# Shag, Marry, or Shove Off a Cliff **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215 "2001-12-06T13:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/1 "2001-12-06T13:56:28Z")
This game (of sorts) ended up being big fun in Live Journal a few weeks ago. I will list three well-known people of similar description, and the poster following must decide which of those three they’d like to marry, which should be shagged, and which should be shoved off a cliff. No “all shoved off the cliff”, either. One person per fate. Feel free to use actors/actresses, musicians, politicians, or TV/movie/literary characters. I also think you should feel free to criticize others’ poor choices, but that’s just me. And I think it’d be best not to include any SDMB personalities in the lists, because hurt feelings and riots suck. Also, do try to respect **thinksnow** ’s proclamation of a No-Flirting-Thursday. Here we go: Dan Rather Peter Jennings Tom Brokaw ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/2 "2001-12-06T14:04:13Z")
Peter Jennings: Shag Tom Brokaw: Marry Dan Rather: Shove off a cliff Dick Cheney Al Gore Dan Quayle ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/3 "2001-12-06T14:07:46Z")
I couldn’t answer this one and still follow the rules. Not the flirting rule, but the mass-over-the-cliff rule. Ugh, just my luck to get this group! I’ll wait till some juicy list comes up. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/4 "2001-12-06T14:09:47Z")
Can we marry one and _then_ shove him off a cliff? ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/5 "2001-12-06T14:12:23Z")
Aww…Green Bean- slipped in in front of me and left me with some TOUGH choices! Eessshhh. Um, OK: Dan Quayle: shag. All 3 candidates are so horrifying, might as well go goofy and have great cocktail party stories for the rest of my life. Dick Cheney: marry. He probably has a lot of cash socked away, and hey, that ticker’s not lasting too much longer! Al Gore: cliff. Can’t do that personality (lack thereof?) Can’t do that accent. Now I’m gonna go get breakfast and forget about all these icky images… OK guys! Kathie Lee Gifford Oprah Barbara Boxer Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/6 "2001-12-06T14:14:53Z")
One person per fate, **Medea’s Child**. That’s why it’s a meeeean game! Frankly, it’s more fun over a pitcher of beer. But we’ll have to manage. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/7 "2001-12-06T14:16:27Z")
Kathie Lee Gifford: shag Oprah: shove off a cliff Barbara Boxer: marry (she’s gotta be better than the other two) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/8 "2001-12-06T14:17:01Z")
Shag- **Barbara Boxer** Marry- **Kathie Lee Gifford** (then I can kill her in her sleep) Off a cliff- **Oprah** Next up… Katherine Hepburn (today’s Hepburn, not in her heyday) Phyllis Diller Dame Edna ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/9 "2001-12-06T14:17:48Z")
Kathie Lee Gifford - Shove off a cliff…no question Oprah - Marry, for the money, obviously, a quicky Reno divorce, and half the Harpo deal is MINE! Barbara Boxer - Don’t know who that is, so SHAG CITY, I’ll just keep my eyes closed Here we go Captain Kangaroo Pat Sajak PeeWee Herman ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/10 "2001-12-06T14:19:53Z")
Kathie Lee Gifford - shag with earplugs. Oprah - push over a cliff Barbara Boxer - marry by the way, i did a search on barbara to remind me of her looks and came up 2 sites; her webpage and another for porn clothing. Willie Nelson Wayland Jennings Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/11 "2001-12-06T14:21:12Z")
Oh. Right. Tom Selleck Ted Dansen Tony Danza ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/12 "2001-12-06T14:24:22Z")
Johnny Cash - Marry (he’s the coolest one, and he’s about to go anyway) Waylon Jennings - Shag. ::shudder:: Willie Nelson - Booted off the cliff along with his bandana collection. Captain Kangaroo - Married, I guess. He’s got some dandy outfits. Pat Sajak - Shag. Just to mess up his hair. Pee Wee Herman - Shoved. Next up: David Letterman Jay Leno Conan O’Brien ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/13 "2001-12-06T14:24:49Z")
Tom Selleck - Marry, and our wedding night, in Hawaii, of course, we have a foursome with myself… Ted Dansen, who later slips while doing nice things to my noo-noo and falls off a cliff (it was an accident, Officer, I swear!)… so I wind up with Tony Danza for a shagging partner, while Tom Selleck does the Magnum PI thing and goes to investigate. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/14 "2001-12-06T14:27:47Z")
David Letterman - Shag Jay Leno - Marry Conan O’Brien - Shove off a cliff Pretty much guesses, because I’m not American and don’t know what these guys look like. Osama Bin Laden Saddam Hussein Michael Jackson ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/15 "2001-12-06T14:28:09Z")
Push Letterman off the cliff; he wouldn’t be able to do that annoying laugh anymore. Shag O’Brien since it’d be cute to hear him scream:p Marry Leno. Cars, money, hoboy! Next: Rosie O’Donnell Ellen Degeneres Margaret Cho ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/16 "2001-12-06T14:28:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\* > > Katherine Hepburn (today’s Hepburn, not in her heyday) > Phyllis Diller > Dame Edna \*\* Ahem… ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/17 "2001-12-06T14:31:22Z")
Can we answer and present more than one time each, don’t wanna be a game-hog! ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/18 "2001-12-06T14:33:31Z")
Oh, late night guys! Letterman: Marry (I love Dave) O’Brien: Shag (perhaps on the weekends while married to Dave) Leno: Shove off Cliff (by default) 'k, **Superdude** … Hepburn: Shag (_purely_ by default!) Diller: Shove off cliff Dame Edna: Marry-- she’s just so cool. And now… Frodo Baggins Legolas the Elf Aragon/Strider ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/19 "2001-12-06T14:33:57Z")
Marry Hepburn; Shag Diller (I could close my eyes) Push Edna off a cliff. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215/20 "2001-12-06T14:34:35Z")
I did it to catch the game up after some simul-posts. But it doesn’t matter to me if you double-up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shag-marry-or-shove-off-a-cliff/97215.md?page=2)