> The hot girl at a party ...
I always say drugs dealer, homeless person, language teacher to camels or internet millionaire. Or whatever I feel like really. Or at least, 10 years ago (long-term relationship).
Rationale of the first 2: replace the frame with something ridiculous/lower status. Keep disqualifying yourself to the absurd. Example: selling rainbow pills to little blue smurfs as a drugs dealer? What’s in the rainbow pill she asks? Now you steered the conversation clear of a serious answer and you are now in control of it with a playful frame!
Rationale of number 3: immediately go to fantasy land. If she doesn’t immediately want to go with you, then she likely does not have a high openness to experience (or having a bad day). For me, at times, that was a strict selection criterion.
Rationale of number four: see if she believes you, how she responds to status and how she responds to you trolling her a bit :P
Common theme here is setting the frame to play. I would say anything, as long as I felt I was playing and non-verbally communicating that. Some were quick witted back. Others roasted me so hard that we were exploring how roasted I could be, lol. It’s all fun.
That’s what I would do, and did, and had too much fun with (too much fun == the girl is into you but you’re having such a good time joking around that you can’t stop and it all becomes platonic because you couldn’t care less about seducing her — and vice versa — and you don’t care because you and her are laughing the whole time).
Also works the other way around. Playfulness is a fundamental element of meeting someone romantically regardless of gender, IMO. I’d also say it’s fundamental to friendships. It doesn’t have to be this ridiculous though :P