Single Friend Needs Help... with chat up lines

[BurpyErnie]

As he puts it he has "no idea what to say to women anymore". Any idea how to start up conversations without looking like a desperate loser. Any favorite chat up lines etc would be helpful

Where does he try his chat up lines.

Random person at bus stop or down the local pub.

He hasn't tried them out yet it's just at the planning process stage at the moment. I'm hoping to cheer him up with some crackers (lines that is). But it'll probably be the pub

IMO chat up lines are soooo obvious!! What is his general chat like???

IME no on likes a lunger!!

He's got a philosophy degree and likes bob dylan so they are pretty limited

TBH I was on the receiving end of a "line" the other night - I despaired!

The bloke said something along the lines of "where's your boyfriend - will he hit me" !!! and then followed it with "well, you ain't THAT bad looking" .. he didn't get my number!

I'd rather a simple "would you mind if I bought you a drink" or something like that.

Its not easy but he really has to try and be himself...women can see through corny chat up lines and he aint doing himself any favours if he tries to use them....if this kind of think does not come naturally to him then that will be obvious.

IMO he sounds like quite an educated, interesting guy and he also has to remember that sometimes opposites attract!

There is no right way to 'pull' a woman but being sensitive, polite and kind go a long way......pubs are full of overly-confident twats....he wants to separate himslef from those types and be himself!

He'll have no problems being himself it's just the initial ice breaker which is problematic

he should definitely avoid anything cheesy!! i have heard a few stinkers which totally put me right off the man in question!!
"did you hurt yourself when you fell from heaven??", "do your feet hurt?? cos you have been running through my mind all night", "your dress is nice but it would look better on my bedroom floor" to name but a few. he should avoid chat up lines and just pick a lady he likes and ask her if she would like a drink or suchlike. he sounds like an interesting person so would prob shoot himself in the foot with a chat up line anyway
xx ei xx

Initial ice-breaker....

1 Make eye contact
2 Make more eye contact
3 Smile
4 More smiling
5 Offer to buy them a drink
6 If they say yes, introduce himself...and take it from there really!

telling someone bluntly and honestlt that X feature of hers is incredibly beautiful is usually a winner.

A bloke approached me in a club a few years ago, and told me I had the most beautiful hair he had seen all night, and that he rarely sees curls an women these days. he (apparently) worked in the lighting industry, and curls are going to make a come back soon.

and that was about 3 years ago and I have never forgotten it.

He would do well to approach a woman on her own at the bar ... or strategically placing himself near the ladies loos!

And look at her EYES

Her EYES. Not her tits.

Next to the loo! Good tip! Like it

Can't you do a blind date thing,you know you invite him for dinner and then oh look who is here too.

Definately not 'Is that a ladder in your stocking or a stairway to heaven'

I suggested speed dating and another friend said try the lonely hearts pages. He nearly passed out at the thought of speed dating

Can he take a female friend as a wingman? I used to do this for my male mates, and by the end of the night, would be standing in the middle of a club on my own. Makes other women feel more comfortable.

Sorry to sound stupid but what's a wingman? Is it female moral support?