"This much for a private gig."

Ahhhh this is such a cute story. Gene Simmons still thinks he's desirable. From the New York Post:

Gene Simmons is still a pick-up artist, but his moves aren't working as well as they did when KISS ruled the radio. A fellow first-class passenger aboard Wednesday's American Airlines flight 114 from LAX to Newark saw Simmons pass a note to a tall, blond stewardess before takeoff. "Later, I overheard the flight attendants talk about what he wrote in the note - 'Would you like to get together???' with three question marks." The move misfired. "I guess he failed to notice the wedding band on her left hand," said our witness. "Other than that he seemed like a pleasant passenger." Simmons lives in Beverly Hills with Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed. (Source)

Can you still be called a "pick-up artist" if your moves don't work? Isn't he more of a "pick-up impressionist?" And of course Gene didn't see her wedding band . . . he doesn't believe in them! Hasn't he been dating Shannon Tweed since the Hoover Administration?* Which leads to my other point: Can you still be called a "Playboy Playmate" if the last issue you appeared in was printed on papyrus?

*coincidentally, the "Hoover Administration" is Shannon's signature move in bed