# Pickup lines that worked for you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642 "2007-08-31T17:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/21 "2007-09-18T20:17:46Z")
The one that worked for me was: “Nice hat!!” To a lady wearing a very nice black hat, and a VERY lowcut top. I wasn’t paying much attention to the hat… and she could tell… I married her 3 years later! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/22 "2007-09-18T20:43:02Z")
I saw a cute guy making eyes at me at a club so I went up and asked him to dance. He replied: ‘I’ve been wanting to ask you to dance all night but I was afraid to because you’re so beautiful’ We dated until I moved away. What can I say, it was a good line. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/23 "2007-09-18T20:45:29Z")
All time worst pickup line that worked: “Hey, we’re going upstairs to hook up now”…no, not even phrased as a question (In my defense it was sort of understood that we liked each other, and the party was boring) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/24 "2007-09-18T21:38:38Z")
What’s up? Do you want to come back to my dorm room and see my collection of imported beer? (unfortunately for the girl it was some shit Canadian equivalent of Schlitz) Do you want the tour of the fraternity house? Of course the greatest pickup line I ever heard was: [“Who Wants To Sex Mutombo?”](http://aofg.blogs.com/the_airing_of_grievances/2005/04/whowantstosexmu.html) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/25 "2007-09-18T21:48:33Z")
Here’s one I sprung last week on a girl I talked to briefly at a bar. 1cS: **looks furtively from side to side, lowers voice** Hey, who do I have to kill in here to get your number? Girl: **grins** Oh, there are a few people I could think of, but they aren’t here. 1cS: OK, clearly what you need to do is give me the digits and take a raincheck on the murder. Girl: OK. 🙂 We’re going out tonight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/26 "2007-09-18T22:00:30Z")
[QUOTE=cowgirl] No, the relationship didn’t work out. Surprising, I know. [/QUOTE] Well, if relationships based on The Simpsons can’t work out, then I have lost all faith in mankind. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/27 "2007-09-18T22:08:46Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Here’s one I sprung last week on a girl I talked to briefly at a bar. 1cS: **looks furtively from side to side, lowers voice** Hey, who do I have to kill in here to get your number? Girl: **grins** Oh, there are a few people I could think of, but they aren’t here. 1cS: OK, clearly what you need to do is give me the digits and take a raincheck on the murder. Girl: OK. 🙂 We’re going out tonight. 😃 [/QUOTE] hah, a chick that can take a joke like that may well be a keeper ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/28 "2007-09-18T22:16:40Z")
“Hello. I’m incredibly wealthy…” Yeah, I know. It was Les Nessman but it’s a great line ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_McGinty\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Linty\_McGinty\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_McGinty_McGee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/29 "2007-09-18T23:10:07Z")
“Damn, the band went on break just when I got here. Were they any good?” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/30 "2007-09-18T23:15:03Z")
I can’t think of any pick up lines I’ve ever used. I probably have but, well I’m a chick so I usually just work by sitting in the corner in something lowcut. But my favourite is from my SO online, who sent me a message from the online board I posted to that while he was 3500 miles away, talked about the fact that he noted my location and said he had been there, even into my place of employment and ended with “I never knew you were so close.” I melted. We talked online every night, talked on the phone for 12 hours the first time. He flew the 3500 miles and drove some more just to see me, we lived together for a year. We’re 3500 miles away again but we’re still…so close. ---
**Author:** ![poetwarlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@poetwarlord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poetwarlord)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/31 "2007-09-18T23:23:27Z")
Here are some lines that at least lead to conversations: “Hi, I’m \_\_\_\_\_\_(insert name). You’re a really good dancer.” This only works if the person was dancing. Friends have used the following lines: “Hi, do you want an American boyfriend?” This only works if you are in another country. When a woman fans herself because it’s warm, the guy says, “I often have that effect on woman.” This approach I saw on a TV show hosted by Louis Th\_\_\_\_ that was very effective: Approach a woman while reading a magazine or book with interesting pictures, and ask the woman what she thinks of a picture. Then compliment her on her energy or some other intangible quality. Then the smartest move of all is when the guy says, “I really would like to talk with you some more, how can I see you again?” This way the woman doesn’t feel threatened and gets to choose the way she is contacted. I saw a guy on TV pick up three women in this manner on the streets of LA. This I wouldn’t suggest but I heard it during a poetry reading: Today’s my birthday. Show me your t\*ts. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/32 "2007-09-19T00:18:59Z")
As I was saying goodbye leaving a party, a girl I’d been talking to earlier gave me a hug and said, “You’re almost too tall to hug.” Me, being drunk and horny, responded with, “Perhaps. But am I too tall to kiss?” She says, “Perhaps. Lets go find out.” We never ended up dating, due to distance issues (and suspended driver license issues), but are still pretty good friends. I have hope that one day Zaphod’s line of “Hey baby, I’m from a different planet. Wanna see my spaceship?” will work, but no luck yet. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/33 "2007-09-19T01:19:04Z")
“Excuse me, you seem to have something in your eye…oh, I see, it’s a sparkle.” ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/34 "2007-09-19T01:26:51Z")
“Do you take MasterCard?” ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/35 "2007-09-19T02:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Obviously you have never been hit on by an ugly fat chick. [/QUOTE] Would you like to bet on that? **OneCent**! That is cool! Congratulations! But what if she had pointed someone out? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/36 "2007-09-19T03:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] **OneCent**! That is cool! Congratulations! But what if she had pointed someone out? :eek: [/QUOTE] I dunno…she was pretty hot. I think I could at least have laid a good beating on someone for her. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/37 "2007-09-19T03:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Obviously you have never been hit on by an ugly fat chick. [/QUOTE] Yeah, they’re not worth dating. You know, because they aren’t real people. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/38 "2007-09-19T03:49:15Z")
car troubles? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/39 "2007-09-19T04:53:06Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] “Hey, You, Come here.” I’m a girl. Pretty much that makes it easier. [/QUOTE] I’ve falled for that line before! > [@OneCent](#): > > I dunno…she was pretty hot. I think I could at least have laid a good beating on someone for her. Please tell me that you didn’t use the past tense to describe her. Your date is tonight, right? Didn’t go well? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642/40 "2007-09-19T19:50:27Z")
[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké] Yeah, they’re not worth dating. You know, because they aren’t real people. [/QUOTE] What does being a “real person” have to do with wanting to date someone? My (admitedly exaggerated) point is that women don’t unilaterally decide when dating happens. I know plenty of women (even attractive ones) who wanted to get with a guy who turned them down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-lines-that-worked-for-you/417642.md?page=3)