<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/012780.html">Wednesday One-Liners Can't Hear a Word You're Saying</a></b><br/> <p><!-- ID = 44033 -->Mom to two-year-old bawling in stroller: Adriana, I am not going to argue with you -- you are not getting an iPod!<br/><br/>--14th St, between 5th &amp; 6th Ave<br/><br/><!-- ID = 45130 -->Panhandler: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm homeless, and I'm hungry. If anyone can help me out with food, something to drink, a spare iPod, a Macy's gift card, or anything else that rhymes with that, I'd appreciate it. I know you're human. We have to help each other out. If you were slaves, I'd free all of you. Even the white people.<br/><br/>--Manhattan-bound A train<br/><br/>Overheard by: courtenay<br/><br/><!-- ID = 46724 -->Mother yelling at misbehaving 11-year-old son: Do you want to be grounded from your iPod this weekend?<br/><br/>--22nd &amp; 3rd<br/><br/>Overheard by: Dave H.<br/><br/><!-- ID = 47081 -->Aerobics instructor: Yeah, I've got everything I need -- I've got an iPod, I've got a boyfriend...<br/><br/>--W 63rd &amp; West End Ave<br/><br/>Overheard by: Suze V<br/><br/><!-- ID = 47720 -->Gay barista with asymmetrically-fashioned hair: Oh, yeah, I had really fancy ear bud headphones, too... But then I dropped them in a puddle of my own vomit on the subway, so now I have cheap ones. Yeah, that sucked.<br/><br/>--Bushwick Ave, East Williamsburg<br/><br/><!-- ID = 47297 -->Old woman pointing at guy's iPod: Excuse me, young man, but what is that?<br/><br/>--Times Square shuttle<br/><br/>Overheard by: goofopet<br/><br/></p><br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Dec 12, 2007