Yuppie mother: So, Dad said only if you’re really good and you don’t fight with your sister anymore, he’ll get you that new video game you wanted.
Kid: Dad’s a dick. Why’d you marry him, again?
–9th St & 6th Ave
Yuppie mother: So, Dad said only if you’re really good and you don’t fight with your sister anymore, he’ll get you that new video game you wanted.
Kid: Dad’s a dick. Why’d you marry him, again?
–9th St & 6th Ave
Son: Mom, can I go and see Santa?
Mom: You ain’t sittin’ your big black ass on some white Santa!
–Amsterdam Ave
Overheard by: Confused white person
Little girl to mother: I like the way you taste.
–SoHo
Overheard by: nicky d
Dude on cell: Mice are cannibalizing other mice? Oh, god, that’s awful!
–7 train, Queens
Overheard by: Anthony
Goth chick to another: I don’t care, I am not eating Matthew’s mother’s flesh!
–Hunter College
Overheard by: Me neither
Ghetto dude: Heh, heh… Heh… Fried nigga-fingers!
–13th St & 5th Ave
Overheard by: Rebecca Odorisio
Ghetto girl to two others: He said he was gonna marinate me for a while… Yes, he did!
–Manhattan-bound E train
Overheard by: Julz
Chick on cell: We’ll never run for office on the conservative Christian ticket now that we’ve discussed eating fetuses with teriyaki sauce.
–Harlem
Three-year-old girl: Daddy, I like flying.
Father: Why is that, honey?
Three-year-old girl: I like looking at the clouds. They are god's house.
–JFK Airport
Overheard by: Heather
Guy on cell: Don’t play games with me or I’ll break your fuckin’ nose. Have you got the money? Where’s the fuckin’ money?
–47th & 5th
Overheard by: Adam Bertocci
Ghetto kid on cell: Yo, yo, you don’t want to play football? …Right, right, so just when you tackle them, put your hand in their pockets and take their money!
–M14 bus
Hobo: God, lady, I’m not asking for a million dollars; I’m just asking for some change!
–14th between 5th & University
Overheard by: theNJl
Biker dude: She’s a shrink and a psychiatrist, so you know she’s rollin’ in money.
–Starbucks, 27th & Park
Overheard by: Brawny McBrawnerson
Little boy, about turnstile: I want to do it!
Father: Okay, but make sure you don’t get decapitated.
–Subway station, Bryant Park
Overheard by: novellas
Terrible two in stroller passing vendor: Daddy, I want a pretzel!
Father: Those are prop pretzels, like a movie set.
–The Flats, Central Park
Overheard by: Jira
Urban Indian middle school kid: Yo, we gonna be feastin', son! We got all different types of curry!
Urban African American middle school kid: Shit, son.
–Outside of McKibbin Lofts, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Mikey Andy
Screaming mom: You have no idea what goes on in this world! Open your eyes and get a goddamn clue already!
Laughing son, ignoring her: Derrr…
–Hudson & Bank
Overheard by: Anna Wolinsky
Little boy: It's a monkey!
Mom: It's bush.
–18th St & 5th Ave
