Listening In...

It's been quite a long time since I posted one of those collections from Overheard in New York. First, I have not been particularly taken by too many. It has been a lot of sex and dirty talk for a while. Not the eclectic collection it had been. I have also not been paying a lot of attention. But this one made me laugh:

Dude #1: That show Intervention is genius. Drug addicts make great TV.
Dude #2: Oh, I know, but I prefer the enablers.

--1 train

They also make for a steady income for some of us. And no, I haven't watched the show. I like to leave work at work.

But tourists are still the best:

Comedy show guy: Would you folks like to go to stand-up comedy tonight?
Tourist group leader: Well, do we have to have to stand the whole time?

--43rd & Broadway

And then...

Lady taking picture of tourists: Do you want the Statue of Liberty in the background?
Hubby: Uh, that's the Empire State Building.

--Top of the Rock

And...

Tourist: Excuse me, how do I get to Times Square?
Ghetto dude: This is Times Square.
Tourist, slower and louder: No. Times Square.
Ghetto dude, slower and louder: This is Times Square.
Tourist: No, I'm looking for the actual square. Where's the square?
Ghetto dude: Oh, you want the square... Go down six blocks, turn left, and go down three. You can't miss it.
Tourist: Hey, thanks a lot, man.
Ghetto dude: Dumb ****.

--42nd & Broadway

But the locals have a lot to say, which even takes us in a circle back to where we started.

Man, as 'Angie' by Rolling Stones plays: Oh, man, this song reminds me of being on acid.
Wife, laughing: Me, too.
Man, as 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' by Cream comes on: Okay, no, this song reminds me of being on acid!
Wife: Me, too!
20-something daughter: I can totally hear you guys!

--Schiller's, Rivington St