The list for February 7, 1997
The Top 15 Pick-Up Lines Used
by William Shakespeare

  1. “How about a little Puck?”

  2. “Of course, ‘Romeo and Gertrude’ is just a working title. I might be persuaded to change it for you, M’Lady.”

  3. “Et tu, Cutie?”

  4. “Shall I compare thee to a brick outhouse?”

  5. “If I whispered in thine ear that thou thy hadst a body of beauty unknown but to the heavens, wouldst thou hold it against me?”

  6. “Wouldst thou care to join me in forming the beast with two backs?”

  7. “My heart, it pines, as my trousers tent.”

  8. “Without thine companionship, dear lady, I fearest I’d spend the evening with pen in hand, if thou knows what I mean.”

  9. “Hey, Baby, can Ophelia up?”

  10. “Is this a dagger I see before me? Nay! I’m merely happy to cast eyes upon thy beauty!”

  11. “Greetings to you, fair sailor.”

  12. “But soft, what light through yonder trousers breaks?”

  13. “Wouldst thou away to yon Motel 6 with me?”

  14. “O! Prithee sitteth upon my visage, and perchance to let me divine thy weight.”
And the Number 1 Pick-Up Line Used by William Shakespeare…

  1. “Do me, or not do me. THAT is the question.”
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CREDITS
Selected from 114 submissions from 42 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 1, 14 (3rd #1)
  • Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 2
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 3
  • Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 4, 12
  • Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN — 5
  • Paul Seaburn, Houston, TX — 6
  • David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 6
  • R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 6
  • Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 7
  • Matt Diamond, Holland, PA — 8
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 9
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 10
  • Patrick New, Chicago, IL — 10
  • Chris Gleason, Germantown, MD — 11
  • Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 13
  • Marsha Clodfelter, Corpus Christi, TX — 13
  • Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 15
  • Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — Topic
  • Chris White, New York, NY — Listmeister
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