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Top 10 pick-up lines? Don't get too excited. (just trying to help us singles)
Reuters ^ | 7/11/06

Posted on 07/11/2006 12:35:15 PM PDT by Paddlefish

Was your father a thief? Because he stole the stars from the sky and put them in your eyes.

Equipped with that pick-up line, you can be certain to score in the universal language of love. So say the authors of a new top 10 list of pick-up lines which have been translated from English into Czech, French, Italian, Spanish and German by the publishers Chambers.

Taking inspiration from its new range of pocket-sized phrasebooks, Chambers compiled its own list of the definitive top 10 pick-up lines.

The UK publisher picked the lines from the assorted phrase books and compiled their own light-hearted list, to assist vacationers heading out to European destinations this summer.

Anna Stevenson, from Chambers Harrap, said "The French and Italians are especially renowned for their romantic ways but it seems that chat-up lines are the same no matter what language you are speaking."

"Our chat-up lines show budding English- speaking Romeos how to impress the girl of their dreams whatever country she is from, but it also allows British women to wise up to the charms and cheeky ways of foreign suitors," said Stevenson.

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Have you tried the toxic martini? It stuned my beeber.

41 posted on 07/11/2006 12:49:47 PM PDT by evets (huh?)
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To: Just another Joe

Let's hear it.


42 posted on 07/11/2006 12:49:50 PM PDT by Paddlefish ("Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!")
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To: Paddlefish
"I see you're drinking one percent. Is that because you think you're fat?"

-Napoleon Dynamite
43 posted on 07/11/2006 12:50:11 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Man was made in the image of God, not pond scum)
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To: Paddlefish

"Wait here. I'll bring down the etchings" (Thank you, James Thurber)


44 posted on 07/11/2006 12:50:39 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
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To: Paddlefish

"There's something I'd like to get perfectly straight between you and me..."


45 posted on 07/11/2006 12:50:54 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: Paddlefish

The line that entrapped the love of my life (who is now my wife) was when I first met her. We were having dinner with mutual friends. I sat across from her. As she was about to order, I ripped a menu from her hands and snapped at the waiter "SHE'LL HAVE THE SOUP!".


46 posted on 07/11/2006 12:50:58 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: twigs

I'm not usually that unkind, but this man was really bothering me. I'm middle-aged now and watching my daughter go through all this. I don't envy her--at least that part of youth.


47 posted on 07/11/2006 12:51:40 PM PDT by twigs
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To: Paddlefish

The favorite internet chatroom pick-up line: "What are you wearing?"


48 posted on 07/11/2006 12:52:33 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: Paddlefish

"I'm glad I brought my library card, because I'm checking you out."


49 posted on 07/11/2006 12:52:42 PM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: new cruelty

You must have been/are great looking or had a great twinkle in your eye. Do you still order for her? Or order her? :)


50 posted on 07/11/2006 12:53:16 PM PDT by twigs
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To: Paddlefish

"All twelve of my personalities agree -- You're a babe!"


51 posted on 07/11/2006 12:53:34 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Liberalism's main product is Destruction and Death.)
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To: Paddlefish

"It's only a coldsore."


52 posted on 07/11/2006 12:53:40 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: Lazamataz

That almost sounds like that story about an old lady, a biker, a bucket, a chicken and an anvil...


53 posted on 07/11/2006 12:53:49 PM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: Paddlefish

Galen: "Every technomage knows the fourteen words that will make someone fall in love with you forever, but she only needed one."

Gideon: "What word?"

Galen: "Hello."


54 posted on 07/11/2006 12:54:15 PM PDT by orionblamblam (I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)
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To: pabianice; Paddlefish
"Your outfit is beautiful. Do you know what would look best on you? Me!"

I've heard this variation: "That blouse doesn't do you justice. You know what would look good on you? Me!" I laughed, but I didn't take the giver of that compliment too seriously, haha. In reference to blouse or dress, I've also heard the 'it would look better crumpled on the floor by my bed' variation. My usual response was an eyeroll and head shake (no).

55 posted on 07/11/2006 12:54:34 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: orionblamblam

You had me at "technomage".


56 posted on 07/11/2006 12:55:05 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
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To: Paddlefish; Slings and Arrows; rzeznikj at stout

This one works:

"There is a nice wall on the back of this building.. wanna try it out?"


57 posted on 07/11/2006 12:55:30 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Lazamataz
Ah, those were the days.

It puts the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever its told.

58 posted on 07/11/2006 12:56:08 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Kenny Bunkport
"It's only a coldsore."

very nice!!!!!

59 posted on 07/11/2006 12:56:19 PM PDT by Paddlefish ("Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!")
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To: fortunecookie

I was never good at the pickup lines. I'm just glad I met my wife at work, because I was lousy at the party/bar scene.


60 posted on 07/11/2006 12:56:48 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
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