Express Checkout Line Lines

You know how it happens; you're standing in the "express" lane at your supermarket / hardware store / electronics shop / etc and you realise you're looking at the most gorgeous creature you've seen this week / month / year, depending upon your libido.

Suddenly, all of the moisture that was in your mouth seems to have migrated to the palms of your hands. Your mind pulls a complete blank as you struggle to formulate a coherent sentence... it's like you're a pimply teenager asking the school beauty to a dance, all over again.

Now, with a little training and some memory exercises involving our handy phrasebook, you can say something impressive and relevant to engage this newfound object of your ardour in conversation. The suggestions are sharper than the usual pickup lines, more polite than anything you ever manage on your own and certain to get a favourable reaction.

There's no point in dying, wondering.