Flight attendant: In case of an emergency, please place the oxygen mask on yourself first. You may then help your favorite child or the one with the most potential.
Well dressed father: Which one would that be?
Bored mother: Neither.
–JFK
Overheard by: Glad my kids weren't with me
Lady: Excuse me, do you know where the bathrooms are?
Father with toddler: Nope, sorry.
Lady: I thought people with kids always knew where the bathrooms were.
Father with toddler: Nah, I just let him pee in the grass.
–Central Park
Hip dad #1: When she came out she elbowed me in the face, and then she climbed back into Clara’s protective womb.
Hip dad #2 (laughing): Yeah, that’s happened to me too.
–1 Train
Overheard by: esgeness
Father: Do you have to pee?
Son: No.
Father: Do you have to poo?
Son: Maybe.
Father: It kind of matters.
–Restroom, Barnes & Noble, Union Square
Overheard by: Jon A.
Dad: Did you fart today?
Son: No.
–Cafe, 49th & 9th
Overheard by: alxie
Cute little four-year-old girl: Daddy, who was The Iceman?
Father, without hesitation: He was a serial killer.
Cute little four-year-old girl: Oh.
–Barnes & Noble
Girl, 13: What is Ellis Island, anyway?
Dad: Well, back in the olden days, a lot of boats landed there.
–Abatino’s Pizza, 40th & Broadway
Dad: Hey, you hear that? That’s someone on the giant piano. Let’s go up and see it.
Seven-year-old girl: Yes, someone clearly uneducated is on the piano.
–FAO Schwarz
Overheard by: CollegiateCutie
20-something-guy: Obama condoms, for long and hard times!
Tourist mom: What's an Obama condom?
Tourist dad: I have no idea.
–Times Square
Overheard by: Shannon
Three-year-old boy, to dad: I'mma deck you in the balls!
Dad: I'ma deck you back!
Three-year-old boy: Well, it won't hurt!
–125th St & Lexington
Overheard by: Joyful