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Which Pickup Lines Work Best?
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''Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?'' Guys, you may think this witty and endearing pickup line is sure to make women just fall head over heels for you. Guess again.
Pickup lines typically have the opposite effect, and a team of psychologists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland has figured out why: Most women don't like them, reports The Guardian. What the researchers did find is that some pickup lines might work depending on the woman's personality.
By assembling 40 common pickup lines culled from books, films and Web sites, the team asked 266 women and 115 men to rate each of them on how a woman would most likely react upon hearing them.
They found that the pickup lines could be grouped into four categories, depending on the impression the man was trying to give:
1. Cultured: "It's at moments like these when I am reminded of Lord Byron's poetry."
2. Meaningless compliment: "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?"
3. Sexual reference: "I may not be Fred Flintstone, but I bet I can make your bed rock."
4. Humorous: "Hi! How do you like me so far?"
They found that women rated the pickup lines based on their own personalities. For example, extraverted women liked humorous pickup lines, while tough-minded women found "nice guy" pickup lines a turnoff.
"The interesting difference appeared when we compared the sexes," Peter Caryl, a psychologist on the study, told The Guardian. "Despite being deeply unpopular with women, men are unreasonably optimistic about how well their sexually explicit lines will go down," he said.
Caryl advises men to make a quick assessment of a woman's personality and then choose a pickup line that fits her type. And when men do let loose with a line, women tend to pigeonhole them into one of four personality types:
-- Friendly and considerate nice guy
-- Industrious and enterprising provider
-- Confident and strong leader
-- Fickle and conceited bad mate
"I can't imagine anyone being turned on by this 'bad mate' kind of guy, but some women seem to be less put off than others. If you look like George Clooney, you may be able to get away with a whole range of things," Caryl told The Guardian.
The takeaway: Men consistently think that a sexually explicit pickup line will win a woman's heart; in fact, the only lines that really work are those that suggest the man is a nice guy or fun to be with -- and even these won't work on all women.
The study findings were published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
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I don't use pick-up lines. I just start a conversation if I feel like it.
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I don't use pick-up lines. I just start a conversation if I feel like it.
i contact?
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Which Pickup Lines Work Best?
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'If you look like George Clooney, you may be able to get away with a whole range of things," Caryl told The Guardian.
...I posted only recently, about meeting Mel Gibson in the 1980s (long before they invented Brad Pitt or George Clooney...
It was one of the funniest nights ever (obviously he was happily married at the time and just out on the town and having a laugh, I knew that, all my friends knew that and so did his bodyguards). When he finally came over to me, after making silly eyes at me for maybe 3 hours, he said "Did anyone ever tell you you look like Nana Mouskori?" I took my specs off and attempted to hit him with them. Everyone in the entire place fell about laughing...
& I can't believe (I can't!!!) that you read the Guardian.
It's silly season
God only knows what will they think of to write about next...
massive sense of humour, that's what works for me
xL
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& I can't believe (I can't!!!) that you read the Guardian.
I don't. What is the Guardian?
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What is the Guardian?
wtf did you google then? how did you find this news tidbit?
There are maybe 10 daily newspapers in the UK: The Times, owned by Murdoch, The Telegraph and one other I can't remember. The Daily Telegraph supports the Conservative Party & used to be owned by Conrad Black. I cannot keep up.
Then there's the tabloids: The Sun, the Mail, the Mirror (all of which are unreadable). Then there's the Independent and there's the Guardian. The Guardian is for lefty socialist teachers and care workers...
Nowadays, I get my news on the internet, just like you. The American press is even scarier than here in the UK. Read the Al-Jazzera sometimes... (I wonder what they have to say about pick-up lines !!!
xL
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i just EDIT show them the real me.
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I am an extrovert so as long as I felt a connection I could just walk over and talk to some one I liked.
I never used any pick up lines but I would try and be witty or charming , I found that worked....... well most times.
STella
Here is a pick up line I read recently...........
"You remind me of a spanner, because when I see you my nuts tighten"
So?? would it work :)
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I don't use pick-up lines. I just start a conversation if I feel like it.
I agree, I honestly cant say Ive ever seen a "Pick up Line" work. Not unless there was allready such thick obvious sexual attraction that it was clearly a done deal anyway.
Women like to talk. If you can get them talking about fun childish stuff, and laughing, and telling you stuff that they really like - they will want more of you.
Remember that stuff she said she likes, and surprise her w/ it on a date. No it dont need be spendy.
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"You remind me of a spanner, because when I see you my nuts tighten"
So?? would it work :)
Not unless I meet you when taking my bike in to get done, and certainly not until you fix it and then say "it's on the house" and go get a shower.
