Pick-up lines

What’s hot and what’s not

Gisle Østereng3 May 2005

Desired outcome of this conversation

• Provide you all with a snapshot of the present situation

• Give a detailed flirting bio of me• End on time

• ...so that we can have an even more livelier networking session afterwards

Our playground

• Want to come see my HARD DRIVE? I promise it isn't 3.5 inches and it ain't floppy

• So, you're a girl huh?

Our playground (II)

• Do you have a boyfriend? [No] Want one? [Yes] Well, when you want a MANfriend, come and talk to me

• Pardon me miss, I seem to have lost my phone number, could I borrow yours?

The basics

• Gisle• No girl in kindergarten• Fell in ”love” three x

at secondary school• Various disasters at

high school• Trondheim has always

been a challenge

The basics (II)

• Finally success in:• Valencia• Oslo• California

• Never in Trondheim

The intention

• Finding someone to share living expenses with

• However: that’s not the way things are

Lesson I

• Carefully consider the setting• It’s not like in the comics...• ...but some of the puls might work

Comics

• Am I dead, Angel? Cause this must be heaven!

• And how are you doing... (not a question)

• Where have I seen you before?

• Were you arrested earlier? It's gotta be illegal to look that good.

Lesson II

• From movies: great! At least, they work on TV

• From business: Yeah, right... Ok when you do the blondes.

• From me: wait and see... Examples will come

Movies

• Do you know what'd look good on you? Me.

• Your Daddy must have been a Baker, cos you got the nicest set of buns I've ever saw.

• I'm good at math, U+I=69

• Please help the homeless. Take me home with you...

Tips 1

• Ikke vær edru når du prøver ”movies” PULs

Business

• I've just moved you to the top of my 'to do' list.

• Apart from being sexy, what do you do for a living?

• Be unique and different, just say yes

Others

• Do you think I could borrow that dress sometime?

• Hi, will you help me find my lost puppy? I think he went into this cheap hotel room across the street.

• Got two nipples for a dime?

• Damn, if being sexy was a crime, you'd be guilty as charged!

Others (II)

• Your Daddy must play the trumpet, cos he sure made me horny!

• Why don't you come over here, sit on my lap and we'll talk about the first thing that pops up?

• Do I know you from somewhere, because I don't recognize you with your clothes on?

• You've made me so nervous that I've totally forgotten forgotten my standard pick-up line.

Others (III)

• Excuse me, I just noticed you noticing me and I just wanted to give you notice that I noticed you too.

• Was your Father a mechanic? Then how did you get such a finely tuned body?

• You are like a candy bar: half sweet and half nuts.

• That's a nice shirt. Can I talk you out of it?

But...

• These were all sexish• Believe it or not,

• I am not like that• Don’t focus on sex before it’s time to

do so• Sometimes on the first date....• ...more often on the 7th

Me

• Use ”funny” ways of approaching them• Even girls working in the bar • Girls sitting close to your table• Friends of friends are tricky, though

Me again

• Don’t try to be anyone else• Been there, done that, might do it again

• Most important thing: have a good time – SHE is supposed to have a good time as well

• Don’t fart – don’t be silent – don’t be afraid – blushing is ok, focus on her eyes, make her smile

Disasters

• I admire you, but I can’t tell you who I am....

• I have to sit with you beside the window, because I love sitting beside the window, and by the way I have always done so, and... Blablabla. Why not: ”Can we sit together?” (timing is important)

In the worst cases...

• You need a value proposition• Correct proportions (your body)• Huge lots of money• Tall and dark, or blond?• Excercizes• You’ll have to pretend that you’re a

VIP (horrible)

My own situation right now??

• You’ll never get any comment on this

Good luck!!!

See you out there, competitors!