<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/012665.html">NewsFlash: Man Asks Directions. Scientists Baffled.</a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 74507 -->Tourist: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to 37th Street?<br/>Hipster: Seriously?<br/>Tourist: Well, I'm visiting...<br/>Hipster: Look, man... You're on 42nd Street now. Walk that way, and if the sign says 43rd Street, you're going the wrong way. Turn around and go the other way. When the numbers go down, you're going the right way.<br/>Tourist: So, the streets are numerical.<br/>Passerby #1: Jesus Christ!<br/>Passerby #2: Oh, you people stop it! He didn't know there would be math on his trip to the city.<br/><br/>--42nd & 8th<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Dec 2, 2007