Young woman to female friend: So I said, "if you can't be normal all the time, I can't be with you."
–W 19th St
Overheard by: Michael
Mom to five-year-old climbing on railing: Yo, why you don't know how to juss sit down and chill like normal people? Sit yo-ass down, an chill!
–Bed-Stuy
Overheard by: rick
Tourist mom reading sign, to daughter: "Next to normal". Ha, that's nowhere near where we are!
–Shubert Alley
Older new-agey lady: One of my massage therapists is Buddhist. Actually, they're both Buddhist. But they're normal, you know, regular people… They're not Asian."
–Astor Place
Older sister to 12-year-old boy grunting like a pig and headbutting her: No biting! No nipping! Just… Normal?
–Whole Foods, Union Square
Overheard by: Katherine Wallace
