# I think I got the strangest "pick-up" line EVER this weekend ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482 "2009-10-20T15:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/41 "2009-10-20T20:51:41Z")
You can’t tell I’m mean by looking at me. And people almost never guess my age correctly, so Ha! You can’t win! \ Stupid quick reply window, and people replying more quickly than I do. Feh, I’m not sure why I’m editing this. It’s clear who I’m talking to. Maybe I just like typing in the tiny box. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/42 "2009-10-20T20:55:11Z")
> [@schnuckiputzi](#): > > Ditto – who else immediately flashed to JAMIE IN A KILT!!!😉 Exactly…throw in a Scottish accent and I will be yours to do with as you will. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/43 "2009-10-20T21:34:31Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I think the weirdest pick up line I ever got was, “Damn girl, I could carry your ass around in a bucket!” > > 😕 > > Needless to say my ass and I stayed bucket free and well away from that weirdo. Huge bonus points if he had a bucket when he said it. God, that out and out slayed me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/44 "2009-10-20T21:46:30Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I think the weirdest pick up line I ever got was, “Damn girl, I could carry your ass around in a bucket!” > > 😕 > > Needless to say my ass and I stayed bucket free and well away from that weirdo. Did you walk away quickly? Perhaps he was starting a limerick. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/45 "2009-10-20T21:56:33Z")
Y’know, other than having a pretty big beer belly (oh, 50 pounds worth?), he wasn’t bad looking. And it wasn’t an SCA event, just an annual fall party. It was just an odd thing to hear. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/46 "2009-10-20T22:48:47Z")
> [@Chopper9760](#): > > Huge bonus points if he had a bucket when he said it. God, that out and out slayed me. No, he had no bucket. I just didn’t even get what was supposed to be sexy about that image. Like, did he want to surgically remove my ass and carry it around with him? Did he want to stick me in a bucket ass end up? Did he think he would be able to rub my ass and have it grant him wishes? Men can be really weird. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Did you walk away quickly? Perhaps he was starting a limerick. I hadn’t thought about that! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/47 "2009-10-21T00:09:24Z")
Tdn, I hope you are prone to hyperbole. Sometimes flirting at the supermarket works, but it isn’t a meat market. It _sounds_ like you do it everytime you’re there, sometimes several times per visit which would be disturbing. As for the OP, a tall guy in a kilt? That is cool despite the odd pickup line. Did you allow yourself to be worshipped? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/48 "2009-10-21T00:15:15Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > Sometimes flirting at the supermarket works, but it isn’t a meat market. Well, it sort of is, actually. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/49 "2009-10-21T00:28:49Z")
Damn Robot Arm you just made me snort my beer a bit laughing. Bad choice of words, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/50 "2009-10-21T00:29:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Did you walk away quickly? Perhaps he was starting a limerick. It has about five syllables too many to be the first line of a limerick. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/51 "2009-10-21T00:33:21Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > It has about five syllables too many to be the first line of a limerick. Yeah, but the rhyme scheme is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/52 "2009-10-21T00:33:50Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > Tdn, I hope you are prone to hyperbole. Sometimes flirting at the supermarket works, but it isn’t a meat market. It _sounds_ like you do it everytime you’re there, sometimes several times per visit which would be disturbing. Hmm… First of all, I’ve done it twice, total, and in one case I kind of already knew the woman. Secondly, I go there to pick up groceries, not women. It’s not like I loiter in the aisles. Thirdly, if I see someone I think is attractive, I don’t see anything wrong with putting a smile on her face. And fourthly… Yeah, meat market. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/53 "2009-10-21T00:40:16Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > Damn Robot Arm you just made me snort my beer a bit laughing. How you doin’? I’m just having way too much fun in this thread, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/54 "2009-10-21T00:41:10Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > When I wear glasses, I frequently get “I’ll bet you’re very pretty without your glasses.” That is not a compliment, morons! Please stop telling me this when you’re attempting to pick up on me. “Yes, but then I can’t see myself” A guy was pestering one of my friends some years ago, she was not enthused by his attention, and she’s too nice a girl to tell guys to bugger off. Lucky for her she had me with her that night, the fierce guardian of her friends: “Hey, did you know you have about 10 seconds to make a good first impression on a woman? Your 10 seconds are waaay over.” It was hilarious at the time. ---
**Author:** ![silvermist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvermist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silvermist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/55 "2009-10-21T03:23:28Z")
There used to be a number you could dial and then hang up, which would make your phone ring. It was used to check to see if the line was working properly. I had forgotten what the number was and one day at work, there was a telephone man fixing the lines. I asked him if he could tell me how to make my phone ring at home and he whipped out a pad and pencil and said, “Sure babe, what’s your number?” ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/56 "2009-10-21T03:51:16Z")
My friend’s favorite weird pickup line was “Hey, I’m a gymnast. You gotta come home with me. I could do a backflip into your vagina.” ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/57 "2009-10-21T06:42:51Z")
My ex was always a fan of “nice shoes, want to fuck?” and apparently it worked on her on one occasion. Never worked for me, of course. I don’t really have a pickup line. I should work on that. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/58 "2009-10-21T08:24:33Z")
> [@schnuckiputzi](#): > > Ditto – who else immediately flashed to JAMIE IN A KILT!!!😉 I did. But only because I’m cramming through A Breath of Snow and Ashes before Echo In the Bone gets here! And because I wish I could be a 6’ tall Viking ginger with a kilt. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/59 "2009-10-21T15:57:57Z")
Could I just share some snappy comebacks to lame pick-up lines here? These are courtesy of Click and Clack, the Car Talk guys. “Haven’t I seen you someplace before?” “Yeah, that’s why I never go there any more.” “Is this seat empty?” “Yes, and if you sit in it, this one will be empty too.” “Your place or mine?” “Both. You go to your place, I’ll go to mine.” “I would go to the ends of the earth for you.” “But would you stay there?” (End of hijack) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482/60 "2009-10-21T21:01:48Z")
Sadly, the beauties you’d crawl across broken glass for are not the ones who are impressed by that sort of thing. Maybe the guy who “could carry your ass around in a bucket” was trying for a picturesque way to say you’re slim. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-the-strangest-pick-up-line-ever-this-weekend/514482.md?page=4)