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Cab driver, to girl crossing the street when red hand signal is on: What are you doing!!?? [honks horn repeatedly.]Girl, taking her time crossing: Yeah, Yeah. So your horn blows, does your mother?!

–38th St & 9th Ave

Overheard by: Nic

Man: I’m getting kind of sick of Will Ferrell.
Woman: Well, he’s kind of an asshole…and he has bad teeth.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Ethan

Comedy promoter to guy carrying flower: Oh, a flower! Somebody’s getting laid tonight!
Guy carrying flower: That’s doubtful.

–Times Square

Four-year-old girl screaming: IT IS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT BACK!
Shockingly calm but exhausted Dad: No Sarah, it is OUR money.
Sarah [chanting over and over while stomping her feet.]: IT IS MY MONEY! I WANT IT BACK!

–Bank, Madison Ave & E 65th

Overheard by: Christina

Woman: Light travels faster then sound, right?
Man: I don’t think so.

–Stuyvesant Square

Suit #1: Paul and I just came back from Alaska.
Suit #2: Did you do the glacier walk?
Suit #1: Paul did. He took three steps and then came back in.
Suit #2: Only three steps?
Suit #1: Well, it’s icy.

–Javits Center

Man: Hey, can I ask you just one question?
Woman: You just did. [keeps walking.]

–36th St & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Steven Lowell

Boy, speaking to sister: So, next time you’re out with your boyfriend and you don’t pick up your phone because you don’t hear it in your bag, I’m beating him up.
Girl: Uhh…don’t you think you should meet him first?

–Dyker Beach Golf Course

Overheard by: Lotte

Suit #1: Dude, he’s SO strange. You know I walked passed his desk yesterday and he was researching stuff on his computer about religion. Some multicultural shit or something.
Suit #2: Woah.
Suit #1: Yeah, I know. [Pauses.] You know I bet he’s like one of those guys that dates a girl and calls her all the time and stalks her.
Suit #2: Totally.

–Starbucks, 30th and Park

Overheard by: Faetra

Chinese food lady in Chinese take-out restaurant: Duck sauce, soy sauce?
Mr Clean-looking guy: Uhh Uhh… [Scratches shiny head.] I dunno, the Black sauce.

–Flushing, Queens