Young boy: Mommy, can we get a Christmas tree now?
Mom: No, honey, we don’t need a tree. We celebrate Hanukkah in our home.
–7th Ave, Park Slope
Young boy: Mommy, can we get a Christmas tree now?
Mom: No, honey, we don’t need a tree. We celebrate Hanukkah in our home.
–7th Ave, Park Slope
Son: I wasn’t talking about drinking champagne.
Mom: You don’t know anything. You make a toast with champagne, not 40s!
–Bushwick
Overheard by: Cait O’Connor
Headline by: Hobo Whisperer
Runners-Up:
· “Miss Manners Said So” – John
· “Not According to “Martha Stewart’s Bronx Living”, Mom” – Gabbertoons
· “Parenting on the Rocks?” – crystal
· “Shows What You Know About the Elite and Enviable Life Of the Fratboy.” – danielle
· “Spike Lee Fights the Power” – glenntronic
Mom: Remember, I am the mother and you are the child.
Son: Yes, little girl.
–Broadway
Overheard by: Ally
Teen daughter: I love the city. I can easily live here.
Mom: You don’t know anything about this city. Keep walking.
Teen daughter: Mom, I know enough. I drink Starbucks and loved Sex and the City.
–31st & 7th
Mom: Honey, I just wish you would want a happy, successful marriage like I have.
Adult daughter: Third time’s the charm, huh, Mom?
–Starbucks, 78th & Lex
Overheard by: Shut up, Mom, a.k.a. this is so much like my life it’s crazy
Mom holding cardboard James Dean stand-up: I’m comin’ to get you! I’m gonna get you!
Two-year old son, screaming: Nooo! Nooo!
–LaSalle & Broadway
Overheard by: EthanK
White mom: Which kitty is your favorite?
Little girl holding book of baby animals: The black one!
Mom: The black one? He sure is a cute kitty.
Little girl, loudly: Once you go black, you never go back!
Passing thug, flashing her a thumbs-up: Word!
White mom: I don’t care what your father says, we are so moving to Westchester.
–Commodore Barry Park, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Straightfaced, but barely
Kid: What’s that?! What’s that?!
Mom, reading magazine: It’s a picture of an airport.
Kid: What happened?!
Mom: Someone was arrested.
Kid: For what?!
Mom: For yelling.
Kid, seriously: At her kids?
–F train
Six-year-old: She didn’t like Ringo!
Mom: Well, who was her favorite Beatle?
Six-year-old: She doesn’t even like the Beatles!
Mom: Don’t talk to her.
–Park Slope
Overheard by: a
