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How to Get a Tourist Back on the Train

Woman on a payphone, with a hand over the receiver, yelling out to a man walking by: What city is this? What city am I in?
Man: Brooklyn!

–33rd & 9th, Manhattan

  • Posted on June 11, 2006
  • Ahhh! Real New Yorkers, Brooklyn, History & Geography, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, NYC Geography, Stupidity, Tourists
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