<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/008274.html">Tourists on Trains and Snakes on Planes</a></b><br/> <p>Teen boy tourist #1: Okay, <em>finally</em> we're on the damn train.<br/>Teen boy tourist #2: Yeah, for real. Take forever, <i>god</i>!<br/>Teen boy tourist #1: Hey, you know, those people lied to us! They said we can take the N, but this one is going to 14th Street, too. I read the map.<br/>Teen boy tourist #2: Why did they lie to us?<br/>Teen boy tourist #1: Probably because we were acting like such tourists. That's probably what they do, just stand in the subway waiting to prey on confused tourist kids.<br/>Teen boy tourist #2: We should get some iPods. That would fix it.<br/>Teen boy tourist #1: Why would that fix it?<br/>Teen boy tourist #2: Look around. I count five people on this train with iPods. They make you look 'New York.'<br/><br/>--Downtown W train<br/><br/>Overheard by: The N would have gotten you there faster...<br/><br/> <span class="contestwinners">Headline by: <a href="http://mcwasp.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Sean Boudreau</a></span> <br/><br/> <span class="runnersup">Runners-Up:<br/> &middot; "But the fold up maps make us look like we're from Jersey." - Jeff<br/> &middot; "For every ipod in the subway, apple kills a tourist" - monkey<br/> &middot; "Know What Else Is Authentic? Gunshot Wounds" - <a href="http://www.egoplex.com" target="_blank">J.M. Berger</a><br/> &middot; "Losing The "God Hates Fags" Shirts Would Also Help" - miss c<br/> &middot; "New York: Uhh, Lose Ten Pounds, Convert to Judaism, and Maybe We'll Talk" - salute deez nuts<br/> &middot; "Nobody tell them about the secret handshake" - Destroyer<br/> &middot; "Sure, you can buy the ipod, but the disaffected stare can only be acquired from years of indifference" - morgz<br/> &middot; "That look isn't new york, it's contempt" - squirrel<br/> &middot; "You can keep them in your fanny packs" - jh<br/> </span> <br/><br/> <a href='http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/headlinecontest/'> Click here to see the new Headline Contest </a> </p> <br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Dec 11, 2006