Kids

Girl: Hew-ston, we have a problem.
Mom: How-ston, honey. Houston, we have a problem.

–NY Animal Control Center

Little boy: My mom used to go to the doctor because she couldn’t have a baby.
Nanny: Oh, really?
Little boy: Yep. Now, she just goes to the landlord.

–Canal & Broadway

Overheard by: Rhea

Little girl: Do you have a wife?
Hipster: … No…
Little girl: You don’t look like you do.

–DeKalb St & Hall St

Mother: Clarence! Hey, Clarence, have you got my child support check?
Son: Ha, ha! That goat looks like my dad!

–Bronx Zoo

Kid: Do you know what I could really go for?
Mother: What’s that, Sugar?
Kid: Me — in bed!

–125th & Lex

Overheard by: LJers

Girl #1: You mean, your parents never kept you in a cage as a child?
Girl #2: Uh… no.

–110th & Broadway

Little girl: Mommy, where do people go when they’re bad?
Mother: Australia, sweetie, with all the snakes.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Girl from Australia

Little boy: Look, Mommy, that man is dressed up as the UPS man for Halloween!
UPS man: No, this is my life.

–Rockefeller Center Concourse

Overheard by: Micaela

Seven-year-old boy is gently cooing to his three-month-old sister, then suddenly bursts into aggravated yell: You have no intellect!

–Uptown F train

Overheard by: Sam

Mom: What’s the candy situation?
Trick-or-treating child: More! More! More!

–69th & Columbus