Well, Peg, if you insist on conforming to the norms of the crowd I guess that is your personal decision. *Grin*

Actually I think men resort to pickup lines more than women because men do not need to be persuaded. A man using a pick up line is trying to start the process that might get him laid. A woman using a pickup line would probably not be able to finish the sentence before the guy agreed to sleep with her. There is some kind of fundamental difference at work here.

"Hi, sailor, new in town?" is the proverbial line. Doesn't take much to get a man's attention.