Kids

Hottie: …and then I want to tell them: less gooch, more cooch.

–DtUt, LES

Overheard by: e. glass

HS kid: My friend’s dad can blow smoke stars.

–Columbus Circle

The light changes. A nanny begins to walk, pushing a baby stroller. Halfway across the street, she looks down sort of lovingly, meets eyes with the baby and says with an eerily calm tone: You know I’m sacrificing my happiness for you.

The nanny looks up and keeps on walking.

–59th & 5th

Overheard by: Drone

Brooklyn mom: You are the only kid I have ever met who doesn't like goat cheese.
Nine-year-old: Peanut butter!

–Brooklyn Heights

Mom to children: You guys look like dancers!
Little girl #1: Yeah!
Little girl #2: Yeah! Like flash dancers!
Mom: What are flash dancers?
Little girl #1: They take of their clothes and flash people!
Little girl #2: Yeah!

–Whole Foods, Bowery

Overheard by: Bruce Lee

Now Explain Tobago, Smartypants.

Little boy in a bodega to mom: Why do you have to be eighteen to buy tobacco? It's just a sauce!
Mom: No, sweetie, that's tabasco.
Little boy: Ohhhhhhhh.
Mom: Makes sense, ya?

–9th St & Ave A

Overheard by: hottamali

Five-year-old black girl: Let's play I spy!
Six-year-old black girl: I spy… Something brown!
Five-year-old black girl: The chair!
Six-year-old black girl: No.
Five-year-old black girl: The door!
Six-year-old black girl: No.
Five-year-old black girl: Us!
Six-year-old black girl: No… We're black, stupid!

–Waiting Room, Eye & Ear Hospital

Little boy, looking at bus ad: Mommy, who is he?
Mother: That's Judge Judy.

–16th St & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Joe Masilotti

Mother: Ouch! Billy, you bit me on my eczema!
Billy: Sorry, mom.

–42nd & 8th

10-year-old girl, looking at jack-o'-lantern: Look at Mr Pumpkinhead!
8-year-old girl: It's rude to call someone “pumpkinhead.”
10-year-old girl: It's not rude, he ain't got no legs!
8-year-old girl, singing to herself: Touch my money, I'll break your face…

–Pathmark, 145th St

Six-year-old boy #1: Poop fart! Poop fart poop fart poop fart. Poop fart!
Six-year-old boy #2: Okay, you win.

–112th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Samantha