How Was Your St. Paddy's Day, New York?
Hobo: Spare some change for the leprechaun? I just need four dollars to get back over the rainbow.
--1 train
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Waiter: Can I kiss your shamrocks?
--Sahara East, 1st Avenue
Chick: I didn't come all the way from New Jersey to watch a fucking parade; I came here to drink!
--48th & 5th
Guy: Man, I am wasted.
Girl: Dude, this is the anniversary of my nipple piercing...I just wanted to say that.
--79th & Broadway
Overheard by: Aussie on Tour
Girl #1: Hey, you're not wearing green.
Girl #2: I'm not Jewish.
Girl #1: ...I thought it was Irish?
--V train
Guy: Have you ever been on the East Side on St. Paddy's day? I was there last year, and there were guys--grown men--wearing business suits and everything, just pissing in the middle of the street. It was magical.
--Hudson & Houston
Overheard by: Frumious Bandersnatch
Hobo: God bless the Irish! And God bless John Gotti too!
--34th & 7th
Robin Williams: If you're wearing a green hat like that I get to bitch-slap you.
--Washington Square Park
Teen boy: Why is everyone wearing green today?
--Magnolia Bakery, Bleecker Street
Overheard by: Naomi Lesnewski (NJL)
Dude on cell: Hey, it's Tim. Yeah, I had kind of a rough time getting up this morning and just wanted to say I'm sorry for anything I did last night...So how are you?
--9th & A
Overheard by: this was the morning after St. Patrick's Day