Sunday 22 February 2009

Chat Me Up


If you are a female reader, please let me know what you think of the following chat up line. If you are a male reader you will almost certainly require your vomit bucket.

Hi beautiful. Do you have a license for those eyes?

When I was a young man (I’m talking eighteen to twenty two), I was on the prowl for a girlfriend. With my hormones rampaging through my body I was desperate, absolutely desperate, to succeed with a woman – any woman at almost any cost. And I would go to extraordinary lengths to get a date or a snog (even a peck on the cheek would have done). I used to look at myself in the mirror and see a shining Adonis staring back at me. I mean, what was there not to like? I was relatively tall; I was normal; I had blond hair (styled for once); I was intelligent; I was funny; I was handsome.

Sadly, my hormones lied to me. In reality I was a gawky, spotty, bespectacled arse with bad hair and the dress sense of a blind gorilla. Most girls would (and did) run away.

As I marched through the pubs and clubs of Liverpool I looked at every woman who dared to look back at me and smiled my greatest smile. My eyes told these ladies “Hey Baby! Today is your lucky day. Not only am I THE most attractive man in this dump, I’m also AVAILABLE!”

It didn’t work. It never worked. I didn’t understand why. I wanted the most attractive women in Liverpool. No – that’s incorrect. I wanted the most attractive women in the world.

But I was useless.

In the end, I sought advice from a friend who seemed have hypnotic control over women. He could walk into a club and chat to a woman and within about fifteen minutes they were smooching on the dance floor. How did he do it?

Well he had one advantage over me; he really was good looking. I was a spotty little pillock. His advice was:

“What you need to do is make them laugh. The best way to do this is to break the ice with a chat up line. When you’ve done that, they are like putty in your hands.”

The chat up line he mentioned above was one he used. I watched him – it worked. Another one was:

Have you got any smelling salts? You’re making me swoon.

The best one I heard him use went something like this:

Him: Hello! My name’s Judith! What’s yours?

Girl: Judith????

Girl laughs out loud. He puts on his saddest face.

Him: Please don’t laugh. My mum likes the name Judith. It’s Biblical.

Girl: I’m sorry. Is your name really Judith?

Him: Yes. Can I buy you a drink?

Girl: Yes

And off he went. I tried this approach. The conversation went something like this:

PM: Hello! My name’s Judith. What’s yours?

Girl: PISS OFF!!!!!

In the end I never succeeded in chatting up a woman. Ultimately the women in my life have chased and caught me instead. I wondered why I bothered humiliating myself. So now I wonder, would a corny chat up line work?

Here are some of the best that I have stolen from the internet. Guys – get those buckets ready:

If being sexy was a crime, you’d be put away for life.

Do you have a plaster? I’ve cut my knees falling for you.

Do you have a map? I’m lost in your eyes.

I’ve lost my phone number. Can I borrow yours?

I think the alphabet’s in the wrong order. For a start, U and I should be together.

Excuse me, do you mind if I stare at you for a minute? I want to remember your face in my dreams.

Can I borrow 10p? I want to phone up my mum and tell her I’ve just met the girl of my dreams.

Are you OK? I’m sure it hurt when you fell from heaven.

There’s something wrong with my eyes. I can’t take them off you.

What’s your star sign?

Hi. You don’t know me but I dreamt about you last night and thought it only fair to introduce myself.

Can I have my heart back please?

If you walk away now, I’ll die with a broken heart.

Would you touch me so I can tell my friends I’ve been touched by an angel?

I bet you're tired of hearing pickup lines, when words can't be compared or express the true nature of your beauty.

Believe it or not, I have actually been chatted up a couple of times. What do you mean “LIAR?” It’s true, I swear. Here are a couple of lines used on me:

I’ve been watching you. You’ve been standing there for ages and nobody’s chatted you up yet. Mind if I try?

Can I have a dance? Please don’t say no. I’d be devastated.

Please feel free to let me know your favourite chat up lines.

All this stuff is in the past for me thankfully and, to be honest, the thought of playing the field after such a long time fills me with absolute terror. I wouldn’t know where to start.

Nothing’s changed there then!!

10 comments:

Unknown said...

thanks for sharing those pick up lines.

but if it is translated to my language, it'll be pretty strange.

mind if i share this too in my blog?

anyway, my fav :

"Hi. You don’t know me but I dreamt about you last night and thought it only fair to introduce myself."

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Magma3637,

Thanks for the comment. What's your language? I would imagine that they may not translate too well in most others.

Cheers

PM

Anonymous said...

Great that I never met a man in my life who used pick-up lines on me. Well, I guess , I'm like you ...only a female version....in the Philippines , people there think I'm ugly or I look ugly there. So nobody used pick-up lines on me. So I never bothered to even think I would have a real boyfriend. But when I had one, I think he did not like what I look.
Hehehehe....but here in America, people think it's the opposite and now I have a new and better self-image.
By the way, do monkeys have dress sense?

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Bingkee,

Some people have said in the past that monkeys have a better dress sense than I do. Thankfully Mrs PM has sorted me out in that department.

:-)

Cheers

PM

Anonymous said...

Hi PM.

I have to go with your summation...all is in the past (thank goodness). I think most lines sound a little oily, but I kinda like "I've lost my phone number..." Simple and to the point. You know, I don't think a line was ever used on me... :o(

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Holly,

It happened to me late in life; the first time I actually laughed and said "Are you serious?, before letting her down gently.

I wouldn't worry about those lines not being used on you. Guys who use those lines are usually arses - I know I have used a couple in my youth but in my defence I was really WAS an arse (and I was drunk too - Dutch courage you see). In fact, the pick up line probably came out as a slurred mess of words anyway.

:-)

Cheers

PM

Anonymous said...

You could not pull a rotten tooth out of a dead horse’s mouth with this one:

"I’m not trying to chat you up, but you’re gorgeous!"

Ring any bells…?

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hello "Mr Cole"

Yes - it does ring a bell. In my defence, I was a little drunk and it was a few years ago now and it was meant has a complement rather than a chat up line.

I seem to recall a rather inebriated friend of mine who was actually in a worse state on that very same outing. His wife came to pick him up and he was actually unable to open the car door and climb in. One day I may post about his other exploits ...

;-)

Cheers

PM

H2B said...

The most memorable one I received was on the subway,"do you believe in Love at first sight?".

In the pub it was always,"Do I know you? can I buy you a drink?" Or "you have a nice smile".

The most direct one was,"you have lovely lips. Can I kiss you?"


Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi H2B,

All of those would have worked on me.

:0)

Cheers

PM