ONLY IN NEW YORK

There's an unspoken rule about speaking to strangers in New York. You only do under two circumstances: first is to yell at someone when you don't like what that person is doing, and second is when you comment on a nearby oddity and say, "...only in New York." For instance a few weeks ago I saw a man dressed as Bobba Fett from Star Wars. He was playing the accordian. As I walked past him a stranger made eye contact with me and said, "heh, only in New York."

I admit, I'm guilty of doing the same thing, but I like to do it when I walk past the Empire State Building or Times Square. In fact I make it a point to every morning walk by the Statue of Liberty, stop, and say, "Heh, only in New York" But nobody ever responds. I think it's because to walk by the Statue of Liberty, you have to be under water.