The Origins

When I was in college, my roommates and I got tired of looking at the bare cinder block walls of our apartment.

So, we started writing down and hanging up all the cheesy pick-up lines we knew or had heard. Our friends and visitors contributed their own cheesy pick-up lines to the wall.

Pretty soon, our Pick-up Line Wall of Shame became something of a miniature tourist attraction in our apartment building.

As I was going through my quote file the other day—looking for something else entirely—I came across a rubber-banded bundle of paper that was the remains of the long-since dismantled wall of pick-up lines.

Because reading them made me laugh, I here present choice selections from the Pick-up Line Wall of Shame, circa 2003.

The Pickings

Is there an airport nearby or is that just my heart taking off?

I didn’t see any stars in the sky tonight; the most heavenly body was sitting right next to me.

Is your last name Campbell? Because you’re “Mm, mm, good!”

Has anyone ever told you that the configuration and juxtaposition of your features is extremely apposite? Furthermore, I love the way the light shines off your forehead.

~Red Dwarf

Good evening. May a thorn sit down amongst the roses?

“Please, consider me an alternative to suicide.”

~The Princess Bride