Overheardinny.com - a Review

New York has long been known as the center of the melting pot, a city overflowing with people from all cultural and financial backgrounds. Neighborhoods are constantly changing, all languages are heard at all times, streets are populated around the clock and nobody likes you but everybody loves New York.

I hated New York when I first got here, but it really does grow on you. While New Yorker's might be a bit too arrogant and self centered, they make for an interesting people and their conversations are probably amongst the most spiced and varied in the world.

New York's urban setting allows people to interact all the time whether they like it or not, and one will often overhear interesting conversations on the bus, subway, at the curb, the bank or any other setting.

Morgan Friedman had the right idea when he launched Overheardinny in 2003. New submissions are anonymously added every few minutes, and they range from the hilarious to incredibly stupid, and of course, those that are stupid enough to be hilarious.

I especially love the silly tourist quotes, which native or adopted New Yorkers post with apparent glee, and those relating to confusion with various religions, such as the following quote:

Jesus: Not Just for Pale, Hairy People
Woman: Yo, I just saw somethin really racist.
Man: What?
Woman: There was a sign in the subway that said "Jesus for Jews, Jews for Jesus."
Man: Oh, that's a religious group. Haven't you ever heard of Jews for Jesus?
Woman: That shit's racist! Jesus for everybody. Jesus for people of all colors!

- Port Authority (Overheard by: Steph)

Sister sites are Overheardintheoffice.com and the new Overheardatthebeach.com, which was launched last summer.

Overheard in the office reveals that many bosses are more clueless than their lowly employees, and hoity-toity office conversations often refer to nothing more than people's sexual preferences, favorite snacks, incredible geographic ignorance and bad grammar.

On Overheard at the Beach you'll read about dangerously precocious children, sexual exploits some of the worst pick up lines in history, and scientific observations such as this one:

Girl #1: Hey, have you heard of those Rice Krispy treats? They're awesome. They should so make a cereal out of those, or something!
Girl #2: You dumbass, they are cereal!
Girl #1: Oh...

- Robert Moses Beach, Long Island, New York

Overheard by: i like rice krispies

Like a voyeur, I regularly refresh these sites, hoping for another glimpse into the lives of people just like me. I never submit, because my memory is bad and I forget the interesting conversations I've overheard, but thankfully, thousands if not millions of people out there seem to have healthy gray cells.

Overheard published a book, which you could purchase in bookstores everywhere or try to win through the weekly Headline Contest.

Explore and enjoy!