Father: Yeah, Shakespeare didn't write too many kids' plays.
Small child: Why?
Father: Um, it just wasn't his thing.
–Central Park
Father: Yeah, Shakespeare didn't write too many kids' plays.
Small child: Why?
Father: Um, it just wasn't his thing.
–Central Park
Little girl to dad: Daddy, I want to sit down.
Dad: Why don't you sit on the floor?
Little girl: No. I want a seat. I want a nice clean seat… so I can fart on it.
–F Train
Overheard by: waiting for weird smell on F train
Six-year-old girl: Daddy, isn't it against the law to spit on the street?
Dad: Yes it is, but it's cheaper to pay the ticket than to go to the doctor and pay him to prescribe me some medication.
Six-year-old girl, with blank look: Okay, makes sense.
–42nd St & 10th Ave
Overheard by: sunnydlite
Infuriated hippie girl: Dad, where did mom put my yoga mat?!
Dad: I… I don't know.
Infuriated hippie girl: She moved the one that I like!
–8th St & 5th Ave
Overheard by: Celeste
Father: And the ending of the story…
Little girl: I don't like this story!
Father: Don't you want to know how the story ends?
Little girl: No! I don't like it!
Father: And the ending of the story is: the mermaid's brain just kept exploding forever and ever and ever. The end.
–Indian Road Cafe, 218th St
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Little girl: I just don't understand why…
Dad: Look here: I'll give you the money for the tickets and you can buy the tickets for the movie!
Little girl, sounding less than enthused: Uh-huh. Timmy's five, like me, and he has a cell phone…
–Loews Movie Theater, Lincoln Square
Kid looking at book: It looks like an alien world or something!
Mom: That's Seattle.
Dad: Well, it's on the west coast. It is alien.
–5th Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: super des
Little boy: Dad can I have ice cream?
Dad: No, you had french fries and cookies for lunch.
–95th St & Broadway
Overheard by: Mike Fazio
