“I wish I were your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves.”
With 36 percent of the votes, Greg Grinberg’s charming line about derivatives commanded first place in the Alumni Association’s first ever Geeky Pickup Line Contest. Congratulations to Mr. Grinberg!
Trailing closely behind with 23 percent of the votes was Ashleigh Sanders’s, “If I were an enzyme, I’d be DNA helicase so I could unzip your genes.”
Prizes (yes! prizes!) will be mailed shortly to Mr. Grinberg and Ms. Sanders ’04.
Thanks to everyone who particpated.
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Read the original 29 submissions.
Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association 
March 19, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Isn’t just saying “Hi, I go to MIT” geeky enough?
And yes, angry nerds, I am just jealous because I’m not smart enough to get in.
March 20, 2010 at 6:43 am
[…] Of course, this would be via MIT. […]
April 1, 2010 at 3:00 am
Hey now. These are the oldest pickup lines ever. Most students would know them by the end of the second day of CPW.
April 1, 2010 at 9:37 am
“Hi, I go to MIT” is geeky enough, but it’s not a pickup line.
April 1, 2010 at 2:52 pm
My personal fave isn’t on the list:
“Hey baby, would you like to integrate my natural log?”
April 2, 2010 at 11:00 am
[…] Geeky Pickup Line Contest: […]
April 6, 2010 at 10:48 am
How about “would you like to go to my room and see my hovercraft?” I used this in 1984, and it worked. We never finished the hovercraft, however.