http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/ New York Overheard Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:14:35 GMT boucher002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/63 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/63 Two casual-friday-wearing husky guys walking down Broadway at 36th st. I catch the tail end of a conversation: "You wouldn't wanna call in any underwriters... Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:01:47 GMT dwillems77 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/62 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/62 A cab doing the proverbial cutting off of pedestrians crossing the street with an active WALK sign provoked the following response: "YOU WRONG BUBBLEHEAD!!" Fri, 08 Nov 2002 18:40:26 GMT Robert Salsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/61 So here's one from the archive - Oct. 18th: M15 bus heading downtown; two women (friends) are talking across the aisle. They're about 25. First woman says: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:57:20 GMT bootswanna2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/60 Not exactly an overheard, 'cause it happened to me... In an elevator in residential building in Chinatown, two neighbors eye each other up: Lady going to Fifth Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:25:31 GMT mkasenter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/59 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/59 West 4th Subway Stop, two guys walking by: ". . . I don't get involved in you suing *your* parents, you don't get involved with me and Mom." Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:01:59 GMT bootswanna2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/58 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/58 ? Hey, Karen, how you doing! ? Oh my god, I haven't seen you in ages! How are you? ? I'm great, but no one told me you were pregnant! ? Hunh? Oh! No? Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:11:16 GMT HENRY Greg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/57 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/57 Scene: Crowded morning elevator/Hot June day 1) A slight/polite Japanese woman conversing with 2) a woman who works at Thirteen Enter 3) A sweaty Thirteen Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:38:20 GMT r_salsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/56 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/56 Late Sunday afternoon, meandering through the Ramble in central park: Two guys in their forties, one of them is pushing a stroller with a kid less than a year Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:32:41 GMT r_salsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/55 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/55 Sunday morning, Astor Place. A woman walks by, speaking loudly with her friend. "Anyway, that's not a bat mitvah. *That's* a birthday party." -Robert Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:28:56 GMT Tara Murphy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/54 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/54 today, our delivery man was singing : "i can see clearly now the rain is falling" over and over again through the halls. Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:33:44 GMT r_salsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/53 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/53 One time warner cable installer to another, walking behind that incredibly expensive building where all the rock stars live (23rd & 8-9th Ave): "He don't have Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:48:36 GMT abeaujon@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/52 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/52 I take the L Train from Bedford every morning, so it's pretty much jackass central, but Friday was pretty special: A trio of American hipsters just back from Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:17:41 GMT mkasenter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/51 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/51 As your reporter walks by, two men wrapping up discussion: Man #1: She used to be a *sister*, know what I'm saying? Man #2: Yeah. (Man #2 begins walking up Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:43:29 GMT r_salsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/50 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/50 i just heard this 30 seconds ago in the office, working at "Now, with Bill Moyers" for PBS. One producer talking to another in the hall, in front of the copy Fri, 31 May 2002 16:33:37 GMT syncretist@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/49 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyoverheard/message/49 Elevator item #1 to follow shortly, it's a bit more involved. from the "where have you been?" department. I just went down to get a cup of coffee. A couple of,