Overheard in New York

A few people have sent me this link now, so I figured I’d share it with you: Overheard in New York.

Basically, it’s a collection of things overheard in… well… New York. It’s also available in a book form. Being that we live in a car culture (for the most part) here in Silicon Valley, it’s a lot harder to get classic quotes like this one:

Dumb teen: Hey, look at this! It says “Train for jobs in biotch.”
Smarter teen: Fool! That word is biotech. Why you gotta be ignorant all your life?

–1 train

and this one:

Local guy: Man, wake up, you look like you from Wall Street.
Awakened yuppie: Yeah, something like that.
Local guy: Well, you in the hood now! You better get on that [train across the platform] right away! –New Lots Avenue station
Overheard by: Satoru Ogawa

The author of the book and site, S. Morgan Friedman, is someone I knew in high school. Strangely, I only made the connection when I was searching for an inflation calculator, and found that the top result was the website I knew he owned after graduating. I then explored the site, and made the connection.

Have fun!