Kid #1: Yo, I’m going to hit that raw.
Kid #2: Do you have sperm yet?
Kid #1: Nah, but I’ll still hit it raw.
–Tompkins Square Park
Kid #1: Yo, I’m going to hit that raw.
Kid #2: Do you have sperm yet?
Kid #1: Nah, but I’ll still hit it raw.
–Tompkins Square Park
Little girl to mom: I don’t feel good.
Mom: Are you irregular? Constipated? Do you have diarrhea? Snot? Boogers? Fungus? Menopause? Post-partum depression? Pre-partum depression?…
Little girl wanders away while mom keeps listing ailments.
–Nathan’s, Coney Island
Four-year-old: Mooooom! I want deseeeeeert!
Yuppie mom: No, sweetie, you didn't finish your sandwich.
Four-year-old: You have no soul!
–Whole Foods, TriBeCa
Overheard by: Has Cookies
Little girl #1: Don't push me! You shouldn't push! It's rude!
Little girl #2: I did not push you!
Little girl #3: I'm the third party! I didn't do anything!
–Herald Square
Overheard by: The 4th party
Mom: You haven’t seen her in three years. Why don’t you just invite someone you don’t know? Why don’t you just open the phone book and point to a name at random and invite that person?
Little boy: Oh, yeah!
–W 100th & Columbus Ave
Overheard by: Philanthropist
Woman, to young daughter: See? That's a banana, this is the “peel.” P-e-a-l.
Man across the aisle: It's spelled p-e-a-l only when it's for a bell.
Woman, indignantly: Bells don't have peels!
–Penn Station
Overheard by: P. Marino
Mom #1, noting a pigeon: Cute bird!
Boy: Hm. Birds.
Mom #2: We, for instance, eat birds. What kind of birds do we eat?
Boy: Quail!
–5th Ave, Park Slope
Law school girl wannabe #1: Maybe I can sell my eggs for like $50,000.
Law school girl wannabe #2: But what happens if your kid is out there dating their brother or sister?
Law school girl wannabe #1: That's a good point… There's a chance that would happen.
Law school girl wannabe #2: That's why you need to follow up on your eggs and find them in the real world, and check in on them.
–Bryant Park
Overheard by: Jack Handy
Two boys, both about 10, are thoroughly engrossed in their Game Boys.
First boy: My mother’s a lesbian.
Second boy: So is mine.
–#1 Train
Little boy: Why are all these people lying out on the grass in their bathing suits?
Mother: Well, some people use the sun to try to make their skin darker.
Little boy: Why would anyone want to be black?
–W 12th St & Hudson River
Overheard by: Talia