Red-faced toddler in stroller: Nooooo!
Dad: Once more, with feeling!
–82nd & 2nd
Overheard by: Jamie
Archive for May, 2008
Don’t Even Try a Body Shot With Them
Girl one: I hate going to a bar with pregnant girls, it’s so boring.
Girl two: Yeah.
Gorl one: It’s even worse when you go with pregnant girls that drink.
–Rockefeller Center
Way More Lifelike Than the Actual Elizabeth
Little girl, pointing at Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe: Mommy, who’s that lady?
Mom: That’s Elizabeth Taylor, honey.
Little girl: Oh, hello, Elizabeth.
–The Moderne Hotel, 55th & Broadway
Dr. Obvious Seizes Any Chance to Demonstrate Her Expertise
Four-year-old cute tourist girl: Mommy, people are different in New York!
Tourist mom: They’re all fuckin’ crazy.
–Union Square
Overheard by: Natasha G
So Beautiful, So Incomprehensible
Sober Londoner: Did you just have a civilized conversation?
Very drunk Londoner: No, I was talking to some Australian girl.
–Eight Mile Creek
Overheard by: Adam Scholem
Could You Call Ahead to the Pro-Choicers on 6th?
Environmentalist giving out fliers: Excuse me sir, do you care about helping our environment?
Man: Oh no thank you, I’m a Republican.
–14th & 5th
Overheard by: Dave
So It’s Guaranteed You’ll Fall Asleep Right Afterwards
Hipster guy trying to make out with hipster girl: Come on baby, I swear I’m not drunk.
Exasperated hipster girl: Oh my god, I didn’t say you’re drunk, I said you have mono.
–Friday Night Bar Crawl, West 4th St
I Worried She’d Never Develop Man-Boobs
Male professor #1: Your daughter is starting to look like you.
Male professor #2: That’s comforting.
–NYU
Overheard by: ann
We’ll Never Understand the Stay Puf’t Marshmallow Man’s Appeal
Teenybopper twelve-year-old #1: He was cute and all, but not oozing or anything.
Teenybopper twelve-year-old #2: Oh no honey, he was definitely oozing. He was hot.
–R Train
Overheard by: Fareesa
Well We Do Have to Determine There Was No Foul Play
PetCo employee: If your goldfish dies within the first fifteen days, you can return it for a full refund.
Customer: Do I bring back the corpse?
–Union Square PetCo
Overheard by: Jenny