Kid: There’s too many damn theaters on this street.
–Broadway
Overheard by: Monolythagis
Kid: There’s too many damn theaters on this street.
–Broadway
Overheard by: Monolythagis
Little girl: Where does the H train go, mommy?
Mom: There is no H train.
Little girl: I train?
Mom: No I train either.
Little girl: J train? Where does the J train go?
Mom: To Brooklyn. [Pause] Nowhere we’d ever go.
–F train, between West 4th & 14th
Little English girl: Where are we now, Mummy?
English Mummy: We’re in New York, in America.
Little English girl: [sigh] We’re still in America?
–Union Square East
Overheard by: Manhattman
Little kid: But why can’t I play on the slide?
Dad: Because they want to have a fleamarket instead.
Kid: But why?
Dad: Because some people don’t like kids.
–7th Ave, Park Slope
Overheard by: cathy hannan
Mom: So I talked to the lawyers this morning, honey, and when school is done, we’re going to move into the Hampton house.
5-year-old son: Is Daddy coming?
Mom: No sweetie, he is going to stay in the city.
–71 Irving Place Coffee & Tea Bar
Overheard by: DBG
An ice cream truck is going up the street.
Little girl in wagon: Daddy, that truck song is annoying.
Hipster dad: Yes, the commodification of your desires is annoying, isn’t it?
–Bedford & N 10th
Overheard by: susan
Boy: Mommy, is make-up just for girls?
Mom: Make-up is for girls and really fabulous boys.
–Eckerd, Rockaway Blvd & Liberty Ave, Ozone Park
Overheard by: MadLizard
Mother: Honey, is this 42nd Street?
Father: Peggy, have you not lived in this goddamn city for 32 years?
Mother: Yes, but… I’m just curious. Is it? Just tell me.
Father to daughter: Tell your mother I’m not answering that question.
–Outside Grand Central
Kid on stool: Mom, can I jump off and be Naaaaaaacho?
Mom: You already broke your arm. You can’t be Nacho right now.
–Duane Reade, 96th & Broadway
