<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/019639.html">Nor the Laws Of Time and Space</a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 110430 -->Tourist #1, looking at subway exits: North side or south side?<br/>Tourist #2: What&#39;s the difference?<br/>Tourist #1: Well north is north...and south is south. <br/>(both look from one exit to the next and look at each other)<br/>Passing New Yorker: Are you going uptown or downtown?<br/>Tourist #1, thinking: Hmmmm....west.<br/>New yorker: West of 8th...but uptown or downtown? West side of what street?<br/>Tourist #1: Hmm... West side of...23rd Street?<br/>New Yorker, walking away: You don&#39;t know what the hell you&#39;re doing.<br/><br/>--23rd St<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Jun 28, 2009