# Stories of pick up lines working **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720 "2009-10-22T07:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**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 22, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/21 "2009-10-22T19:37:05Z")
That’s the big secret? Everybody uses that line. But if it’s been 95% successful, keep at it. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/22 "2009-10-22T21:41:58Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > That’s the big secret? Everybody uses that line. But if it’s been 95% successful, keep at it. 60% of the time it works every time. ---
**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 22, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/23 "2009-10-22T22:22:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > If I weren’t married they’d work on me _now_. > > The only problem is getting women to say them to me. What, having been on the History Channel doesn’t get you chicks? ---
**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 22, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/24 "2009-10-22T22:51:55Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I do have one that I use all the time (sorry, I’m not going to share it online) that’s most definitely a come-on. When it backfires it can be pretty bad, but it works about 95% of the time. The beauty of it is that it works best on really attractive women. I used it last week when I was out to dinner with **Robot Arm**. I used it and then said I had to leave. I would have stayed, but there was nowhere for me to sit and **Robot Arm** was halfway out the door. I left the poor girl with a look on her face that said “You’re leaving? This is the part where you sweep me off my feet!” So not only do I have no game, now I’m messin’ up yours too? I think I’ll go live in a cave. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/25 "2009-10-23T13:07:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > So not only do I have no game, now I’m messin’ up yours too? I think I’ll go live in a cave. 😛 No, you weren’t messing up my game at all. At first I thought I wouldn’t talk to her at all, but as we were leaving I realized I couldn’t get out of there without at least saying hi to her. I’m glad I did, but I wasn’t going to leave you hanging. What kind of friend would I be if I did? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/26 "2009-10-23T13:27:36Z")
> [@](#): > > What, having been on the History Channel doesn’t get you chicks? Being on The History Channel is not the Chick Magnet it’s made out to be. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/27 "2009-10-23T15:09:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Being on The History Channel is not the Chick Magnet it’s made out to be. You have to be mysterious. CalMeacham “You know of those cable channels, like the Spice or Playboy channel?” Chick you wish to Magnetize: “Why yes, yes I do.” CalMeacham: “Wanna know which one I was on and why?” Or “We could go make some history for a future episode.” And “I repeat, often.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/28 "2009-10-23T19:04:48Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Being on The History Channel is not the Chick Magnet it’s made out to be. True, but _banging_ on the History Channel is a whole other story. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/29 "2009-10-23T19:17:31Z")
I can’t believe I’m actually admitting this but here it goes: At a bar I once walked up to two women and said: “How would you girls like me to fuck you up the ass?” It didn’t happen that night but about two months later I wound up in the sack with one of those girls. Me being a deliberate asshole is what broke the ice leading to our friendship that eventually led to sexy time. ---
**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 23, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/30 "2009-10-23T22:24:16Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > 😛 > > No, you weren’t messing up my game at all. At first I thought I wouldn’t talk to her at all, but as we were leaving I realized I couldn’t get out of there without at least saying hi to her. > > I’m glad I did, but I wasn’t going to leave you hanging. What kind of friend would I be if I did? I would have totally understood. Or you could have waited for me to come back. She probably wasn’t there alone. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/31 "2009-10-23T22:32:34Z")
He was a librarian and when I saw his pic online I sent him an email saying, “you are so cute I’d like to check you out like a Harry Potter novel.” He pointed out that check outs only last 3 weeks and he was looking for something a little more long term. So I asked him on a date instead. Prior to the date, we flirted using the Dewey Decimal system. (If you were a book, I’d look for you in the 800s because you’re a work of art . . .) (before you ask, that was MY line). Our first date was 3 days later, lasted 23 hours, and involved a 12-pack of condoms. And yes, we are still together . . . ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/32 "2009-10-24T04:23:28Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I can’t believe I’m actually admitting this but here it goes: > > At a bar I once walked up to two women and said: “How would you girls like me to fuck you up the ass?” > > It didn’t happen that night but about two months later I wound up in the sack with one of those girls. Me being a deliberate asshole is what broke the ice leading to our friendship that eventually led to sexy time. That would totally work on me. Not that I would let some stranger who walked up to me in a bar fuck me up the ass…well, not then and there, anyway. But I would be more than willing to talk to any guy who had the cojones to walk up to me and say such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/33 "2009-10-24T08:11:58Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yeah, I almost regret posting that. > > It’s basically a variation on “I have to meet you because you’re really pretty.” Aw, I figured that was the trick. The only lines I’ve used successfully were designed to make the other person curious about what I was going to say. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/34 "2009-10-24T09:05:40Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > That would totally work on me. Not that I would let some stranger who walked up to me in a bar fuck me up the ass…well, not then and there, anyway. But I would be more than willing to talk to any guy who had the cojones to walk up to me and say such a thing. Can I be the first to ask for the name of your favorite bar? I’ll be the one with flowers for you, tulips. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/35 "2009-10-25T01:53:54Z")
> [@dba\_Fred](#): > > Can I be the first to ask for the name of your favorite bar? > I’ll be the one with flowers for you, tulips. > 😉😃 Dude. If some guy said that to me while holding a bunch of tulips (of all things), I’d just laugh at him. Guys who would go up to women in bars and ask them if they can fuck 'em in the ass would carry chrysanthemums stolen from the planters in front of the bar. (Or whatever the heck they put in planters in Arizona. Come to think of it, a guy who was carrying around a bunch of ocotillo would look totally badass.) ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/36 "2009-10-25T08:43:29Z")
Awww Big Red (memories of your photo), did you just _woosh_ me by pretending not to catch “tulips = two lips”? It’d be more phallic and in keeping with my intention if I presented a [saguaro cactus](http://greennature.com/gallery/cactus-pictures/saguaro.html) or an [organ pipe cactus](http://greennature.com/gallery/cactus-pictures/organ-pipe.html). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/37 "2009-10-25T13:09:17Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I would have totally understood. > > Or you could have waited for me to come back. She probably wasn’t there alone. She was indeed there with a cute friend. There was just nowhere to sit. Eh, so what? Next time I’ll stay in! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/38 "2009-10-25T14:46:10Z")
In college once, I found myself sitting at a long table next to a gorgeous girl who was there with a lot of her friends. It was crowded, we kept kind of bumping into each other, made eye contact a few times, smiled, etc… More than once I got all set to say something to introduce myself and (no shit) chickened out. I was literally speechless at how pretty she was. Finally, one time I turned towards my drink to grab it, and she took my hand, put her other hand behind my neck, pulled closer and gave me the nicest, softest, slowest kiss ever. Then she said: (more or less, it’s been 30 years) “Hi, I’m Lindsey. Last week I broke up with the only guy I’d dated since I was 14. He says I’m a controlling selfish bitch, and he’s probably right, I can be. I think it’s a man’s job to be the man, and mine to make him glad to be the man. It’s been 9 days since I’ve been laid, and I have to warn you, the very next time I get some it’s going to be all about making Lindsey happy **first** so if you think you want to make out, cop a feel get your rocks off and leave, you should find someone else tonight. On the other hand, if you can rock my world, then you’ll be the happiest man in town by morning.” I grabbed her, kissed her back and we spent the next 20 minutes snogging there before she dragged me to her place, where I made good on my end of the bargain, and she on hers. She was the first girl I was ever with that had a tattoo - a rose and her name right on her hip bone. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720/39 "2009-10-27T09:50:52Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I never met the guy, but I met some of his friends. > > Apparently his “line” is to smack women on the ass. Eight out of ten women hate it, but the other two out of ten are the types he likes anyway. > > I imagine he gets slapped a lot. Everybody knows somebody who knows this guy 😃 There’s an essence of truth to the cliché, though. Social constructs aside, plenty of girls like getting laid and are usually appreciative of a guy being honest about his intentions. Rather that than being a pussy about it, it’s usually pretty obvious anyway. My pick-up line? “Hi there!” Usually works pretty darn well. The trick is to use it on the first girl you see when you enter the room. If she doesn’t catch your eye, make her. Subjective opinions of “The Game” aside, the three second rule and peacocking are two essential nuggets from that book. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-pick-up-lines-working/514720.md?page=1)