I continued to think about game and pick-up lines and the different things people do to entice the opposite sex. Then it occurred to me: What is the greatest line ever invented?

"Hey, want to come over and watch a movie?"

I would guess that this particular line has one of the best success rates ever. Just think about it. How many times has that innocuous line trapped you? How many times have you used it? It is a classic that will never get old ­ kind of like Robert Redford or Paul Newman.

You can use it in the middle of the day; you can use it at 4 a.m. You can use it at a bar, you can use it at a fraternity party and you can use it in the library. It is ageless, timeless and nearly foolproof. Why? Because it starts out so innocently and it can end that way too.

I'd like to take some time and prepare a couple of different situations you might encounter when the "want to watch a movie" line is introduced into your life.

You are hardcore digging on this chick in your Spanish class. You have a great time in video lab making fun of the girl who sits in front of you. Since you don't have anything to do that night, you decide to ask her to come over and watch a movie. She's a little hesitant at first, but then you remember her saying that she loved Almost Famous. Kate Hudson is pretty cute, so you suggest it. She relents and you've got the closest thing to a date on campus. Victory.

My advice? Don't make a move. The hesitation in her voice indicates that she doesn't want your hot bod. Watch a few more movies, then go for it. Try Center Stage. It's a chick flick. She'll think you're sensitive, I swear.

Or, you're drunk. Wasted. I mean fall-down-on-your-ass, belligerently intoxicated. You meet this really cute guy at a party. You dance, hang out on the patio, basically do the things that everyone does here. You're pawing all over each other. Normal Friday night. You lean over and whisper in his ear, "Hey, what are you doing later?" He shrugs his shoulders. "Want to come over and watch a movie?" So you leave the party, hand in hand, knowing full well that there will be no movie.

My advice? Don't let yourself get that drunk. It can never lead to anything good, unless you're one of those people that has the uncanny ability to turn a random hookup into a relationship. It's people like you that make it easy to believe relationships are possible on this campus when the reality is that it's just a fairytale. Kind of like a bad Brothers Grimm thing.

Life is funny. My friend with the "goofy game" made me think of the best pick-up line ever created. Then I thought, "want to watch a movie" is not a pick-up line. It's a line to be used when you've already been picked up. If you go up to someone at a bar and say "want to watch a movie," you might get smacked. That might be kind of funny.

"Sex and the Campus" is a regular column exploring the sexual climate at the university. The column is written by a senior under a pseudonym in order to maintain her sexual anonymity.