{"id":3288,"date":"2018-08-01T11:38:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T11:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2018-08-01T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T11:48:29","slug":"pick-up-lines-from-when-men-were-still-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2018\/08\/pick-up-lines-from-when-men-were-still-boys","title":{"rendered":"Pick-up Lines From When Men Were Still Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when you had a mobile phone with a keypad and had to type your cheesy pickup lines in short-hand? Like, \u201cxup dear?\u201d, \u201chyd luv?\u201d, \u201csory, I got ur number 4rm my friend\u201d, \u201chbd\u201d, and the rest.<\/p>\n<p><em>Okay, so that\u2019s a slightly unrelated but funny memory.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What I need you to remember are those pick-up lines you used before you found your significant other(s). Or the ones you are still using, for those in singledom (or those looking to expand their union lol). Yeah, those very corny lines you stole from classic movies, songs and bible verses. The ones that still force out an embarrassed smile when you think of all the people you used them on.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t recall? Okay. I\u2019m feeling generous today so I\u2019ll share a few of mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cheesy-lines.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3310\" src=\"https:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cheesy-lines-241x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cheesy-lines-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cheesy-lines-483x600.jpeg 483w, https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cheesy-lines-600x746.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cheesy-lines.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caveat: I didn\u2019t make most of these moves personally. Some were overheard or witnessed. But I\u2019ll let you guess which ones were mine and which ones are not. (Of course, bearing in mind how much of a cool guy Folarin is.)<\/p>\n<p>Here goes\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guy: Heyyy ma, you dropped something<\/p>\n<p>Girl: What?<\/p>\n<p>Guy: Your phone number<\/p>\n<p>Girl: *Hisses and walks off*<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guy: I don\u2019t normally do this, but I got your number from my friend. I think you\u2019re really\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Girl: *Giggles* Give the number back to your friend. *Goes ahead to block said friend*<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Girl: Do you play basketball?<\/p>\n<p>Guy: Yup, what\u2019s up?<\/p>\n<p>Girl: Nice, are you good? I think we should play<\/p>\n<p>Guy: Haha, sure thing. *Gives her phone number but friend-zones after she plays badly*<\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Guy: *Stutters out of anxiety* Did you fall from\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Girl: *Laughs* Oga, just ask for the number you want to ask for\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before you think you can\u2019t relate, go back to your old Facebook messages or search your memory for the silliness you had assumed was wittiness back in the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But hey, no judging.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Feel free to share your funniest, worst or most interesting pick-up experiences and tell us the reactions you got.<\/p>\n<p>Let the experiences roll in!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when you had a mobile phone with a keypad and had to type your cheesy pickup lines in short-hand? Like, \u201cxup dear?\u201d, \u201chyd luv?\u201d, \u201csory, I got ur number 4rm my friend\u201d, \u201chbd\u201d, and the rest. Okay, so that\u2019s a slightly unrelated but funny memory. What I need you to remember are those pick-up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[98,99],"class_list":["post-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folarin-aiyegbusi","tag-lines","tag-pick-up-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3311,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions\/3311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}