The first semester is usually an exciting period for
Students of Higher institutions, not just because a new chapter in their
academics is opening. It is especially because they now have a lot of control
over their social lives. So love month for Buea is not really February. The
love profession is done in October and the evidence shown in February. For the guys,
new babes are coming so that is enough reason to be excited. New babes will
mean better manners of approach most importantly but not necessarily new pick
up lines. This whole process is fondly termed as “October rush”, where guys
rush to get the most beautiful, well figured and trendy girls amongst the freshmen.
Pick up lines are what guys say to girls
to flatter and cajole them for example do you believe in love at first sight or
should I walk by again, is your name summer cause you are hot, falling for you
will be a very short trip and you don’t need car keys to drive me crazy. There
is also the famous “you look familiar” which girls apparently find very
annoying.

These days guys are not the only ones doing the pick up lines since the much talk about women’s emancipation is coming to mean they do everything men did. Girls use pick up lines on men too an example is you are just the way I like my coffee-tall, dark and strong. Apart from the funny, flattery and cheesy pick up lines that persons are easily exposed to you would be surprised on the categories of pick up lines that exist, harry potter pick up lines, science and physics pick up lines, science fiction pick up lines, computer geek pick up lines and there are even pick up lines for girls of religions like Jewish, Muslim and Hindu. Some Christian pick up lines go like this, “now I know why Solomon had 700 wives-because he never met you, the word says ‘give drink to those who are thirsty and feed the hungry’ how about dinner?, for you I will slay two Goliaths and do you need prayer because I am certainly willing to lay hands on you.”

These days guys are not the only ones doing the pick up lines since the much talk about women’s emancipation is coming to mean they do everything men did. Girls use pick up lines on men too an example is you are just the way I like my coffee-tall, dark and strong. Apart from the funny, flattery and cheesy pick up lines that persons are easily exposed to you would be surprised on the categories of pick up lines that exist, harry potter pick up lines, science and physics pick up lines, science fiction pick up lines, computer geek pick up lines and there are even pick up lines for girls of religions like Jewish, Muslim and Hindu. Some Christian pick up lines go like this, “now I know why Solomon had 700 wives-because he never met you, the word says ‘give drink to those who are thirsty and feed the hungry’ how about dinner?, for you I will slay two Goliaths and do you need prayer because I am certainly willing to lay hands on you.”
Back in the Molyko milieu, a lot of boys use these pick up
lines but they are trying to keep it simple, Teddy Tabot a Molyko resident says
the October rush period is characterized by a lot flattery talk but he prefers
to keep it simple and classic by saying “you are beautiful” because girls are
getting more complicated by the minute and you never know what will set them off.
Lawrence Ngu a UB 400 level student is another guy who does not really go for
pick up lines, “I pick out a part of the girl’s body, but for sexual parts
which I find to be really nice and comment on it and then I crack jokes because
all girls are attracted to funny boys.
Girls on the other hand don’t see it the same Becky Neh is
more attracted to what she sees than what a guy says. “I like guys that dress
well at the very least it always gives you something to look at while they tell
you tales of love”. Flora Bessem feels that pick up lines make her special and
good about herself. Elisa Djoumessi is a girl who does not really care much for
such lines she says, “Pick up lines to me are always very lame and the guys use
wrong tenses but what I’m attracted to is a good voice. A guy with a good, big
voice could be talking about a boring science equation and I would be attracted
to him.”
October rush is a period when new spinsters come into town,
old girls cling onto their men, there are a lot of social gatherings or
“program” as its fondly called where boys meet girls and vice versa so whether
they find the pick up lines charming or creepy there is definitely lots of love
to go round. After all they are called “pick up lines” so you either pick and
keep or you pick and get dropped.
