I’ve been sitting here for the past 30 minutes trying to remember the last time I approached a woman using a pick up line. The concept seems so foreign to me at this stage of my life. Long gone are the wild college days where I’d seemingly bump into a new “most beautiful woman” every three days … I was a trip. Well, those days are behind me, so you can imagine that it caught me off guard to witness a friend walk up to a woman and say, “I can’t really tell if you’re beautiful because I can’t get past your eyes.”

My mouth dropped … and hers did too, followed by a gut-busting laugh shared with her girlfriends.

As he trudged back to our group attempting to downplay the embarrassment, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. But my pity soon turned to bewilderment after replaying the scene in my head. Are the days of simply walking up to a woman and introducing yourself long gone? Have those honest, personal moments been replaced by over-rehearsed, overused “ladies man” recitations?

Apparently so…

When I got home that night, I conducted an internet search and uncovered hundreds of websites dedicated to the art of the clever pick up line. (Go figure.) Ironically enough, I even ran across the one I heard earlier that night. While some of the ones that I read were admittedly funny, I just find it hard to believe that anyone over the age of 18 would actually use these.

I guess I was wrong.

In fact, here are five of the more popular pick up lines that I uncovered.

1. “Let’s play a game of love. If I win, you’re mine. Otherwise, I’m yours.”

2. “Do you have any raisins? No? How about a date?”

3. “If you were words on a page, you’d be what they call fine print.”

4. “Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?”

5. “I may not have gotten your virginity, but can I at least have the box it came in?”

Fly Question of the Day: Describe the wildest pickup line you’ve ever experienced that actually worked? (Either on the giving or receiving end.)