nyc is good for a laugh!
Lindsay my roommate left this book behind for me to read (while she is working in Houston). It was a gift from a friend...
the entire book is made up of conversations overheard in the subways, streets, restaurants of NYC...I don't think i've laughed this hard in a while! here is a sample:
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Homeless man begging on the train: Look, i'm not going to lie to you. i'm not homeless or sick. I just need some money so i can get high, but it's just weed, i don't do heroin or cocaine or any of that sh*t.
Guy: you know it's because of guys like you that people think pot should be illegal! look at you!! when i get high, i pay my own way! i earn my own money and get high. there are little kids on this train! what do you think they are going to learn? man, think a little!
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Mother: come here! you're seven years old and you can't fasten your own shoelaces? no more video games for your black ass!
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Conductor: ladies and gentlemen, this is a B train...B, like, like, like um... "brothel"
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the entire book is made up of conversations overheard in the subways, streets, restaurants of NYC...I don't think i've laughed this hard in a while! here is a sample:
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Homeless man begging on the train: Look, i'm not going to lie to you. i'm not homeless or sick. I just need some money so i can get high, but it's just weed, i don't do heroin or cocaine or any of that sh*t.
Guy: you know it's because of guys like you that people think pot should be illegal! look at you!! when i get high, i pay my own way! i earn my own money and get high. there are little kids on this train! what do you think they are going to learn? man, think a little!
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Mother: come here! you're seven years old and you can't fasten your own shoelaces? no more video games for your black ass!
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Conductor: ladies and gentlemen, this is a B train...B, like, like, like um... "brothel"
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posted by m. at 5/24/2006
4 Comments:
now i have to think of some really wierd stuff to say while riding the subway...
(can you hear the gears turning?)
and they are the "g" rated samples!
of course, "g" rated. this IS a family friendly blog.
i'm excited to read the book for myself. check out the website that inspired the book. http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/
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