20-something daughter: Mom, don’t you think it’s inappropriate to be drinking gin and tonics everyday before noon?
Mom: Oh, it’s ok. I only drink in the mornings.
–Central Park
20-something daughter: Mom, don’t you think it’s inappropriate to be drinking gin and tonics everyday before noon?
Mom: Oh, it’s ok. I only drink in the mornings.
–Central Park
Opera singer #1: So you gave up the rodeo to join the opera?
Opera singer #2: Yeah.
–Band shell, Central Park
Overheard by: Jason
Girlfriend: Will you love me forever and ever?
Boyfriend: Yes, even if you broke up with me and shot me and cut me into little bits and set the bits on fire.
Girlfriend: I would never break up with you.
–Central Park
Stoner: La la la babyyy hey hey! I lovee it today! All we wanna do is smoke weeed and get drunk and be CRAZZZYYYY! La la la!
Tourist teen to friend: See, this is why we should move to New York–we’d look like normal people here.
–Central Park
Girl: Excuse me… you may not remember me, but I used to date you.
Guy: Uh, I don’t think so.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Marianne
JAP #1: I hate how he calls himself "Bobby" just to seem more Jewish!
JAP #2: Yeah, why isn’t he comfortable being a Bob?
–Central Park
Snob #1: This is exactly what kids in school should see.
Snob #2: Especially in the Midwest, where they don’t read.
–Delacorte Theater, Central Park
Overheard by: Literate Midwesterner
Girl, pointing at a white blob at the foot of a tree: Ewww, a giant mushroom… oh, it’s a beret. Still, ewww.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Lisa
Girl #1: Yeah, I just really don’t like Matthew McConaughey’s arms. I mean, he’s an attractive guy, but his arms are just…
Girl #2: I know what you mean, I guess… they don’t match his body.
Girl #1: I was going to say I hope he gets cancer in his arms, but I didn’t mean it.
Girl #2: I know.
–Columbus Circle
Daughter: Mom, when we go to Europe I want to go to Auschwitz, too.
Mom: No, Alex, one concentration camp is enough.
–Central Park
Overheard by: lol holocaust
