Teen girl #1: I just don’t understand why people wait so long to have kids. Then you’re so old that you can’t relate to them. If I’d had a kid when I was like, eleven, he’d have been three by the time I was fourteen.
Teen girl #2: Yeah. I totally read something about this on your LiveJournal.
–Yaffa Cafe, St. Mark’s Place
Overheard by: Miriam
Girl on cell: You have to just ask him. But you have to ask him to his face so you can see his reaction. Just look him in the eye and say, “Dad, are you on Match.com?” and see if he looks surprised. You just have to confront stuff like that.
–4th & Broadway
Overheard by: uncle frank
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Guy: Man, I totally wish I was in India right now where you can buy like anything on the internet, like human organs and shit.
–8th between Broadway & University
Girl #1: …and I went on the American Nazi Party website, and it’s–
Girl #2: I know! It’s hysterical.
–26th & Park
Overheard by: Kevin Stone
Guy: I was thinking of changing my screen name to “Breast Milk Flavored LSD.”
Girl: Why?
Guy: Because it’s funny.
Girl: Do you even know what LSD tastes like? I mean, it could already
taste like breast milk and then your whole screen name would be redundant.
–106th & Riverside
Overheard by: Betty Noir
