He approaches the shopkeeper and exclaims, “Help! help! I’ve met a beautiful girl, but she’s trapped at the bottom of a well.”
The shopkeeper reaches behind the counter and pulls out a long cord. “Here throw this down the well and use it to pull her up” he says.
The man thanks him and runs out of the store with the cord. A few minutes later the man returns empty handed.
“What happened?” Asks the shopkeeper, “did it work?”
The man looks at him and says, “Well, I threw the cord in like you said, but she wouldn’t take it. I think I’m going to need a better pick up line.”