Hippies

Son: I was so angry with him — he could have got me arrested!
Hippie dad: What’s wrong with getting arrested? [Sighs. Then, to himself] I just can’t stand my son being so fucking bourgeois any longer.

–West Village

Hippie chick: They don’t use dryers in that country. I hung them outside.
Ditzy chick yelling over traffic: You what them?!
Hippie chick: Hung… Hung… Like a penis.
Ditzy chick: How do you hang a penis?

–Times Square

Overheard by: Kelly

Teen hippie: I hate the system with a passion. It’s so systematic, I want to kill its children.
Friend: Dude, we are its children.

–Greenwich Village

Hippie #1: Is that Trey Anastasio from Phish?
Hippie #2: No, man, that’s a streetlight.

–Church St & Cortlandt St

Overheard by: The Faker

Teen girl: Where’s your section for books about hippies?

–Barnes & Noble, 82nd & Broadway

Overheard by: Joseph O’Connell