"Pick-up" Lines

[robberbaron4u]

For my fellow travelers who recollect the classic "hustler bars" of the 1970s and 1980s, what was the best pick-up line cast out to you by a hustler or rentboy?

[Bosguy]

There were actually 2 which seem stupider now than then: "You look familiar" or "What sign are you"

 

Boston Bill

[Kevin Slater]

Do you wash your pants in Windex? Cuz I can sure see myself in 'em.

 

Kevin Slater

[bigvalboy]

At the now infamous bar/restaurant "The Numbers" no 'pickup' lines were needed. The boys didn't bother you except to say hi. They all new the regulars. Once a greeting was exchanged it was simply a matter of me asking them if they wanted a drink. If I was already sitting and having dinner, when they walked by, and I was interested, a nod was all that was needed. I would simply ask if they wanted to sit. Dinner and drinks usually followed along with a nice casual interview as to what they would or would not do, along with the delicate topic of price. Rarely negotiated, but in those days, the boys were very reasonable. If I was patio side, and I saw someone of interest at another table having drinks alone or with his friends, I would send a drink, that always prompted a response.. If he was with a client, one never ever would be so rude as to send a drink, but rather a simple discreet nod was all that was needed.....

 

Oh the memories. One of the cute lines I got one night was from this hot little escort, who was so gorgeous most of the guys felt he was almost unapproachable. He was sitting alone at a table. I had the waiter send him a drink, and he sent it back and told the waiter to say "Tell the gentlemen that I hate to drink alone, I will accept the drink only if he joins me" A week later I put him on a plane for the east coast, to go home to his parents permanently. It was sweet.

[gallahadesquire]

My favourite pick up line, from the early seventies:

 

"Pardon me, but are you of Ukrainian descent?"

[+ Travis69]

Not a hustler or rentboy situation but in the 1970's there was a bar in DC that had phones on the tables and numbers for each table. If interested you would dial the table of liking and strike up a conversation.

[gallahadesquire]

Not a hustler or rentboy situation but in the 1970's there was a bar in DC that had phones on the tables and numbers for each table. If interested you would dial the table of liking and strike up a conversation.

 

Good lord, I think they did that in the '30's! With candlestick telephones!

[Kevin Slater]

Do you have a little Czech in you? Want some?

 

Kevin Slater

[adriano46]

My only experience in picking up guys has been in seedy escort bars in Hamburg, Frankfort, and Cologne and all you really needed to do (as often language was a problem) was carry a packet of cigarettes and first have the bartender ask a guy you were interested in if he wanted a drink (and they always did) so you buy one; he comes over to say "danke" and you ask if he wants a cigarette (again in those ways he always did); you chat (once you find a common language or way to communicate), and if you are interested, he sticks around (and usually you buy a 2nd drink) or if not, he simply moves on.

 

If you are on the 2nd drink, the bartender would discreetly ask if you want a room and loks towards the ceiling 9as the rooms were "upstairs), you pay a small fee and off you and your new friend go for a romp.

[+ Charlie]

I don't think he was a hustler, but he was flamboyant and obviously gay, when he approached me in Washington Square many years ago and asked, "Excuse me. Could you spare $1.75 for a martini?" (I SAID it was years ago!)