Parents

Mom: You see? You almost hit that nice lady. Then she would have sued you and took all your PlayStation games

–N 12th & Bedford, Williamsburg

Overheard by: sonibug13

Mom: No, Cyrus! Don’t touch that! You have ringworm!

–Post office, Upper West Side

Guy #1 on cell: Hey it’s me. Listen, I’m about to walk into the subway, I’m gonna lose you, I just wanted to tell you that my parents are gonna be there tonight, and I know you didn’t want them to see your tattoos the first time they met you, so I wanted to tell you so you could…oh. Hi, Mrs. Goldstein.
Guy #1 to guy #2: FUCK! I cannot believe I just did that! Her mother had no idea she has tattoos.
Guy #2: I don’t see the big deal, so she has tattoos, everyone has…wait, did you say her last name was Goldstein? I get it now.

–Astor Place

Hipster looking at parade thug boy wearing flag: Oh look, it’s Puerto Rican Superman.
Hipster’s mom: Shhhh! He heard you.

–Port Authority

Overheard by: Judy

Yuppie mom: Do you think my baby is old enough to do yoga?

–Union & Henry, Red Hook

Pregnant woman on cell: Mom, I gotta go. I can’t find Jason and I need to take him home before he plays Hide and Go Soil Yourself behind the stuffer machine.

–Build-A-Bear, 5th & 46th

Overheard by: Anna Lindgren

Little girl #1: Mom, can we have this?
Mother: Not now… Five minutes of silence.
Little girl #2: I want one of those bags!
Mother: Ok…Five minutes of silence or I start swingin’!

–Kings Discount Clothing Store, 18th Ave & 64th St, Bensonhurst

Mother to little girl: Eat your vegetables.
Little girl: I’m opposed to vegetables.
Father: Hey, your brother is opposed to dating women, and apparently we’re letting that one slide.

–Jackson Hole, 2nd Ave

Overheard by: Casey girl

Casting person: Ok, here’s the problem, they don’t wan’t a baby with a huge head compared to his chest, nor do they want to see gross veins all over its chest. They want the fucking Gerber baby, ok?

–38th between 7th & 8th

Friend to new mother with infant: All babies look great in black. Did you know that?

–Madison & 91st

Overheard by: Kelly Smith

Woman: Actually, now that they’ve started talking, the twins are much less creepy.

–Central Park

Black guy to his dad: You have to help me. My cock is turning into one of those fucking curly fries.

–71st & Continental

Woman: So I told him, if that’s the urethra you got the wrong hole.

–115th & Broadway

Little girl, loudly: ROAR!
Little girl’s dad: Leslie, stop it, you’re scaring the people.
Little girl, quietly: Roar…
Little girl’s dad: Very nice Les, scare them subtly.

–Payless, 225th & Broadway

Overheard by: NARS

Dad: What are you going to name your new horse, honey?
Little girl with My Little Pony: Skankbag!

–Bleecker & MacDougal

Overheard by: Michelle