While we're waiting for the pages of the calendar to turn to late January 2007, you can get a taste for some of the jabber on the street here in Gotham.
Overheard in New York is a very funny web site that offers some of the most bizarre, hysterical, and mysterious conversations overheard on the sidewalks of our fair city.
A small (rated "G") sample*:
Conductor: This train is very crowded. If you cannot fit, please step back and wait for the next train. If you manage to get onto this very crowded train, look at the person next to you and tell them, "Howdy!"
--Queens bound F train
* If you're easily offended by frank, uncensored language, you might not want to click through.