I must admit I love dirty hard working hands though and I adore muddy knees...
I'm wondering whether it's not what you say, but the way you look at me when you say it?
xL
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Are you Jamaican? Cuz you're ja makin' me crazy.
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"how far will a crisp hundred dollar bill get me?"
;D
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"how far will a crisp hundred dollar bill get me?"
;D
THat's not a pick up line, that's a Biz negotiation.
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Pick up lines probably worked in the late 60s early 70s but the new millennia women need a bit more substance to get their juices flowing.
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Which Pickup Lines Work Best?
I was mesmurized by the sheer depth of your navel....
DIV
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"how far will a crisp hundred dollar bill get me?"
;D
Not very if you're putting it into a g-string. (...painful paper cuts in strange places :-X)
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I just say "Hi! nice Juggs!"
Chics dig me!
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i just EDIT show them the real me.
LOL!! I can only imagine what was replaced here
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I don't use pick-up lines. I just start a conversation if I feel like it.
I agree with you. Pick up lines are just hurting.
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I used this line once, unsuccessfully. I really did.
EDIT Heavens! You have a larger than average chest!
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"You remind me of a spanner,
What is a spanner?
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What is a spanner?
I think it's British for a wrench or something. ???
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I think it's British for a wrench or something. ???
Interesting. Thanks jag!
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once I said a really stupid line to a girl and it worked. I was walking in a mall (very young and cocky) and this hot girl and I made Eye contact as she was walking toward me and she smiled and I said "You know your going the wrong way if you want to be with me don't you..." She giggled and I laughed and we started walking together and talking and ended up going out. Corney sometimes workes... ;D
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once I said a really stupid line to a girl and it worked. I was walking in a mall (very young and cocky) and this hot girl and I made Eye contact as she was walking toward me and she smiled and I said "You know your going the wrong way if you want to be with me don't you..." She giggled and I laughed and we started walking together and talking and ended up going out. Corney sometimes workes... ;D
:-[ {blush} I'm embarassed to admit it, ...but I can see that one working, ...but only if there's mutual interest.
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once I said a really stupid line to a girl and it worked. I was walking in a mall (very young and cocky) and this hot girl and I made Eye contact as she was walking toward me and she smiled and I said "You know your going the wrong way if you want to be with me don't you..." She giggled and I laughed and we started walking together and talking and ended up going out. Corney sometimes workes... ;D
Thats actually one of the better pick up lines out there because its harmless and non offensive. Cool that it worked out.
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Thats actually one of the better pick up lines out there because its harmless and non offensive. Cool that it worked out.
Ya, ...AS seems to really know his way around women. :P
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Ya, ...AS seems to really know his way around women. :P
Would that line have worked on the great Jag in her heyday? :D
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Would that line have worked on the great Jag in her heyday? :D
Shoot, ...that line just might work on me today! :P
...whaddya mean 'in her heyday'? What are you implying? >:(
I'll have you know my best years are ahead of me. I still have my looks, ...but now I also have the brains,
the experience, the confidence, and the money to do what I want, when I want, ...with whomever I want.
My future is so bright, I need sunglasses at night ! 8)
ps: - It's never so much the line, ...as it is the guy delivering it.
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Shoot, ...that line just might work on me today! :P
...whaddya mean 'in her heyday'? What are you implying? >:(
I'll have you know my best years are ahead of me. I still have my looks, ...but now I also have the brains,
the experience, the confidence, and the money to do what I want, when I want, ...[with whomever I want
My future is so bright, I need sunglasses at night ! 8)
ps: - It's never so much the line, ...as it is the guy delivering it.
I thought you where married ???
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Shoot, ...that line just might work on me today! :P
...whaddya mean 'in her heyday'? What are you implying? >:(
I'll have you know my best years are ahead of me. I still have my looks, ...but now I also have the brains,
the experience, the confidence, and the money to do what I want, when I want, ...with whomever I want.
My future is so bright, I need sunglasses at night ! 8)
ps: - It's never so much the line, ...as it is the guy delivering it.
By in "Your heyday" I meant back in the clubbing and partying days. Would that line have actually worked on you?
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I thought you where married ???
(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/shocked.gif)
Moi? Heaven's no!
Thankfully I dodged that bullet a few times. I'm footloose and fancy-free. :)
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By in "Your heyday" I meant back in the clubbing and partying days. Would that line have actually worked on you?
(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/hmmm.gif)
hmmm, ...barely concealed attempt to backpedal and remove your feet from your mouth, ...but I'll accept it. ;)
In my clubbing & partying days, I was so naive, I even fell for the "C'mon, ...just a little kiss on the cheek?"
