor, as lady's bag keeps catching on door: One woman is single-handedly holding up the entire New York City transit system.
--F Train
New Yorker (to tourist): ...And that's McDonald's. They make hamburgers.
--LES
There are also "Overheard" sites for Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, Pittsburgh, Athens, Georgia, and just about everywhere else. Use your Google to find one near you.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Caitlin (Roaming Tales) Feb 9th 2008 12:25PM
I overheard the best conversations when I was in New York. There was one at a pizza joint on the Upper West Side where a guy was telling a girl about how his part-time job was working as a zebra on children's TV. Classic!
Marilyn Terrell Feb 11th 2008 8:18PM
One of my daughters heard this at the zoo in DC:
Quote of the Week
At the National Zoo's Outdoor Flight Cage at the Bird House:
Two Mandarin Ducks are perched on the handrail close to visitors who are snapping lots of pictures.
Young dad calls to daughter: "Gina! Gina! Those are the Mandarin Ducks we get at the Chinese restaurant!"
Other onlookers exchange shocked looks.
Young dad turns to others: "What? It's true."
(The ducks in question are pictured. Photo submitted by the overhearer.)
http://dcist.com/2008/01/04/overheard_in_dc_30.php