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I once approached a pretty girl in a night club and randomly just said 'so, you're a pharmacist?' She actually was! Haha! Brilliant. After that I told her it was because I was a magician, but I think she was more freaked than impressed!

My favorite magic chat up line starts with taking a flower from my top pocket that turns into a hanky, I then give it to the girl I'm interested in and ask her 'Does this smell like chloroform?'

Ah! The old chloroform trick! I thought we aren't openly aloud to discuss the methods of effects?lol

Let's face it guys, the best way to win a girls heart is with honesty. That's why I go for my standard chat-up line...

"Hi, I'm a scientist, but I spend all my spare time playing with cards in my bedroom, dressing up in formalwear and pretending I have special powers".

I'll let you know when it get's me anywhere.

Lady of Mystery wrote:

The best way is to just be nice and be yourself when talking to a girl.

Oh god no... that's terrible advice. Lying and subterfuge is by far the best way to go.

IAIN wrote:his name wasn't blapsing beard or markdini by any chance?

Stop giving them ideas! Shesh!

i dread to think what Beard has been up to, since alledgedly learning how to hypnotise...

he was due an appearance at the london TM meet this saturday...i wonder if bail will allow?

I have a magic = love success story that isn't really weird and twisted.

I actually met my wife on the opposite side of the counter in a magic store I was working in. I doubt if it was the magic that helped me score the first date and I certainly didn't use it as a pick up, but she knew from the get go I was a magic geek and she still gave me a shot!

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Serendipity wrote:"Hi, I'm a scientist, but I spend all my spare time playing with cards in my bedroom, dressing up in formalwear and pretending I have special powers".

I must start using this.

I don't know if I'd even mention I was into magic if I was "on the pull", to use that most horrid phrase - I'm not sure I like the image that presents. I know one other magician and he's always happy to just approach people and say "hey, pick a card" - lovely bloke but I really, really cringe when that happens. I feel bad enough asking my mates to test out a trick. Plus, if they can't tell I'm a magician from the long velvet coat and floating birdcage, they're probably not my type anyway.

Shame I hadn't thought of that one before meeting my girlfriend...would have been onto a winner there!
"Hi, I'm an archaeologist and like broken pot, but in my spare time I enjoy shutting myself in my room and playing with paper and paperclips whilst pretending I have special powers" hahaha

I'm quite fond of the line "You're so beautiful you should be embalmed".

From what I have seen one of the chief reasons young men get into magic these days seems to be to chat up women. In my day they got a guitar instead.
There is a whole subculture in which dating is regarded as a game, and the guys swap all sorts of strategies for chatting up women. Experienced pick-up artists, as they call themselves, often recommend a magic trick as a way of getting a woman's attention. I don't imagine it would work if the woman's IQ exceeded her bra size. It's a moranic and creepy way of doing things.
I was out in mixed company recently. Most of the guys were magicians, but had the good grace to do no tricks. Then one of the guys took out sponge balls and began performing for one of the women. He wasn't trying to chat her up or anything, but I could see from the glazed look in her eyes that the evening had just ended for her.
Another popular chat-up technique - and this one is far more successful - is palm-reading.