How to pick up strangers. Your best advice?

[HEyHEY]

For me the only thing I've always discovered that will gain affections is to smile when you first meet someone. Other than that, I have no idea.

[SPKrazy]

1. Smile

say something interesting about your situation and what's going on

then proceed with enthusiasm, but aloofness so as not to seem overeager

:rofl:

[HEyHEY]

3. "I'm a broke journalist, and my GF and I just split"

"It rocks!" But try to avoid crying?

[BarenakedLady]

2. Hello there

I am a stranger. You do not know me. You wanna pick me up? :evilgrin:

You need to leer and drool and lick your lips alot while rubbing your hands together. That always does it for me. :rofl:

[HEyHEY]

4. Or, pinch that behind!

[BarenakedLady]

5. Yeah baby!

Yeah...

[Deja Q]

7. Pinchie pinchie oo!

:D

[BarenakedLady]

9. Oh behave....

[Deja Q]

6. Do a lot of weight lifting and shed extra pounds.

Hernias are no fun.

[S n o w b a l l]

8. Get em drunk...

That usually works.

[Crazy Dave]

10. Use your knees instead of your back....

...to do the lifting.

[crim son]

11. The smile is everything.

One thing I dislike, believe it or not, is hearing, "You're hot" or something like that. If a girl is "hot" she doesn't need to hear it again. Something more original and more personal always gets my attention. I spoke to a cutie last night and he didn't say a thing about my looks. He said, "You're smart" and I liked him for it. He left the place where I was but returned in half an hour, walked up to me and said, "I had to come back to see if you really are a Democrat." Lol. If I were truly looking he would have had me right there.

[WestHoustonDem]

13. Send him my way crim son!

sounds like a great guy!

[crim son]

14. He was, and good-looking too.

Next time I see him I'll tell him about you! :hi:

[WestHoustonDem]

19. LOL Thanks! I need all the help I can get

:pals:

I thought I really hit it off with a guy last weekend, but he never did call. That's why I don't put myself out there very often. It starts out good for the ego and goes downhill from there.

[crim son]

21. That happens to me and I do not let it get to me.

I meet great guys all the time but I can't bring myself to follow through on anybody. It doesn't mean they aren't funny, interesting etc. It means I'm not ready to find me a new man yet. The old one crushed my heart irreparably.

[SPKrazy]

15. You Democrat!

that gets you huh?

note to self

[crim son]

20. It was just a line

but I liked it so much I let him have a drink from my personal flask and then told him I wasn't interested. He had a lovely mouth!

[SPKrazy]

24. I Have No Lines

I'm just me

I am full of useless information that I share with people sometimes

I also have no life

:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

12. Pick a small one and lift with your legs. nt

[BlueJazz]

16. Knowing the type of Men on the DU....Just be yourself.

(Hey...I mean that in a good way....)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. In my experience a large, sturdy net works best.

And I think that's the only thing that would work for me any more. :(

[dorktv]

18. Forklifts work.

I have yet to be picked up ever by anyone at any place.

[S n o w b a l l]

23. Well that's why I said get em drunk

Picked up to me means taking them home that night.

[dorktv]

25. Which is why one has a forklift...most people would not jump off of one of those.

[wildhorses]

22. how YOU doin'?--always seem to work for joey

:shrug:

[Generic Brad]

26. Grab them under the arms from behind and lift

If you are worried about hurting your back, I suggest luring them onto a pallet and raising them with a forklift.

[driver8]

27. Ten or twelve drinks ought to do it.

If that doesn't work, try the "smile approach."

[leftofthedial]

28. be sure and lift with your legs

don't want a strained back