1 00:00:02,545 --> 00:00:06,257 Older Ted: Every architect can point to that one design that changed their career. 2 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:09,135 For me, it was around the time of my 31st birthday. 3 00:00:09,218 --> 00:00:13,431 It wasn't a museum or a concert hall or a skyscraper. 4 00:00:13,764 --> 00:00:14,974 It was something else. 5 00:00:15,057 --> 00:00:18,895 We're opening a restaurant called rib town, and we want it to be shaped... 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,439 Like a cowboy hat. 7 00:00:23,357 --> 00:00:25,818 Look, I need the work. I don't have any other options. 8 00:00:25,902 --> 00:00:27,337 Well, there's always that teaching job. 9 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:31,532 Yeah, I didn't work this hard to be stuck in some crappy, dead-end teaching job. 10 00:00:31,616 --> 00:00:34,577 No offense, Lily. I got peed on three times today. 11 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:35,912 No arguments here. 12 00:00:35,995 --> 00:00:40,333 I just gotta nail this hat building, so I'll see you all in three days. 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,477 Older Ted: For the next three days, I worked harder 14 00:00:42,501 --> 00:00:45,463 than I'd ever worked in my life. 15 00:00:45,922 --> 00:00:48,966 And I got nowhere. 16 00:00:52,762 --> 00:00:54,347 Hey, Ted, what're you doing? 17 00:00:54,430 --> 00:00:56,724 Designing a building shaped like a hat. 18 00:00:56,807 --> 00:00:58,768 Now a good time to chat? No. 19 00:00:58,851 --> 00:01:00,353 So, what do you think of Robin? 20 00:01:00,436 --> 00:01:03,064 Barney, I really need to get to work, so... 21 00:01:03,147 --> 00:01:06,067 Great. Say you and I went suit-shopping, 22 00:01:06,150 --> 00:01:11,405 and you happened upon a beautiful suit, a beautiful Canadian suit. 23 00:01:12,281 --> 00:01:13,282 Double-breasted. 24 00:01:14,992 --> 00:01:18,120 You try it on, but it's not exactly the right fit for you. 25 00:01:18,204 --> 00:01:20,915 So, you put it back. Then I try it on. 26 00:01:21,666 --> 00:01:23,251 I don't really want 27 00:01:23,334 --> 00:01:26,754 to take the same suit that you had your eye on, but at the same time, 28 00:01:26,837 --> 00:01:29,173 I really like that suit. 29 00:01:30,633 --> 00:01:33,761 Buy the suit, Barney. You clearly care about it. 30 00:01:34,011 --> 00:01:37,431 Tell the suit how you feel. Okay. 31 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:42,520 But, Ted, remember that that was your answer because... 32 00:01:45,523 --> 00:01:47,191 The suit is Robin. 33 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:48,609 I know! 34 00:01:49,735 --> 00:01:51,070 Right? 35 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:54,365 I'm with you, buddy. You are now. 36 00:01:55,283 --> 00:01:58,119 Because I explained it to you. What are you... 37 00:02:13,843 --> 00:02:16,887 Come on, dude, you've been at this for three days without a break. 38 00:02:16,971 --> 00:02:19,533 Now, it's your birthday. Come up to the roof and have a beer with me. 39 00:02:19,557 --> 00:02:23,352 No can do. Presentation is tomorrow. Hat buildings don't design themselves. 40 00:02:23,436 --> 00:02:25,730 It's a rib joint for fat tourists. 41 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,333 Just make sure the doors are wide and the chairs are reinforced. 42 00:02:28,399 --> 00:02:31,444 Now, birthday beer on the roof. Let's go! 43 00:02:31,527 --> 00:02:33,571 Why do you want me to come up to the roof so bad? 44 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:35,334 What, are you throwing me a surprise party? 45 00:02:35,364 --> 00:02:37,158 What? Come on. 46 00:02:37,241 --> 00:02:40,077 Ted, we threw you a surprise party last year, okay? 47 00:02:40,161 --> 00:02:42,663 You don't get two surprise parties in a row. 48 00:02:42,747 --> 00:02:45,499 The fact that anyone showed up to the first one was surprise enough. 49 00:02:45,583 --> 00:02:49,837 Right? Two surprise parties in a row! That is rich! 50 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,839 That is rich! 51 00:02:53,257 --> 00:02:55,343 Classic! Classic... 52 00:02:55,426 --> 00:02:56,820 He still won't come up. 53 00:02:57,928 --> 00:02:59,597 Come on. What the crap? 54 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,683 I knew having a second surprise party was a bad idea. 55 00:03:02,767 --> 00:03:07,646 Yes, Robin, I know. This party is... it's a disaster. 56 00:03:07,938 --> 00:03:11,108 It was my idea. I take responsibility. 57 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:16,113 And there's really only one thing to do about it. 58 00:03:20,451 --> 00:03:23,704 Oh, Marshall, no. Lily, I have to do this! 59 00:03:23,788 --> 00:03:26,268 There's no point in putting it off any longer. 60 00:03:26,332 --> 00:03:29,126 Older Ted: I should explain. You see, a few years earlier... 