Cliff, Shag, Marry

I'm 22, and I've never heard of it, though I've seen similar discussions on other internet forums. Of course, I never hung out with the cool kids, so I don't know what they did.

But if they did, they definitely wouldn't say "shag." We have other words for that.

I can't remember the name of it off hand, but they were doing it in the movie "Freddy VS. Jason"

They were (supposedly) teens in the movie, so I think that would be a yes.

Oh yes, there's an American version--it's Shag, Marry or Dump. An alternative is Date, Marry or Dump. I've seen them both as board games.

Haven't heard the cliff variation before... but I like it.

There's another game called "Would you rather...?" where you supply two potentially nasty choices and make people choose. Like, would you rather kiss Lindsay Lohan or Tara Reid?

Yes, they still play.

It's called FMK (F*ck, Marry, Kill)

IIRC it's called Shag, Marry, Kill. There's a variant called Death is Not an Option--i.e., would you rather have um, Biblical knowledge of Carrot Top or former VP Cheney? And death is not an option.

I've heard it called Fuck, Marry, or Kill. My girlfriend's 15-year-old cousin plays it with her friends a lot, so I'd say that yes, it is popular among teens.

Oh, I thought this thread was for actually playing the game.

*Is sad*

In my experience, we just call it "Cliff." The options are the same, though, except we Yanks just say "have sex with" or "fuck" instead of shag.

Me and my classy schoolchums used to call this the 'eat dogshit' game. The rules/options are pretty self-explanatory.

I've also heard of a variation where you are given three names, and you have to assign each one of them one of the choices; but you can only use each choice once. So, I might get Paris Hilton, Miss Piggy and Sarah Palin. My choices would, obviously, be fuck Palin, marry Miss Piggy and kill Paris Hilton.

Also there's the 'gun to the head' variation. Good for waiting rooms, queues in supermarkets and the like.

I do that all the time. I expect it makes me a bit strange.

So no, when I'm in a queue or waiting room, I'm not thinking about my WIP, or politics, or religion, or anything noble. I'm playing 'gun to the head'.

JimmyB27 said:

I've also heard of a variation where you are given three names, and you have to assign each one of them one of the choices; but you can only use each choice once. So, I might get Paris Hilton, Miss Piggy and Sarah Palin. My choices would, obviously, be fuck Palin, marry Miss Piggy and kill Paris Hilton.

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Those are the rules we used, too.

We've always been more likely to simply give the person two options. Usually random boys in our class. 'which boy would you rather kiss? death is not an option.' That was more common in elementary school.
I've also heard of a different game. You have three chances to pick someone to Marry (or 'shag', if you want to play what way). So the first person that walks through the door, you can choose to marry, or you can pass. if you pass on the next person, too, then you're stuck with the third person.
Kind of a dumb game. Cliff, shag, marry sounds much more fun.
Of course, we'd NEVER say 'shag', here.

My 15yo says she's played it, but it never had a name.

Barb D said:

My 15yo says she's played it, but it never had a name.

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She just didn't want to own up to knowing the f-word to her mum.

Wouldn't the obvious title be "Bed, Wed, Dead"?

JimmyB27 said:

I've also heard of a variation where you are given three names, and you have to assign each one of them one of the choices; but you can only use each choice once. So, I might get Paris Hilton, Miss Piggy and Sarah Palin. My choices would, obviously, be fuck Palin, marry Miss Piggy and kill Paris Hilton.

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That's how I thought it was always played. Three names, three categories.

Lori and I play our own little variation of this too.

It has a snappy title.

"If you could only have one Leto brother for the rest of your life and never have a go of the other, which one would you choose?"

JimmyB27 said:

I've also heard of a variation where you are given three names, and you have to assign each one of them one of the choices; but you can only use each choice once. So, I might get Paris Hilton, Miss Piggy and Sarah Palin. My choices would, obviously, be fuck Palin, marry Miss Piggy and kill Paris Hilton.

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Isn't this how you play all of them?

The Yes/No game is a simpler form that only requires one player, and i'm sure we all do it. Every waking minute. The rules are;

whenever you walk past someone, you have a quick look, and decide if you want to have sex with them.

It's "yes" or "no". "Maybe" isn't allowed.

Aschenbach said:

and i'm sure we all do it.

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Nope. Never. Must be a male-brain thing.

The name I'm familiar with is: "Shoot, Shag or Shack Up," which is kinda cute because of the alliteration.

Can't say I've ever played it, I've actually never heard of it, but...