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April 26, 2000
Yea gods, have I actually never written anything
yet here on the subject of pickup lines? Weird.
Anyway, here is the benefit of my extensive
research on the literature on this subject: "How To Pick Up Girls"
by Eric Weber (1970,
(1) The best "lines" are spontaneous revised '80), and
and are related to what's it's sequel (1979).
going on in the immediate situation.
One of my favorite
(2) But if you draw a complete blank on pieces of advice,
something to say, you will need to is the suggested
fall back on a canned, memorized line "Hey, do you
line. want a Qualude?"
(3) A good line does not sound like you're It's possible
trying to be clever, it doesn't even that these works
have to be creative. are somewhat dated.
The two most popular lines
are supposed to be:
"Can I buy you a drink?"
"Do you want to dance?"
The fact that they're well known
and familiar is what's good about them.
There's a great lack of
accepted courtship rituals
in American culture, and
you might as well use what
little exists.
(February 13, 2007)
But there's probably still
more to say than this...
many are trying to meet
people in loud night club
environments where it's
literally impossible to talk
to each other.
You only have two
choices: learn to
play charades, or
just go somewhere
else.
Actually, it might
be funny to try
passing written
notes.
And of course,
Kids These Days
probably send
text messages
back and forth
across the dance
floor.
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