61 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:35,549 Uh-uh. Forget it. This is so not pimped out. 62 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,219 If anything, this is pimped in. 63 00:03:39,428 --> 00:03:42,431 You know who knows how to live? Those people. 64 00:03:42,515 --> 00:03:46,185 Older Ted: Ah. The rooftop patio one building over from ours. 65 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:50,481 Across a chasm of just six or seven feet awaited a landscaped paradise. 66 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:51,565 And best of all... 67 00:03:51,649 --> 00:03:56,529 That looks to be one hot tub. 68 00:03:57,321 --> 00:04:00,157 Great. How do we get over there? What are we gonna do? Jump? 69 00:04:11,085 --> 00:04:12,837 I can jump that far. 70 00:04:14,505 --> 00:04:17,508 Marshall, lately it takes you two tries to get off the sofa. 71 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,260 You can't jump that far. 72 00:04:19,343 --> 00:04:22,555 Oh, really? Really. 73 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:24,473 Watch me. 74 00:04:32,064 --> 00:04:33,264 Older Ted.“ But he didn'tjump. 75 00:04:35,693 --> 00:04:39,155 This actually is kind of nice. Right? Right? 76 00:04:39,655 --> 00:04:42,450 Okay. Okay. 77 00:04:42,533 --> 00:04:45,828 And in the years that followed, he kept almost jumping. 78 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:47,037 Okay. 79 00:04:47,455 --> 00:04:48,706 Okay! 80 00:04:52,877 --> 00:04:55,087 But each time, without fail... 81 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:57,798 Okay. Here we go. 82 00:04:57,882 --> 00:04:59,258 He didn't jump. 83 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:03,471 But don't worry. 'Cause if I can make this jump tonight, 84 00:05:03,554 --> 00:05:05,473 it's totally gonna save the party. 85 00:05:05,598 --> 00:05:08,976 Honey, please get down from there. Lily! 86 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:12,313 When evel knievel sat astride his star-spangled rocket 87 00:05:12,396 --> 00:05:14,398 on the rim of snake river canyon, 88 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:17,735 do you think his wife said, "honey, get down from there"? 89 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:23,699 For the last time, I am not Linda knievel! I will never be Linda knievel! 90 00:05:25,201 --> 00:05:27,369 You don't need to remind me. 91 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:39,715 Marshall, please, don't do this. Please, don'tjump. 92 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:41,800 I'm sorry, Lily, but I gotta do this. 93 00:05:41,884 --> 00:05:43,928 Why? You can't do this. 94 00:05:44,595 --> 00:05:48,057 You want a reason? I'll give you a reason. 95 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:49,600 I'm pregnant. 96 00:05:50,601 --> 00:05:53,729 Oh, my god! Oh, my god, really? 97 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,149 Lily, I mean, I noticed that you gained some weight lately, but I didn't... 98 00:05:57,233 --> 00:06:00,110 I was lying, you jerk! 99 00:06:00,778 --> 00:06:03,739 Oh, go ahead and jump. I hope you die! 100 00:06:06,784 --> 00:06:09,286 That's all the permission I need. 101 00:06:14,083 --> 00:06:15,251 Listen, Robin. 102 00:06:20,297 --> 00:06:22,466 There's something I have to tell you. But wait. 103 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:25,177 Before you do, I have to tell you something first. 104 00:06:27,054 --> 00:06:30,307 What is it? I think I'm in love with you. 105 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:46,824 It's Ted. Everybody, shh! Shh! Shh! 106 00:06:47,116 --> 00:06:50,286 Hey, Ted, what's up? It's here, Lily. 107 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:53,914 It's looking at me. 108 00:06:54,415 --> 00:06:56,875 What is? The goat. 109 00:06:57,334 --> 00:07:00,014 Older Ted: Now, I've told you some of the story of the goat already. 110 00:07:00,504 --> 00:07:03,507 How aunt Lily invited a local farmer to come talk to her class, 111 00:07:03,591 --> 00:07:05,050 and how he brought a goat, 112 00:07:05,134 --> 00:07:09,096 and how he told the whole class what he was gonna do to the goat later that day. 113 00:07:09,179 --> 00:07:11,432 And how aunt Lily, in a fit of mercy, 114 00:07:11,515 --> 00:07:14,310 bought the goat off the guy in order to commute its sentence. 115 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:16,645 Lily, something amazing has happened. 116 00:07:16,729 --> 00:07:19,898 I was talking to Robin, I was all set to tell her how I feel, 117 00:07:19,982 --> 00:07:22,693 but before I could, you'll never believe what she said. 118 00:07:23,319 --> 00:07:24,462 I think I'm in love with you. 119 00:07:24,486 --> 00:07:27,281 Aw! What did you say? What do you think I said? 120 00:07:27,364 --> 00:07:29,325 What would anyone say to something like that? 121 00:07:30,284 --> 00:07:34,121 Yeah, Robin, listen. 122 00:07:34,997 --> 00:07:36,290 You're great. 123 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:39,918 I mean, you're really awesome, but, I mean, we're friends. 