Little girl: Don’t pull my hair!
Mom: I wasn’t! I was just holding on.
Little girl: To my hair?
–D train
Little girl: Don’t pull my hair!
Mom: I wasn’t! I was just holding on.
Little girl: To my hair?
–D train
Teen girl: Is that the Italian Embassy? I think it is. I’m pretty sure that’s the Italian Embassy.
Mom: I have no idea.
Teen girl: I think it is. No…Oh, that’s Versace.
Mom: What’s Versace?
Teen girl: It’s like Coach…or Prada.
Mom: You always know about the expensive brands.
–51st & 5th
Overheard by: jen the phenomenon
Girl #1: I have to go soon, I have a child at home.
Girl #2: Oh, an undead abortion?
–Hi Fi, Avenue A
Teen girl: You know that dream I keep having where I kill you on Madison Avenue? I think it’s coming true.
Mom: Oh look, the Chanel store!
Teen girl: Uh oh.
–Madison between 63rd & 64th
Little boy: Hey mommy, I just farted on your leg.
Mom: I know. I felt it.
Little boy: Was it warm? Did it stink?
Mom: Shh.
–F train
Toddler boy: Mommy, how come those water towers don’t take off?
Mommy: What?
Toddler boy: How come those water towers don’t take off?
Mommy: You mean, water towers like on those buildings?
Toddler boy: Yeah.
Mommy: And take off, you mean like rockets?
Toddler boy: Yeah.
Mommy: What have you been reading?
–F train
Overheard by: Eric W
Little boy: I ate a nail once.
Mom: I remember that. I think it came out in your diaper.
–41st & 9th
Overheard by: Cait O’Connor
Little girl: You know who has a weird name?
Mom: You mean an unusual name?
Little girl: Yes. The librarian. Her name is Constance.
Mom: Oh, that’s an old name, like yours: Sadie.
Little girl: But they’re bringing it back. I hear a lot of people in the park say, “Come, Sadie!” Especially to golden retrievers. That’s why I’m begging you to get me a dog.
–D train
Little girl: Mommy, I feel very shaky.
Mommy: Well, I don’t think you had enough protein today. That’s why I tried to get you to eat the eggs instead of just the bacon.
Little girl: But I’m thirsty.
–1 train
A mom points to the window of a sex shop, at a jacked mannequin wearing a mask and feather boa. She says: Hey honey, maybe that’s what you could be for Halloween.
Little boy: No, Mommy. I want to be a fireman.
–Christopher Street
Overheard by: Jon
