A vintage telephone handset is wrapped in red cord tied in a bow beside a small hat-shaped pincushion.

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Pick-Up Lines

Cheesy Pick-Up Lines

I lost my phone number - can I borrow yours?

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

This pick-up line is a cheesy trick. Claiming to have lost their own number, the speaker asks to borrow the listener's, as if that were a favour. The humour is in the shameless logic. A telephone tied with a red bow suits the flirtation.

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