Panhandler: Spare some change? Help a brother out.
Panhandlee: Yeah. Go ask your brother.
–Union Square station
Archive for the ‘Brothers’ Category
Georgia Out of My Mind
Woman: Where is Georgia anyway?
Her brother: It’s a state.
Woman: I know, but where is it?
Her brother: Down south somewhere.
–Newark Airport
Overheard by: Coffee
Raise Your Hand If You Think This Would Make a Good Performance Art Installation at the MoMA
Five-year-old boy: When I was three I saw you naked.
15-year-old brother: When I was three you weren't here.
–Pool, Red Hook
Astoria's Already on the Dark Side
Unattended older child, playing with Star Wars toy: Pew, pew, pew! I shot you, you bastard!
Younger brother: Hey, don't talk like that to Star Wars!
–McDonald's, Astoria
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
The Good News Is, Odds Are High at Least One Of Them Will Be Hit by a Lightning Bolt.
20-something-girl to brother: I'm always tellin' you, it won't time-travel if you hit 88 mph! Slow down when you're driving!
Brother: Screw that! 1.21 gigawatts, Marty, let's go back to the future!
–11 St & 1st Ave
Wednesday One-Minors
Seven-year-old boy to father: Did you know that when you get into middle school, all the girls care about is whether you're rich and have a cute ass? In elementary school, they only care about if you can run fast. If you run the fastest, you get all the girls.
–Flushing, Queens
Overheard by: Tara
Small boy to teacher in increasingly panicky voice: Is this Narnia? We're not Narnians yet, right?!
–NYU Kimmel Center
Overheard by: Narnia @ NYU?
Five-year-old to three-year-old brother: Listen, we're going to have food all winter. It's hibernation. You know what hibernation is, don't you? Hibernation is when animals eat a lot of food and sleep all winter. We're gonna hibernate!
–M104 Bus
Overheard by: Samantha
Little kid: Grandma, smell this! It's Obsession for Men!
–Bergdorf Goodman
Sobbing five-year-old girl to mom in CD section: I wanna download, I don't wanna waste my money.
–Borders, Columbus Circle
Overheard by: Can records labels sue toddlers?
The New Dole Product That's Not for Everyone
Elder brother to younger brother: I love pussy juice.
Younger brother: True dat.
Elder brother: No, seriously, if I could I'd shoot that shit up.
–Brooklyn
Overheard by: Ziggy
The Beatles Movie That Was Too Bizarre, Even for British Audiences.
Daughter to mom: We can save on a hotel room if Steve* and I sleep in the same bed.
Mom: You're not sleeping in the same bed as your brother! That's insect!
Steve: It's okay, we have spray.
–C Train
Overheard by: Sean
Meanwhile, George Clooney Holds the Skeleton Key to All Pussies.
Little boy to older sister: What is that?
Sister: The key to my pussy.
–Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
Is It Supposed to Be Bubbling?
Toddler tourist boy, during rainstorm: Mommy, my shoe has a puddle in it.
Slightly older sister: So does everyone's. Deal with it.
–59th St & Broadway
Overheard by: she passes as a local