Overheard in New York...WOFIGO edition

"They ask me, 'Are you pregnant?' and I answer, 'No, I have no eggs and he has no fish. We don't have ingredients."
- my cousin talking about humorously deflecting the pressure on newly-marrieds to procreate

"I mean, look at the US soldiers in Asia. They came. And then they left."
- an academic talking about the Ameriasian children born to US servicemen and local Asian women at the AAAS conference


"They're like wandering sheep. They're all over the place, stop and look at the sky, and need a shepherd."
- my other cousin talking about my dad and his brothers. The shepherd is my aunt.