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Lady: I'm lactose intolerant!
Waitress: Then why are you putting butter on your bread?
Lady: I didn't know butter was dairy! I thought it came from eggs!

--Veselka, E 9th & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: Katznik

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Bearded guy #1: Wow! Two Quakers on one train! We could start a riot.
Bearded guy #2: Or whatever the opposite of a riot is.

--Metro North Hudson Line

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Waiter from Minnesota: Yeah, check it out! Minnesota is the 2nd healthiest-eating state!
Bartender from Brooklyn: What do you eat in Minnesota?
Waiter: Well, there are a lot of Scandinavians there so we eat like, you know, sandwiches.
Bartender: (silence)
Waiter: What?
Bartender: You're actually serious, aren't you?

--Greenwich Ave & 7th Ave

Overheard by: TrigStarr

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Creepy guy: I was in Japan and went on this rampage and slept with this woman who was 38 and had a kid and was married. Her husband had a bad back and couldn't have sex with her, but he was fully aware I was sleeping with her. I was kind of doing him a favor.
Creepy guy's date: Did he watch?
Creepy guy: No, but he wanted us to videotape it. So somewhere in Japan there's a video of me doing it with an older woman.

--Park Slope

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Trendy girl #1: So, I'm fairly sure I was roofied this weekend.
Trendy girl #2: (mildly interested) Oh?
Trendy girl #1: Yeah, but he was tall, rich and handsome, so I guess it could be worse, right?
(trendy girl #2 nods and shrugs)

--Midtown Office Elevator

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Big Guido, yelling at female bystanders after minor traffic accident: Why don't you shut the fuck up and get something to do... go suck a dick somewhere!
Woman bystander: Well, I'd suck you if you weren't so small...

--55th & Madison

Overheard by: kerstin

Hello! Yes, I am still around. Hope all of you have been enjoying life to the max! Sorry for the lack of updates. Due to the training schedule, free time is very limited. I haven't even seen the latest movies, but in two weeks it will culminate. Then I will enter the "real" army. I have already received my shipment orders, which are to Germany. Either Bamberg or Brandenberg. The precise location is currently unknown, however I plan to find out next week.

Because of the nature of the job I can't disclose details, but suffice it to say the seriousness is understood. I fully appreciate the responsibility assigned to me and intend to meet the expectations. I must admit to an ambiguity about it though. This is the first time that I will be away from everyone and everything I know, which somewhat depresses me. Especially since most of the friends I've come to care about as if they were family. They are my support network and motivation. Yet the army has seen fit to separate us in order to accomodate its needs.

I suppose this is a combination of being part of growing pain, as well as one of the world's many adversities to overcome. Before I leave, my goals are to do the following:

Movies:
- Iron Man
- The Dark Knight
- Wanted
- Hancock
- Journey to the Center of the Earth

Other:
- Hang out with family and friends.
- Buy a new digi cam and take as many pictures of people and the city as possible.
- Go to some Yankees games

Adjusting to the situation will be a difficult process, but I must -- military bearing demands it. On a bright note, the chance of deployment to Iraq is minimal. The mission of the European Theater forces is to concentrate of regional peacekeeping. If my guess is correct, Kosovo will be my destination. If opportunities become available, I also look forward to seeing Europe while stationed there. It's considerably been one of my strongest desires for a long time.

So how have all of you been? What has been happening in your lives?



Take care and have a great weekend!
Current Mood: contemplative

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Girl to old man in baseball cap: What does the "E" on your hat stand for?
Old man: (unintelligible)
Girl: The "E"? What does it stand for?
Old man: (unintelligible)
Black lady observing scene: E stands for the English he don't speak.

--A Train

Overheard by: Brenda

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Strange Latino man to girl: Excuse me, but I was wondering, do you like poetry?
Girl: (stares for a moment) Um, vomit.

--104th St & Broadway

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Pudgy tourist mom to sulking pudgy son: You're not getting it, you're not getting it!
Pudgy tourist dad to sulking pudgy son: We're going to a nice restaurant, you are not gonna be an animal!

--Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: wants to know what the kid wanted

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(random guy trips over three-year-old girl's stroller)
Guy: Oops, I'm sorry, honey.
Three-year-old girl in stroller: Don't call me honey!

--Atlantic Ave Station

Overheard by: Michael

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(hip girl yells in excitement)
Old woman on street: Grow up!
Hip girl to friend: God! Homeless people spend all day screaming on the street and no one tells them too grow up.
Hip friend: Yeah, it's not your fault that your dad's a republican.

--School of Visual Arts

Overheard by: dobby

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Salesman: Ah, so soly. Mr. Wong not in today.
Saleswomen: My boyfriend's Asian. Don't make fun of them.
Salesman: I'm not making fun of them. I'm making fun of the way they talk.

--Sales Department, SoHo

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Biotech #1: Oh my god, there is no way she weighs 123 pounds. She is so fat!
Biotech #2: Oh my god I know! It's ridiculous.
Biotech #1 (later): I hate it when people misuse the term "Kafkaesque". It's so annoying.
Biotech #2: I know, right? Postmodernism sucks.

--Good Restaurant, Greenwich Ave

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Little girl: Where's mommy?
Father: I told you, sweetie. Mommy's getting her new tattoo.

--10 St & 6th Ave

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Girl: Oh my god, I have to go the bathroom again.
Boy: I think you have a problem: you pee a lot.
Girl: Actually, I don't pee. I have a thing for public restrooms. I like to lick the toilet seat.
Boy: That's the last time I share a drink with you!

--Ludlow & Houston

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Guy: So she doesn't even like him?
Girl: No.
Guy: Well then, why does she stay with him?
Girl: I asked her that too. She said "He's got a twelve inch cock and he doesn't hit me. I'm stayin'!"

--Rivington & Allen

Overheard by: Jonathan

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Queer to friend: Never again! If I ever have to do that again, I'll stab myself in the face! (turns to Asian lady on escalator behind him) Hi! Don't kill yourself!
Asian lady: I probably should...

--Penn Station

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Bum #1, slurring: Hey! That's a nice shirt you got!
Bum #2, walking across the crosswalk, also slurring: You look like a catfish! [Turns to guy in a car.] Doesn't he look like a damn catfish!?

--12th St & 8th Ave

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Preppy kid: It's all fucking Guidos in this place.
Guido: You calling me a fuckin' Guido?
Preppy kid: (sarcastically) Nooo. No, you're no Guido. Where's your gold chain?
Guido: My cousin ripped it off in a fight.
Preppy kid: Yeah, you're definitely not a Guido.

--China Club

Overheard by: 13Atlantic