Little girl, watching one dog hump another: Mommy, you missed it! One of the dogs was giving the other one a piggyback ride!
–Dog run, Madison Square Park
Little girl, watching one dog hump another: Mommy, you missed it! One of the dogs was giving the other one a piggyback ride!
–Dog run, Madison Square Park
Mother, to young son: It’s not a nice thing to say. It’s like saying a curse word.
Stranger on bench: Fuck you!
–Union Sq Park
Overheard by: the other stranger on the bench
Mom: Honey, don’t go that far! You’re making me nervous!
Boy: Mom, I never get kidnapped! [Keeps walking away] God!
–Bryant Park
Overheard by: Cappy
Woman #1: How long do you think this line will take? I really gotta go.
Woman #2: Oh, not long. Looks like five minutes.
Woman #1: Really? Looks like much longer than that– like twenty-five minutes, at least.
Woman #2: Yeah. I guess I just said that because it sounded like something I should say.
–Bathroom, Bryant Park
Overheard by: Shebrah
Guy: That kid just pulled up the mannequin’s skirt and copped a feel!
Kid’s mother pulls down the mannequin’s skirt.
Kid: NOOOOOOO!!
–Shake Shack, Madison Square Park
Shrewd observer: Why does everything in this park look like genitalia?
–Battery Park
Overheard by: Rina
Guy: And there’s one more thing you could say. It’s “I love you.”
Girl, looking through her purse: Ha ha, I know, one sec.
–Tompkins Square Park
Blonde: You know what? I wish I was a bird.
Brunette: So you could fly far, far away?
Blonde: No, so I could sit on electrical fences and not get shocked.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Bay Jyington
Girl on cell: I know! $100 for pills that aren’t even for something that important….it’s not like they’re AIDS pills!
–Carroll Gardens
Nanny #1: Who were you named after, Paulette?
Nanny #2: My father.
Nanny #1: Oh, what was his name?
Nanny #2: Ette.
–Washington Square Park