Then as I went to kiss him on the cheek, ...he'd turn his head real quick, and I'd end up planting one on his lips ::)
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once I said a really stupid line to a girl and it worked. I was walking in a mall (very young and cocky) and this hot girl and I made Eye contact as she was walking toward me and she smiled and I said "You know your going the wrong way if you want to be with me don't you..." She giggled and I laughed and we started walking together and talking and ended up going out. Corney sometimes workes... ;D
It's all in the Right kind of eye contact. Then, Total Self-confidence and Boyish charm to laugh at yourself...
Done correctly.... You can push it pretty far sometimes. Her giving you a "LOOK" you know is a invite...
Time to Fire for Effect.
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(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/shocked.gif)
Moi? Heaven's no!
Thankfully I dodged that bullet a few times. I'm footloose and fancy-free. :)
Oh!
Well Miss Panthera onca if that is what you want ??? ;)
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It's all in the Right kind of eye contact. Then, Total Self-confidence and Boyish charm to laugh at yourself...
Done correctly.... You can push it pretty far sometimes. Her giving you a "LOOK" you know is a invite...
Time to Fire for Effect.
Yep. It's also the attitude that comes with it as well. I've had guys say things to me that made me smile,
whereas if someone else had said the exact same thing, ...it would have made me want to vomit.
A man can come across as playful, ...or a repulsive wretch, ...or witty, ...or a straight up loser,
all with the exact same line. A guy's personality plays an awful lot into how a line is received also.
About a month ago I had a guy say "c'mere you...i wanna give ya a little squeeze where the squeezins good". ;)
It made me smile. Had I been face to face with him, I might've presented him with something he could've squeezed. I guarantee you that there are those who could've said the exact same thing and it would've made my skin crawl.
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Well Miss Panthera onca if that is what you want ??? ;)
huh ???
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huh ???
Huh on what?
You sound so relieved not to be married in your answer.
I think most people eventually want to be married........... someday
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Huh on what?
Miss Panthera onca ??? I'm confused. What's a panthera onca? ...or do I not want to know?
You sound so relieved not to be married in your answer.
Ya! It would have been disastrous! Barefoot, perpetually pregnant, and eating bon bons all day is not for me.
I think most people eventually want to be married........... someday
Married to the right person is desirable. Being married for the sake of being married isn't.
I'd rather be single than married for married's sake.
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"Panthera onca" is Latin for JAGUAR, the species.
So I was saying Miss Jaguar :)
I agree on getting married to the right person and marriage is either good or bad with very little middle ground.
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"Panthera onca" is Latin for JAGUAR, the species.
So I was saying Miss Jaguar :)
I agree on getting married to the right person and marriage is either good or bad with very little middle ground.
Aint she cool? And I don't tend to like LIBERALS ;D
Here's her problem - Shes to capable. That takes alot of guys out of the running...
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"Panthera onca" is Latin for JAGUAR, the species.
So I was saying Miss Jaguar :)
I agree on getting married to the right person and marriage is either good or bad with very little middle ground.
Lookat that... I log onto Get big, ...and I learn a little Latin. kewl! :D
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Aint she cool? And I don't tend to like LIBERALS ;D
(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/kiss2.gif)
...but I'm a Canadian Liberal, so it's ok. ;)
Here's her problem - Shes to capable. That takes alot of guys out of the running...
(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/but.gif)...I still need someone to squish bugs for me.
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What about no pick up line :D
One time I was at a diner after a night on the town.I was sitting there chowing down with a buddy.2 girls were sitting across from us and one of them and myself were both making alot of eye contact.at the end of my meal I discreetly asked the waitress for the girls bill.I paid their bill without them knowing and left my number on it for the waitress to give to the girl that I was looking at.
...she called me a couple of days later 8)
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What about no pick up line :D
One time I was at a diner after a night on the town.I was sitting there chowing down with a buddy.2 girls were sitting across from us and one of them and myself were both making alot of eye contact.at the end of my meal I discreetly asked the waitress for the girls bill.I paid their bill without them knowing and left my number on it for the waitress to give to the girl that I was looking at.
...she called me a couple of days later 8)
Ha Ha ;D Good one...
It sat and cooked in her head for a couple days...
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What about no pick up line :D
One time I was at a diner after a night on the town.I was sitting there chowing down with a buddy.2 girls were sitting across from us and one of them and myself were both making alot of eye contact.at the end of my meal I discreetly asked the waitress for the girls bill.I paid their bill without them knowing and left my number on it for the waitress to give to the girl that I was looking at.
