I have the same issue

Mom: I've told you to stop cursing so much!
Daughter: And I've told you, if I stopped cursing all the time, the other words in my sentences would get lonely!

--Central Park

Overheard by: Katherine
via Overheard in New York, Aug 31, 2009

24 Tales of Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities

What in the world could cause an entire city to be abandoned? Some become unlivable due to environmental disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis to nuclear meltdowns (as with Pripyat, shown below). Others become the center of military activity and remain contested and uninhabited as a result – or are simply left as memorials to the terrible events that took place in them. Still others are simply deserted when they outlive their usefulness as trade outposts or mining towns.



More here.

Water level 9.40 meters

Never. Mess. With old women. Never.

Little old black lady: Excuse me.
Metro guy in sunglasses with legs spread across three seats: (no response)
Little old black lady: Son! I know your balls can't be that big. Close your damn legs!
(other people laugh, and Metro guy closes legs)

--N Train
via Overheard in New York, Sep 14, 2009

You Will. And, for the most part, we have.

This was only 16 years ago...

Fail big or go home!

Hobo to 20-something girls: How about some money?
(girls ignore him and keep walking)
Hobo: How about a threesome?
Girls: Are you serious?

--SoHo

Overheard by: I don't think so

via Overheard in New York, Sep 28, 2009