Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding? ~ Casablanca

Pick-up lines are crude and/or comical one-liners used to proposition a stranger for a date or sex, often intended to be humorously offensive- commonly known as icebreakers or Conversation openers. A popular topic of conversation among young same sex groups recounted like jokes ie 'Did you hear about the guy/girl....etc'.

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Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding? Ilsa in Casablanca with Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Warner Bros. 1942, directed by Michael Curtiz, story editor Irene Diamond



Let’s go somewhere we can be alone. Ah, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on this couch. S. Quentin Quale in Go West with Groucho Marx and June Maccloy. MGM 1940, directed by Edward N. Buzzell.



Give me a kiss or I’ll sock you. Frank in The Postman Always Rings Twice with John Garfield and Lana Turner. MGM 1946, directed by Tay Garnett.



If I were to send you flowers... No wait, let me rephrase: If I were to let you suck on my tongue, would you be grateful? Nicholas Cage in Face/Off , directed by John Woo.

