Downtown from the South Bronx

Chick: So, you live in the city? Wow, where do you live, downtown?
Thug kid: Yeah, downtown... Well, not exactly downtown. Harlem.

--Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Overheard by: alison

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Posted 2008-04-12 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us |  Facebook

And for That Kind of Money We Could Get Laid!

Teen girl: It's so freakin' hot out! What are we gonna do?
Teen guy: We could go on the ferris wheel.
Teen girl: Are you kidding? For all five of us it would cost, like, a hundred dollars!

--Ocean City, New Jersey

Overheard by: Rafaela

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Posted 2008-04-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us |  Facebook

First Tell Me What You Think a Beach Is

Tourist standing on beach: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the beach is?

--Jones Beach, New York

Overheard by: Shannon

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Posted 2008-04-10 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us |  Facebook

What You Get for Eating Cafeteria Food

Five-year-old pulling her bottom lip down: I have herpes!

--Seabrook Beach, New Hampshire

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Posted 2008-04-09 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us |  Facebook

But I'm Breast-Feeding That Conch Shell Over There

Old lady: This isn't a nude beach!
Young lady, sunbathing topless and feigning surprise: Oh, really? Oh, okay...

--Auckland, New Zealand

Overheard by: Shakira

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Posted 2008-04-08 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us |  Facebook

Sniffling, Leroy Cut the Cards

Seven-year-old boy: Dad! Dad! Dad! It's time to go back to the room. I need to put on underwear -- I'm starting to chafe!
Dad: Good for you. Now go back out there and deal [continues smoking his cigar].

--21st Street Beach, Ocean City, Maryland

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Posted 2008-04-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us |  Facebook

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