A couple of years ago, when I was kinda desperate, I first started to look up things in relation to pick-up on the internet. What quickly struck me was that the purpose of the majority of advise and pick-up lines given seemed to be to creep girls out outright.

To this day, I still think that the majority of pick-up artists are just a bunch of creeps, especially those who are into NLP. This doesn't mean, however, that there's nothing to learn from the pick-up community. Some important things I learned are, e.g., that it is important to quickly establish a physical connection and that you should often just dive in and not be afraid to be blunt. In my opinion, what pick-up really is about is about understanding women and treating them with respect.

I play ice hockey and I cycle 4 or 5 times a week with my bag with goalie gear to the ice rink. The bag is really large and there are often older white men (50/60 yo speedskaters) who think it is quite a sight and try to make a witty comment on my bag. Trying to make some small talk, their intentions are good, but the problem, however, is that I've heard it all before and, frankly, it bores the shit out of me. "Are you camping?", "Is that your house?", "Don't you think it's a better idea to put your bicycle in your bag instead?", "Is there a body in there?", etc, so I give them an angry face and a snide remark and continue my way.

This is how I imagine an attractive girl must feel when you walk up to her in the bar and say something funny about how good she looks. You may think you're original, but fact is that she's probably heard anything similar tens of times.

During daytime it maybe somewhat different, because she won't expect to be hit on and she may actually appreciate your bluntness, but when you go clubbing, it's a big no-no.

If you're in a bar and actually managed to open her up and have gotten some conversation going, it probably is a very good idea to give her a general compliment on her looks, as long as it is not too specific.

So, in summary, in addition to being original, having a certain degree of bluntness and being engaging, important things you should avoid in a pick-up line are complimenting on her appearance, boring the shit out of her, and creeping her out. The worst pick-up line in my opinion is: "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?" It ignores almost all the rules for a good pick-up line. 1) It's not original (everybody knows it); 2) It's not engaging (what you're going to say after she says "No"?); 3) You're complimenting her on her appearance; 4) It's very boring because of 1 and 3; 4) because of 1 to 4, you creep the shit out of her.