NEW YORK CITY PEDESTRIAN TIPS

- The city does not employ so-called "wallet inspectors."

- Remember: regular hot dogs do not have fingernails.

- Yelling at cabdrivers in English wastes your time and theirs.

- John Gotti always has the right of way.

- Avoid paperwork for your next of kin by keeping dental records on you.

- Don't lick food from a stranger's beard.

- It's bad manners to lie down inside someone else's chalk body outline

- Cabs driving on the sidewalk are not permitted to pick up passengers

- If you catch an exploding manhole cover, you can keep it.

- If it doesn't smell like chili, it probably isn't.