[Ads-l] "Fuck, Marry, Kill"?

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

A quick look at Usenet messages (which I cannot search effectively)
reveals some citations beginning in 2001. The second citation below
suggests that Howard Stern used an instance of the expression by 2001.

Timestamp: Nov 7, 2001, 1:22:52 PM
Usenet Newsgroup: alt.pro-wrestling.wwf
Subject: bang, marry, kill
Poster: sinistersteve
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.pro-wrestling.wwf/c/DkLneen5l7g/m/8te0X-2MngAJ

[Begin excerpt]
You must bang one, marry one, and kill one

Lita
Molly Holly
Stacey Kiebler
Mae Young
Fabulous Moolah
Chyna
[End excerpt]


Timestamp: Nov 7, 2001, 4:43:08 PM
Usenet Newsgroup: alt.fan.howard-stern
Subject: Am I the only one who noticed...
Poster: MrPacNW
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.howard-stern/c/9aw3ERKqUW8/m/wq2JGYNE1tUJ

[Begin excerpt]
<< ...that Stern accidently said "fuck" instead of "bang" during one
of the bang/marry/kill games, and it got through? >>

I noticed it too. Yep, it got thru.
[End excerpt]

On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 10:02 AM Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> Subject line says it all: What's the origin of the game "Fuck, Marry, Kill" (in any variant)? There's a Wikipedia entry for it, with examples from the late 00s onwards; the earliest I have, after a casual search, is from 2002. I don't recall it from my own adolescence. Has anyone researched this?
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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