Genuinely sweet stories from Overheard in New York

Okay, so a lot of the people overheard in Overheard in New York are morons or jerks. But every now and then, there's a story that's actually quite sweet.

Eg:

One that's just kind of d'awwwww-worthy.

There are few things more beautiful than the love between a man and a weirdo.

Seriously, the life story of one of these guys should be made into a film just so that this conversation can be at the end.

edited 18th Dec '10 3:56:52 PM by Idler20

That's amazing.

Aww, the last one was awesome. And the first two were great too.

Yeah, I agree. The last one totally deserves to be the ending scene to a movie.

From overheard at work. I wish I had a coworker like that.

This is another eccentric-cute romance one.

They should make a movie incorporating characters from all of these.

Agreed. What would be the plot?

Another sweet one.

This one isn't really heartwarming or anything, but it seems like these two are characters we'd want if we were making Overheard In New York: The Movie.

I'm not sure where it is, but there's also one where a guy talking on his cell phone says "I just can't respect a guy who does capoeira". He seems like a good candidate for the film as well.

edited 20th Dec '10 5:55:47 AM by Idler20

^ It should be like a butterfly effect thing.

Like, a person in every story would be in an unrelated story and then it shows how one small thing can affect a whole bunch of other people.

edited 20th Dec '10 9:00:15 AM by HairWhippedByHair

Good idea. Of course, the film would end with the hobo on the subway...and unbeknownst to him and "Guy", all the other passengers are the other characters we've been following throughout the film.

Also good candidates for a film: these two, because you just know that they're probably happily married now.

YES! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

This is also a nice one.

Also, we have a page for this site now.

edited 21st Dec '10 12:02:55 PM by Idler20

I think about four or five things I overheard when I lived in New York are on that site somewhere, which also JAM. Here's one.

You know, we could actually turn this into a writing project.

First we gather a selection of quotes that are heartwarming/hilarious and then assign them to people. Each person has to write a short story leading up to that exchange.

And then once those are all finished, we begin to link them together. Hey that business guy from that quote could be the same guy being talked about here! Stuff like that.

Anybody interested?

I must admit, I am intrigued, but maybe it'd ruin the magic, I'm not sure.

Would we be able to write something about what we think happened after the exchange, as well? Like, if the quote makes it clear that the two people involved are obviously going to hook up at some point, could we write that happening? I mean, it's probably not a good idea to actually write them as having sex or anything now that I think about it, on the off chance that the real people manage to read it, but...I'm not sure where I'm going with this.

And yeah, it did occur to me that some of the people in multiple different quotes might be the same people, because how you would you ever tell?

Alkthash, as it's your idea, I vote that you start and the rest of us join in afterwards.

Honestly, I have no problem with people writing smut about this if they want. The chances of somebody finding it is also incredibly low, so I don't really see that as a concern.

Off to start this in Troper Covens.

That said, ontopic post: Couple hivemind shenanigans.

edited 22nd Dec '10 1:48:35 PM by Alkthash

Just to be clear, I wasn't actually contemplating writing smut of this, I was just questioning whether we could write, say, a Relationship Upgrade for people in a story if the story suggests UST between them.

^^That's simply perfect.

Idler - I see no reason not to if the rest of the people in the project think it is plausible/makes for a good story.

Hey look, an actual example of two stories about the same people. We should make these people and their Scrabble parties the centerpiece of the stories, or something.

I love these. If we do that writing project thing, I'm totally in.

^^Oh my god, that's taken right from a sit-com. I can't believe conversations like that actually exist.

Someone didn't know what upchuck meant?

Another rather sweet romantic one.

Also, what happened to our writing project? Are we still doing that or not?

Kid on cell: I am about to kill myself because of you!
Hobo in wheelchair: Do it! Do it! You haven't got the balls!

I feel like a terrible person for laughing at this.

Pilot: The mist you are seeing is caused by a difference in temperature. The temperature outside is different from the temperature inside. Once we close the door and prepare for take-off, the mist will disappear, which will make us very sad because we like mist.

I vote this guy be the conveniently-placed pilot with an odd obsession with mist. He also refers to himself as "we".

edited 7th Jan '11 1:16:17 PM by SpainSun