...she called me a couple of days later 8)
Gotta hand it to ya, ...that was a creative, no pressure way of getting the job done. (http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/thumbup.gif) (http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/thumbup.gif)
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(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/hmmm.gif)
hmmm, ...barely concealed attempt to backpedal and remove your feet from your mouth, ...but I'll accept it. ;)
In my clubbing & partying days, I was so naive, I even fell for the "C'mon, ...just a little kiss on the cheek?"
Then as I went to kiss him on the cheek, ...he'd turn his head real quick, and I'd end up planting one on his lips ::)
What? The great jag fell for that? Oh boy....thats the oldest trick in the book, Jag. :)
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The best pick up line is the one that you never have to use. If you workout and train real hard, you'll stand out and look great and you'll be more confidant then the average person that doesn't train. Let them come to you. From my experiences in bars and clubs when I was younger, it was the muscular guys (not necessarily the biggest) that took care of themselves that had the women flocking around them.
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Ya, ...AS seems to really know his way around women. :P
AHH I have held a hand or two in my time... ;)
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What? The great jag fell for that? Oh boy....thats the oldest trick in the book, Jag. :)
{blush} :-[ I know. I had the same boyfriend from 14 - 21, so I was a little bit sheltered & naive about men,
and I had never had a guy try to pull that one on me before. The first time I encountered it I was 25. (http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/shrug.gif)
I was sooo naive & innocent . . . but I've been trying to make up for it ever since. ;) :D
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AHH I have held a hand or two in my time... ;)
. . . not to mention a few assorted anatomical parts no doubt? :P
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. . . not to mention a few assorted anatomical parts no doubt? :P
A gentelman never tells private things..thankfully I am a scoundrel of the first order... ;D
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A gentelman never tells private things..thankfully I am a scoundrel of the first order... ;D
Thanks for the warning. ;)
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What about no pick up line :D
making alot of eye contact
I paid their bill without them knowing and left my number on it for the waitress to give to the girl that I was looking at.
...she called me a couple of days later 8)
This is most certainly the best (yes, I've seen it done) non-obtrusive and gentlemanly pickup possible
xL
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"how far will a crisp hundred dollar bill get me?"
;D
Fortunately I've never had this said to me.
I've had numerous hundreds handed to me with phone numbers on them. I just regarded them as tips and spent them.
xL
I did of course, think of calling them the next day to thank them, but didn't get around to it.
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What about no pick up line :D
One time I was at a diner after a night on the town.I was sitting there chowing down with a buddy.2 girls were sitting across from us and one of them and myself were both making alot of eye contact.at the end of my meal I discreetly asked the waitress for the girls bill.I paid their bill without them knowing and left my number on it for the waitress to give to the girl that I was looking at.
This one is good :)
It reminded me of my husband and a fraternity bro of his that tell a story of when they were in college. I can't remember which of them did it, but there was a girl at the bar and instead of sending the customary drink to her they sent her a bag of chips ;D
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Mike's pick-up line to me was "are those real?" pointing at my chest.
ROFLMAO, at that time...they were. ;)
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Mike's pick-up line to me was "are those real?" pointing at my chest.
ROFLMAO, at that time...they were. ;)
Did he really say that??? And it worked??? Wow......I gotta start taking more trips to Florida! :D
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Did he really say that??? And it worked??? Wow......I gotta start taking more trips to Florida! :D
Yes, and we were in Massachusetts at the time. :)
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Mike's pick-up line to me was "are those real?" pointing at my chest.
ROFLMAO, at that time...they were. ;)
lol
If he tried that with me, he would still be picking up his teeth.
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lol
If he tried that with me, he would still be picking up his teeth.
For some reason, :)I could see that happening too, OS.
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For some reason, :)I could see that happening too, OS.
LOL
Troll Troll lol ;D
I have hit a few strangers, occupational hazard.
You must have smacked one or two as well for the same reason (Not the pointing at your chest one though ;D )
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I always thought this one was funny.....it was from the movie The Perfect Storm.....
"you know would look good on you?"
"me"
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I always thought this one was funny.....it was from the movie The Perfect Storm.....
"you know would look good on you?"
"me"
Ya, those New Englander's sure do have some great lines. ;D
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Yeah....tell me about it.
An old Marine buddy of mine used to be the best with pick up lines.
Most girls when they would hear the lines (just in conversation) would say it never would work with them....
but he had a high success rate...probably the highest I've ever seen first hand.
Not sure why girls in the bars/clubs would go along with it unless the alchohol made their normal good judgment go away
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Yeah....tell me about it.
An old Marine buddy of mine used to be the best with pick up lines.
Most girls when they would hear the lines (just in conversation) would say it never would work with them....
but he had a high success rate...probably the highest I've ever seen first hand.
Not sure why girls in the bars/clubs would go along with it unless the alchohol made their normal good judgment go away
Bingo