So Bad They’re Almost Good
Finding love can be a challenge, and breaking the ice with someone new can be nerve-wracking. But if you’re looking for the best pick up lines, or corny pick up lines, or freaky pick up lines, or even cute pick up lines that just might work—do not use these! Here are 15 terrible pick up lines, paired with classic paintings.
How sweet
The cat gets it. (The Beautiful Kitchen by Francois Boucher)
I see what you did there
It looks like that might have worked? (Courtship the Proposal by Lawrence Alma-Tadema)
Time for a second opinion
No way he’s a real doctor. (A Sick Woman and Her Doctor—yeah right—by Frans van Mieris)
The clothes make the man
That shirt’s like a 65/35 cotton-boyfriend blend at best. (The Suitor by Eugene de Blaas)
Holy moly
Doubt she’ll altar her life for this dork. (O Mistress Mine Where Are You by Edwin Austin Abbey)
Note a chance
That’s gonna be a firm pia-NO from her. (The Music Lesson by John Honore Fragonard)
Sig joke, brah
Sometimes a pick up line is just a pick up line. (Depart by Pierre Carrier Belleuse)
Flirt like an Egyptian
All’s pharaoh in love and war. (The King with Isis, Tomb of Haremhab)
Does not compute
Don’t let the Gates hit you on the way out. (A Passing Storm by James Tissot)
Wrong ring
On second thought, you shall not pass! (Old Man and Young Woman by Cranach the Elder)
Wrong wizard
Merlin wasn’t even a Hufflepuff. (The Beguiling of Merlin by Edward Burne Jones)
All night
All night. (La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Frank Dicksee)
We’ve heard of horse girls
…But this is going too far. (Frenzy of Exultations by Wladyslaw Podkowinski)
A rocky start
Aw, he’s faun-d of her. (Mermaid and Faun by Sergey Solomko)
Love nose no limits
The only correct response. (The Farewell by James Tissot)
All paintings in the Public Domain. Lead image by freestocks.org on Unsplash.