He laughs a bit but I soon establish James is sweet but very, very drunk. I pick out an ice cube from my drink, carry it over to the slick-haired, muscly carpenter I have my eye on and throw it down. Then Dave drops a hint about his mate’s girlfriend and we move off.Įffectiveness – 5/10 – Safe but a bit boring. They say yes and we end up talking films because they work at the cinema. I introduce myself to a ginger guy called David and his tall, cute friend and ask if we can sit with them. MORE : Do men like fat women? I created size 10 and size 18 online dating profiles to find out I don’t smoke.īut it gives me the chance to establish he has an accent so, after being given a lighter and cigarette I don’t need, I chat to Pedro and Flávio about Portugal.Įffectiveness – 7/10 – Really good but best to use it if you actually smoke… When they return and his friend goes to the loo, I swoop and ask if I can borrow his lighter.
I spot a handsome Mediterranean-looking guy going for a cigarette with his mate. He says if he didn’t he’d have given me his number, though, and I leave, pleased I appear to have made his night.Įffectiveness – 8/10 – Funny, flattering and not sleazy. He laughs, says ‘wow, that’s a hell of a line’ but admits he has a girlfriend.
I approach Matt, a guy with dirty-blonde hair in a parka standing by a jukebox.
