Guy passenger in a delivery truck at 35th and 10th in NYC last Thursday: "Hey lady, how you doing?"

[ohiosmith]

Lady: Continues walking.

Me (walking behind lady): Looks at guy.

Guy: "HEY! LADY! I'm talking to you."

Lady: Keeps walking.

Me: Smiles.

Guy: "WHAT! You think your shit don't stink?"

Lady: Walking.

Me: Chuckles.

Guy: "Fuck you you fucking bitch."

Lady: Walking

Me: Starts laughing.

Guy: "What're you laughing at you fucking faggot?"

Me: "Nothing man, nothing."

Guy: FUCK YOU!

NYC. You gotta love it.

[datasuspect]

1. exchange at the illinois secretary of state office in thompson center circa 1993

drivers license office

clerk: mohammed ali

(no response)

clerk: mohammed ali!

(still no response)

clerk: MOHAMMED ALI!!!!

(man walks up to counter)

clerk: where ya been champ?








exchange at freddy's on 31st and union

clerk: what can i getcha?

detective: give me a beef juicy and trow some fuckin peppers on it

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. Pure moments of true Chicago civility

Thanks for bringing a tear of nostalgia to my eye.

[datasuspect]

13. the good old days

back before the city became naperville.

[Ellen Forradalom]

24. Amen.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Welcome!

:toast:

[myrna minx]

3. You should send that into "Overheard in NY."

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Thanks! I needed that link!

:rofl:

[myrna minx]

14. I love that site. There's a link to overheard in the office, too. n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

36. My

what a large signature pic you have!

[myrna minx]

37. I don't know how to make it smaller.

[JVS]

6. LOL!

The Lost Friends Episode
Chick #1: What's that? 'Smegma'? That's not a word.
Guy #1: Of course it's a word.
Chick #1: Bullshit. What does it mean?
Guy #1: Haven't you ever heard of dick cheese?
Chick #1: Get the fuck out of here.
Chick #2: It's crud that grows under men's foreskins.
Guy #2: You must date all Jewish guys.
Chick #2: Or Muslims.
Chick #1: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Guy #1: Don't you inspect a cock before you put it in your mouth?
Chick #1: I don't put cocks in my mouth.
Guy #2: Which explains why she's here playing Scrabble on a Saturday night.
Guy #1: You don't give blow jobs? Honestly?
Chick #1: No.
Guy #2: Why not? You're an attractive adult woman.
Chick #1: I think it's gross.
Guy #1: Maybe she tried it once and the guy had smegma.
Chick #2, taking hand of Chick #1: Come with me and I'll explain. Let's go. She doesn't feel like playing any more.
Guy #2: First no blow jobs, now no Scrabble. She's really painting herself into a corner.
Guy #1: Before we get lost in all these other issues, I get 42 points for 'smegma.'

--Scrabble party, 34th & 2nd

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. ROTFLMAO

When I was 15 I made a minor contribution to a punk art magazine called Smegma.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. There was a Rodrigues comic strip

in National Lampoon years ago with a chauffeur named Smegma. I've looked and looked for it online, to no avail. :(



"Smegma!! The curve!!!"

[myrna minx]

15. LOL. "

"Before we get lost in all these other issues, I get 42 points for 'smegma.'" :rofl:

[CBHagman]

8. That is priceless!

I'm going to have to send that link to my brother.

Thanks! :hi:

[myrna minx]

16. That site never fails to amuse. n/t

:hi:

[Mr. Blonde]

35. I could waste the rest of my life looking at

these quotes I think.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. You know you're in New York City when a manhole cover explodes and someone says

"Heads."

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Q: How many Noo Yawkers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Ahhh, go fock yaself.

[kay1864]

17. OMG, good one!

:thumbsup:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

12. This post was most enjoyable

Thanks for posting.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. that happens to me all the time: it starts with "you're beautiful" and ends with

"bitch" or "you aint all that"

actually yes i am a bitch and i am all that. so there!

[ohiosmith]

19. Were you walking on 35th toward 10th last Thursday just before noon?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. nah. also wouldnt you have been able to recognize me?

:P

that poor woman. its so embarrassing to have people yell at you on the streets. and intimidating, which ofcourse its meant to be.

[ohiosmith]

22. Not from the back.

[HEyHEY]

20. That was you? Man, what was that woman's problem?!

[Shell Beau]

23. Or not! I do love NYC, but the people's hospitality is a bit different than

what I am used to!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. We're not all creepy.

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

28. No, I know that!!! Of course y'all aren't! If I had

to dodge that many people all of the time on the sidewalks, I probably wouldn't acknowledge other people either! :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

31. Of course, I've lived all over the place.

I was born here, but only recently came back -- I've lived in Mississippi, Texas and California, so all that combines with my NYC experience to create this weird hybrid.

:rofl:

[noamnety]

26. I'm missing the cause for laughter

I guess from a guy's perspective maybe it's pathetically ineffective as an approach, and therefore funny? As a woman, it's not quite that.

Intimidating and threatening are good words for it, and sometimes it prevents us from feeling safe just going out for a walk on the street. Sometimes we avoid the streets because of it. We had a subthread about it over here recently (warning - LONG thread, may take a while to open): http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1002424#1007215

It's weird to see someone post about that with the closing: You gotta love it.

:(

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. i assumed he said that with a heavy does of irony.

i am sure he was not supporting the guy who was harrassing the woman.

[noamnety]

32. I got that he was laughing at the guy

I didn't mean to imply he was laughing at the woman!

I just meant, I dunno, as a woman I wouldn't be laughing if I saw a guy yelling hate speech at a woman just for simply existing out in public minding her own business.

It's that contradiction I'm feeling more and more - like if the guy was yelling racist shit at someone just because they had the nerve to go out in public, our instinct wouldn't be to laugh, you know? We'd feel sick.

[ohiosmith]

29. I was laughing at the asshole in the truck with what had to be the most ineffective line of pick-up

patter ever.

[JackBeck]

30. Welcome to my world.

If I had a dollar for every time I was called that...

Many people have this impression that NYC is a safe and welcoming environment for the GLBT community. While it's more tolerant than many parts of this country, the City that I love can still be a violent, both verbally and physically, for members of our community. Even in places like Chelsea and Christopher Street, the "gay ghetto", are targets from time to time.

[PVnRT]

33. Sorry about the "faggot" crack, I was in a bad mood

Fuckin' boss made me work overtime.

[Mr. Blonde]

34. Overheard walking into a bar in Stillwater, OK

Douche bag to bouncer, "Don't worry about me man, I like a girl with tits......or ass."

Really? You like girls and like tits and ass? That's just fucking weird.

[KatyaR]

38. Ah, NYC in the Spring . . .

how I miss it.

There's truly nothing else like it . . . .