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Female fan (after seeing Tom Wopat in A Catered Affair): You remind me of my father.
Tom Wopat (in New York accent): I'm like everyone's father.

--Stage Door, Kerr Theater

Overheard by: Andi C.

Girl #1: If you could eat anyone, who would it be?
Girl #2: Famous, or people we know?
Girl #1: Ummm... famous. And then people we know.
Girl #2: Gabrielle Reece.
Girl #1: Yeah, good call.

--Cafeteria, 18th & 7th

Girl #1: Look at these pictures.
(girl #2 starts to look at pictures)
Girl #2: Oh look, my son looks like one of those... uhhh... hmmm...? I forgot what they are called.
Girl #1: A hungry child?
Girl #2: Yeaaaah, like one of those kids from a third world country.

--Buhre Avenue, Bronx

Overheard by: DaILList4Ever

40-something guy: Man, does she have huge boobs or what?!

Hennepin Ave
Overheard by you know you all were thinking it.

Man to Target electronics employee: So, are these things the converter boxes for the TV’s? (holds up a big DVD player that says “DVD” on it)
Target Employee (curiously): Did you find that below the TV’s?
Man: No, in the middle of the DVD player section.
Target Employee (wearily): So, you found it in the middle of the DVD player section and are wondering if it’s a TV converter, correct?
Man: Yeah, is it?
Target Employee: No.

Electronics: Target Lake Street
Overheard by Lady who wishes she had that guy’s hair.

Girl, as two rambunctious gay guys run by: Is it like this every weekend?

Near Loring Park
Overheard by In a perfect world…

Abnormally suburban petite white girl to equally white suburban friend: Have you SEEN my dad react to a gunshot???

Lake Calhoun
Overheard by What’s a gun?

Young mother: Where the HELL is my son?!

JC Penney’s in Rosedale Center
Overheard by you should know these things…

50-something sculpture looker: Joan, this is a really Zen thing for me to do, being that my anxiety level has been about 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Walker Sculpture Garden
Overheard by Feeling very Zen myself.

Cutie queen: I’m not being judgmental but, hello, the 80s called and they want their recreational drug back.

Uptown Pride Block Party
Overheard by Alexis.

Little Boy #1:  How much do you weigh?
Little Boy #2:  I weigh 60!
Little Boy #1:  I weigh less than you, I weigh 70!

Where: MSP Airport
Overheard by: glad to see No Child Left Behind is working effectively…

Blonde #1: I met Kelly in Portland.
Blonde #2: Which Portland?
Blonde #1: What are you talking about?
Blonde #2: Well there are two: one on the east coast, one on the west coast.
(long silence)
Blonde #1: You know, it's not funny to lie all the time like that.

--Houston St

Tourist to desk clerk: We are looking for some good authentic Mexican food, do you recommend the little place next door?
Desk clerk: No, if you want real Mexican food, there's a Chipotle around the corner.

--Comfort Inn, Times Square

Kid #1, to kid #2 on bike: Come on, let me ride on the pegs.
Kid #2: No.
Kid #1: Fine, I'll ride you.

--129th St, Rockaway

Overheard by: Robert

Wall Street guy #1: So I was watching A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila and my son asked: "Dad, what's a lesbian?" I mean, I wish I could tell him about it when he's ready.
Wall Street guy #2: Yeah, so anyway. They have these only boys and only girls birthday parties for the little kids down at Fire Island...
Wall Street guy #1: So you think the parties turn them into lesbians?
Wall Street guy #2: No, I'm just trying to Segway into talking about something other than... (looks around train suspiciously) lesbians.

--Downtown 6 Train

Girl #1: God, I hate professional basketball. The other night I was hanging out with some guys and they were like: "The playoffs are on!" and I was like: "Yea, so is The Hills."
Girl #2 (disgusted): Ugh, you watch that?
Girl #1: Yeah.
Girl #2: Actually, so do I.

--MJ Armstrong's Public House

Mother: Honey, your dress is just too low. I know you don't mean to, but when you wear things that show that much of you, you attract the wrong kind of men.
Scary Mexican man sitting across: Oh honey, you definitely do.
(girl hastily pulls her dress up)

--1 Train

Overheard by: Anna

Little tourist kid: Daddy, I want to go ice skating!
Tourist dad: I swear to god, you can go ice skating back in El Paso!

--Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: liag

(man instructing son to stay in the crosswalk)
Man: Don't wander off into the street.
Son: Why? Why do I have to stay between the lines?
Man: Stay between the lines and you'll be rich. You'll be rich.
Son: What do you mean?
Man: It means you get paid if a car hits you.

--Surf Ave & Stillwell Ave

Overheard by: Amanda Haag

Thug #1: It is on fire, I swear! I cannot walk around anymore.
Thug #2: Dude, just because it itches doesn't mean it's an STD.

--Observation Deck, Empire State Building

Overheard by: StrikeForceAwesome

Lady: Yeah, I mean I'm looking for something that is a fit for me. Ya know, you're either an East Side girl or a West Side girl... there's really no in-between.
Real estate agent: Right, right, I understand. That's why I'm here.
Lady: Because you know, I don't want to be surrounded by frat bros and their yoga moms.
Real estate: Understandable, I wouldn't subject anyone to that.

--Starbucks, 57th & Lexington

Overheard by: trying to get caffeine fix