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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: SlowBoat407

Wow. Well, she didn't waste any of your time.


81 posted on 07/11/2006 1:12:37 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: The SISU kid

Ought to go over well in the South.


82 posted on 07/11/2006 1:13:15 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: new cruelty

I hope she is still laughing? I think that is really a funny story!


83 posted on 07/11/2006 1:13:39 PM PDT by twigs
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To: SlowBoat407
"You're too short for me".

That depends on where you look...

84 posted on 07/11/2006 1:14:36 PM PDT by null and void (islam: riding the piece train...)
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To: Just another Joe

Sounds to me like you got the wife you needed! :)


85 posted on 07/11/2006 1:14:44 PM PDT by twigs
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To: SlowBoat407
I tried the straightforward approach once: "Hi, you're very attractive, and I'd like to get to know you better." Her response: "You're too short for me".

"Not where it counts, babe."

86 posted on 07/11/2006 1:14:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: VRWCtaz

My daughter just started dating a young man who works for the local court. He has volunteered to teach her how to shoot. I remarked to her that he is very self-confident!


87 posted on 07/11/2006 1:16:44 PM PDT by twigs
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To: Paddlefish
As long as I got a face, you got...SMACK!!!
88 posted on 07/11/2006 1:17:31 PM PDT by uglybiker (Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; null and void

Sigh. The world over, men think the same.


89 posted on 07/11/2006 1:17:36 PM PDT by twigs
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To: Paddlefish
My fave is from Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights:

"Do you ride side saddle, or astride?"

90 posted on 07/11/2006 1:17:45 PM PDT by Clemenza (I don't want the world, I just want YOUR half!)
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To: Paddlefish

Do you have a mirror in your pocket?...

cuz I can see myself in your pants!!


91 posted on 07/11/2006 1:17:56 PM PDT by marine86297 (I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

LOL. I once dated a girl with multiple personalities but did not find out until well into our relationship. I only met two of her. I guess the others didn't want anything to do with me. : )


92 posted on 07/11/2006 1:18:28 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: twigs
I hope she is still laughing?

Nine years and two children later, yes, all of us laugh every day. Thank God.

93 posted on 07/11/2006 1:19:56 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: twigs

And your point is???


94 posted on 07/11/2006 1:20:38 PM PDT by null and void (islam: riding the piece train...)
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To: Paddlefish; humblegunner; Allegra; Flyer; Bacon Man; Hap

The least successful line ever used on me . . .

Back in the '80s, when I was all legs and hair and attitude, I was at Emo's, a popular scuzzy club in Houston. I was sitting on the (unused) outside bar, looking at the goldfish in the pond, and a little scrawny guy came up to me and asked, "Are you a guy?"

Mind you, I'm in full-bozo slut makeup and FMPs, and a little red dress so small my dad used to call it my belt. I said, "Why do you ask?"

Little scrawny guy says, "Well, you're sorta hot, and I was gonna talk to you, but if you're a guy I don't think I will."

So I dropped my (already low) voice into baritone and said, "Looks like this ain't your lucky day."


95 posted on 07/11/2006 1:21:07 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: twigs
23 years married, 25 years together.

I'd say you're right. :^))

96 posted on 07/11/2006 1:22:34 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Xenalyte

HAH. I remember Emo's (or club Some, depending on the time of day). I don't recall seeing anyone in full-bozo slut makeup, but then again, I don't recall much about that time or place.


97 posted on 07/11/2006 1:24:18 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: null and void

And they don't even realize it! :)


98 posted on 07/11/2006 1:24:39 PM PDT by twigs
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To: Just another Joe
OK, what do we need to review here? 80's?, OK nothing you can do about that. Phillipines? I think that's good, tho' I've never been there. My experiences in the Pacific have been very good tho'. DISCO!! Wrong in itself!! WITH YOUR WIFE!!! At a DISCO in the Phillipines WITH YOUR WIFE!!!! I'm sorry, these words don't even belong in the same sentence!!!! My God, what am I going to have to do to get these thoughts out of my head?? Ahhh, Raquel!!! Always clears the mind!!


99 posted on 07/11/2006 1:24:59 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: new cruelty

If I were searching for women, Emo's would not have been my first choice.

How about Fitzgerald's? The Abyss? Urban Art Bar?

Here's a blast from the past for you . . . I met my husband at Cardi's.


100 posted on 07/11/2006 1:25:49 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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