Soccer coach: You have to kick from your shoelaces.
Girl #1: I don’t have any laces!
Girl #2 with mismatched shoes: Do you like my shoes?
–P.S. 158, 77th & York
Overheard by: Jen
Soccer coach: You have to kick from your shoelaces.
Girl #1: I don’t have any laces!
Girl #2 with mismatched shoes: Do you like my shoes?
–P.S. 158, 77th & York
Overheard by: Jen
Little boy: How come every time you come around, my London, London Bridge…
Father: I told you, I don’t like that song. Stop singing it.
Little boy: …wanna go down, like London, London, London…
Father: If you don’t stop singing it, I’ll kill you.
Little boy: …wanna go down, like London, London, London…
Father: That’s it, I killed you. You’re dead. No one can see you now.
Little boy: I can’t be dead. I have to pee.
–Uptown 2 train
Overheard by: Ashwini
Pregnant woman: I’m going to have a little girl, just like you.
Little girl: Oh! How nice for you. You must be very happy.
–Starbucks, 102nd & Broadway
Overheard by: Todd
Thug in cuffs: Yo, da ba-dunk-a-dunk is constimatutionally protected!
Undercover cop: Yes, but this is child pornography.
–Houston & West
Overheard by: Nick Dempsey
Mom: Zacky! Where your ass at?
Small boy: Nowhere.
Mom: Yeah it is!
–Times Square
Mom: Why don’t you go and help your uncle fix the car?
Young girl: Excuse me… I’m not a screwdriver and I’m not a mechanic.
–Astoria
Little boy: That’s not art!
Mom: Shhh… some people think so.
Little boy: Nope, not art.
–Whitney Museum, 5th floor
Overheard by: didn’t think it was art either
Young boy, singing: I love you! You love me! We’re as happy as two can be!
Mother: I’ll show you how much I fucking love you!
–D train, Fordham Rd
Overheard by: horrified
Girl: But I don’t wanna be a geisha.
Mother: We’ll talk about it when we get home.
–55th between 2nd & 3rd
Overheard by: Chris Evans
Mother, pointing at poster: Now, who has a hat?
Toddler: Keith Richards.
Mother: Yes, Keith Richards has a hat. Good observation!
–7th Ave & 5th St, Park Slope