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Inflation Now Punishable by Death

Woman: How much are those?
Man selling roses: Two dollars.
Woman: They die.

–W 4th & Barrow

Overheard by: SarahW

  • Posted on March 14, 2008
  • Animals & Nature, Death, Default, Money & Class, Vendors & Street Performers, West Village, Women
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