talking to women you dont know

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yeah as i've read up on here it seems like some people here imply that it's perfectly normal to go up to a girl with the intention of asking her out, or at least just getting to know her in that way.

of course im not saying it isnt, im sure lot of people do, its just that this is a foriegn concept to me, before i just thought it wasnt acceptable to just go up to a random girl you like in public and start casualy talking (although i knew it would be ok if you did this to someone you were aquainted with at school/work).

having said that, its not like i think i have any problem talking to girls. i think im overall pretty confident with myself dating wise, and im fine with being social (although not as a butterfly is ) , but i just never knew that this was acceptable, although it might not as i heard it varies based on country, area and culture (i live in south london by the way)

anyways, the problem here is that if a girl i think i'd want to talk to is in a place where it would be ok to talk to her, lets say for instance a shoping centre, and she isnt pre-occupied with her freinds or particularly busy or upset looking or any other scenario where it wouldnt be acceptable to talk to her, what exactly would you say?

I would probably be fine approaching her (whilst doing all the things expected of you in that scenario like hygene and positive manner ) but the problem is i think i'd just end up going up to her without anything to say at all...for example:

*goes up to girl* me: hi!.......(oh damn)
girl: ...?

i know it's important not to overthink this kind of thing but i still need some idea of what kind of thing i should say, and not some stupid cleche thing like: "my what wonderfull eyes you have! *slapped*"

any ideas would be appreciated. thanks

Hmm yeah its not that common to approach girls in shopping centres.

As an adult its usually in bars you get approached, I cann't remember that much back in school days. They come up in bars and say things like "Hi, hows your night going?" etc I havent been hit on for ages - I never go out an more sorry I couldn't be more help

It's weird. From what I understand it's perfectly normal but I never notice it happening in the real world. In TV commercials it happens all the time

Most girls wouldn't slap you for an innocent compliment though, I think that's an anime, possibly Japanese cultural thing.

I don't recomend it.

i should mention i dont have any huge urge to do this. just wanted to know if it really was acceptable and what to do if the former holds true.

...i was probably wrong, i dont think i'll try this but i'll keep the thread open to see your thoughts

I know some guys who approach random women; they go up to her & something like "Yo Momma how bout you go to a club with me tonight" I know this sounds like a joke here but I have seen it work some. They can get rejected a lot but their secret is they keep approaching women till one goes for it

I've approached a few girls thanks to this advice of randomly meeting people. It's terribly awkward not knowing anything about what a person would talk about and not surprizingly people don't have that warm response to it.

Makes sense of course- what would people that aren't awkward know about stopping being awkward in uncomfortable situations?

I always have been scared to death to talk to women I don't know at all. It is a bit different situation when I start talking to a woman that is a new colleague, or that is applying for a job, and is likely to be accepted. There was a reciprocal greeting and when the application interview was over she was in her car, about to drive away. But she saw me waving, and I saw her waving back.

Most women may like to be talked to, by me, but I feel I must have a good reason to talk to her, and I think, that she is beautiful, pretty or cute is not a good reason. For example in a train, asking whether a specific seat is available, or whether I may read her newspaper that she apparently is not reading anymore (although asking for a newspaper might give the wrong signal that you actually are not into chatting with a girl, but want to read instead). Sometimes there is an occasion to make jokes, based on what I see.