# Overheard on Eighth Avenue **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761 "2012-03-14T18:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/1 "2012-03-14T18:29:43Z")
[Man and woman walking down street; woman points to restaurant]: “We goin’ in _there_, motherfucker, or I \*stab \*you right now.” ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/2 "2012-03-14T19:09:27Z")
Pointless possibly. Mundane? Not to the man. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/3 "2012-03-14T19:11:23Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Pointless possibly. Mundane? Not to the man. Without a point the stabbing wouldn’t be very effective. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/4 "2012-03-14T19:12:03Z")
I must know the name of that restaurant in case I really need to eat. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/5 "2012-03-14T19:14:34Z")
Having dated people who were unsympathetic about my having low blood sugar problems, I have to say: you \*go \*girl! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/6 "2012-03-14T19:30:15Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if her harpy shrew of a mother was waiting inside to hear his reason(s) for not wanting children. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/7 "2012-03-14T19:32:28Z")
This is why I can never leave New York. I have overheard just in the past few months: “Now, that Janis Joplin, she had \*her \*problems.” “Bitch took all the drugs! We coulda \*sold \*them!” “\*Every \*town got its dirty-ass boys.” ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/8 "2012-03-14T19:43:00Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > This is why I can never leave New York. I have overheard just in the past few months: > > “Now, that Janis Joplin, she had \*her \*problems.” > > “Bitch took all the drugs! We coulda \*sold \*them!” > > “\*Every \*town got its dirty-ass boys.” Heh. Yeah, I love New York. I’ve mentioned it here before but my favorite ever has to be when I heard a couple of people on the bus the day after Valentine’s Day and one of them said, “I love you bitch but if you ever shit on me during sex again it’s over.” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/9 "2012-03-14T19:57:38Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > This is why I can never leave New York. I have overheard just in the past few months: > > “Now, that Janis Joplin, she had \*her \*problems.” > > “Bitch took all the drugs! We coulda \*sold \*them!” > > “\*Every \*town got its dirty-ass boys.” So, you write the Monday Metropolitan Diary all by yourself, do you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/10 "2012-03-14T20:06:12Z")
I was actually \*quoted \*once in the Overheard in New York site–it was the proudest moment of . . . well, the week! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/11 "2012-03-14T20:25:18Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I was actually \*quoted \*once in the Overheard in New York site–it was the proudest moment of . . . well, the week! Well? What did you say? You can’t just leave us hanging… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/12 "2012-03-14T20:26:44Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Heh. Yeah, I love New York. I’ve mentioned it here before but my favorite ever has to be when I heard a couple of people on the bus the day after Valentine’s Day and one of them said, “I love you bitch but if you ever shit on me during sex again it’s over.” I said it before and I’ll say it again: you gotta get that on a Hallmark Valentine Card. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/13 "2012-03-14T20:58:43Z")
I’m betting on pregnancy and a craving. I felt that way about a Key Lime Pie before I knew I was pregnant. Went to three different grocery stores but they were all out of them. When we finally found one, we brought it home and I went to start cooking dinner while Ex took a shower. I thought I’d pull it out and have just one bite before I started cooking. It fell on the kitchen floor top down and smashed. He found me on my knees sobbing. I was overjoyed when I found out that Celtling was on the way, but there was also an element of profound relief. LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/14 "2012-03-14T21:01:44Z")
At that point, I woulda eaten it anyway. With my hands. Right off the floor. I ain’t proud. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/15 "2012-03-15T00:48:28Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Well? What did you say? You can’t just leave us hanging… Clipboard hippie: “Would you like to help save the earth?” Eve: “_Fuck the earth." Clipboard hippie: "What about the children?_” Eve: “\*Fuck \*the children.” ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/16 "2012-03-15T02:09:19Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Clipboard hippie: “Would you like to help save the earth?” > Eve: “_Fuck the earth." > Clipboard hippie: "What about the children?_” > Eve: “\*Fuck \*the children.” You really do always have the right words for the occasion, don’t you? Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/17 "2012-03-15T13:28:21Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Clipboard hippie: “Would you like to help save the earth?” > Eve: “_Fuck the earth." > Clipboard hippie: "What about the children?_” > Eve: “\*Fuck \*the children.” I had no idea you were a priest. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/18 "2012-03-15T13:45:21Z")
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you saying about priests and the Earth? ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/19 "2012-03-15T14:32:30Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I’m betting on pregnancy and a craving. I felt that way about a Key Lime Pie before I knew I was pregnant. Went to three different grocery stores but they were all out of them. > > When we finally found one, we brought it home and I went to start cooking dinner while Ex took a shower. I thought I’d pull it out and have just one bite before I started cooking. It fell on the kitchen floor top down and smashed. He found me on my knees sobbing. > > I was overjoyed when I found out that Celtling was on the way, but there was also an element of profound relief. LOL! That’s what I was thinking. I’m five months pregnant, and I found the overheard comment to eminently reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761/20 "2012-03-15T15:44:36Z")
Today I had a bearded raggedy homeless-looking person shamble up to me on the street and announce to me, in a confidential voice, “I’m going to give up sex for awhile” before shambling away. 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761.md?page=2)