Overheard in New York

posted by mihow on February 3rd, 2006

Am I the only person who finds Overheard In New York kinda off-color at times? This was taken directly from their “Totally Awesome Quotes” section:

Title: Go Back to Israel!

Jewess: That’s the third time you mentioned Jews. What’s wrong with Jews?

Goy: They are demanding, confrontational, and have a hard time telling the truth. What religion are you, anyway?

Jewess: Uh…Baptist.

—Times Square

And if that’s too far-fetched am I the only person who finds that a lot of what ends up on the site is either made up or an actual joke? I realize that I sound cynical. I also realize that a lot of it is actually funny. But some of it presses the same button Craigslist has pushed hundreds of times before.

2 Responses to “Overheard in New York”

  1. tobyjoe Says:

    It’s an excellent site for privileged WASPs to feel superior to your everyday New Yorker (especially the poor, minorities, and ‘hobos’).

  2. mihow Says:

    Maybe we need to tell more hobos about it. Can you imagine that version? Hot damn. Now, that’d be something I’d read.

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