I suck at picking up dates, always have, but I'm observant and I've noticed that some people have absolutely 0 difficulty chatting up *everyone*. I'm guessing you're not that guy, or you wouldn't be asking for advice. If you *are* that guy, I apologise, carry on. Regarding picking up girls, it's very entertaining to read the advice offered here, but here's my 2 bits, which doesn't seem to have been covered yet. In my experience, guys do not choose girls, girls choose guys. It's pretty obvious to girls who's interested in them. For guys it seems to be not so clear. Which actually simplifies things for men, since you can take it as given that if you're interested in a woman, she already knows. So that means all you have to do is wait for her to hit on you. If she's interested she will, if she's not interested, no amount of bothering on your behalf will change that. If you think you're hitting on her and she responds, you've been tricked. Which is OK too.