124 00:07:40,044 --> 00:07:44,048 It's probably a bad idea. I guess you're right. 125 00:07:46,175 --> 00:07:48,719 Have a good party. You, too, kiddo. 126 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:53,891 What? It's like, as soon as she said that, 127 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:56,644 no more feelings. I'm not in love with her anymore. 128 00:07:56,727 --> 00:07:59,813 So, you've been in love with this girl for the past year, 129 00:07:59,897 --> 00:08:02,775 and the second she reciprocates those feelings, 130 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:06,236 - just like that, you're over her. - How great is that? 131 00:08:12,201 --> 00:08:17,373 No.no! Thsis a washcloth. Not food. 132 00:08:34,807 --> 00:08:35,933 What the... 133 00:08:36,183 --> 00:08:39,937 Okay. This is it. 134 00:08:41,105 --> 00:08:42,189 Here 135 00:08:46,485 --> 00:08:47,903 this is it. 136 00:08:48,278 --> 00:08:50,781 Tracey, Tracey, tell Lily what you just told me. 137 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:52,491 Um, that I just moved to New York? 138 00:08:52,574 --> 00:08:54,368 No, no, but tell her how you got here. 139 00:08:54,451 --> 00:08:56,161 I just got off the bus from Iowa. 140 00:08:56,245 --> 00:08:59,623 Just got off the bus from Iowa! 141 00:09:00,416 --> 00:09:04,294 How lucky is it that an aspiring dancer 142 00:09:04,795 --> 00:09:06,630 just off the bus from Iowa 143 00:09:06,755 --> 00:09:10,926 runs into the producer of the rockettes? 144 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:13,679 I feel like I'm in one of those classic show-biz stories. 145 00:09:13,762 --> 00:09:16,640 Oh, honey, you are. You really are. 146 00:09:17,474 --> 00:09:19,893 Hey, Tracey, why don't you make me one of those rum and beers 147 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:22,646 that your dad loves so much? Sure thing. 148 00:09:24,523 --> 00:09:26,608 Damn it. What? 149 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:31,363 Everybody always says, "don't tell Lily. Lily can't keep a secret." 150 00:09:31,447 --> 00:09:32,990 And, usually, they're right. 151 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:35,534 But this time, I kept the secret. 152 00:09:35,868 --> 00:09:37,995 And then you come along with this crap 153 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:42,374 and you force me to pull an old classic Lily and spill the beans! 154 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:44,710 What beans? There's beans? 155 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:47,004 There's beans. 156 00:09:47,463 --> 00:09:49,131 The suit is Robin. 157 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:50,506 I know! 158 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:53,010 Right? 159 00:09:53,552 --> 00:09:56,221 I'm with you, buddy. You are now. 160 00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:59,767 Because I explained it to you. What are you... 161 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:03,270 Barney: There you go. 162 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:10,110 Oh, crap. 163 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:12,863 He said that? Oh, my god! Whoa! 164 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:15,866 What a tremendous, groundbreaking surprise! 165 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:17,493 How long have you known? Eight months. 166 00:10:17,576 --> 00:10:20,245 And you've kept it a secret since then? Good for you. 167 00:10:20,329 --> 00:10:23,207 Yeah. Wow. Good for you, Lily. 168 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:25,709 I mean, what a bombshell. Who saw that coming? 169 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:28,212 How long have you known? Seven months, 29 days. 170 00:10:28,337 --> 00:10:30,214 What am I going to do? 171 00:10:30,297 --> 00:10:33,091 I don't know. What are you going to do? 172 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:36,512 I'm going to marry Barney in a big church wedding. 173 00:10:36,595 --> 00:10:38,656 And we're going to move to some sleepy New Hampshire town 174 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:39,848 and open a bed-and-breakfast. 175 00:10:39,932 --> 00:10:41,308 Oh! Aw! 176 00:10:41,391 --> 00:10:44,144 Really? No! It's Barney! 177 00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:47,439 I mean, it's Barney. 178 00:10:48,273 --> 00:10:51,485 But it's Barney. I gotta tell him no. 179 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:54,905 Oh, man, you're going to break his... 180 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:58,951 Whatever it is that pumps that black sludge through his veins. 181 00:10:59,076 --> 00:11:00,536 Crap. You're right. 182 00:11:00,619 --> 00:11:04,832 The first time Barney expresses feelings for a girl, and she rejects him? 183 00:11:04,915 --> 00:11:07,584 And not just any girl. I mean... 184 00:11:08,627 --> 00:11:10,420 It will destroy him. 185 00:11:11,421 --> 00:11:13,549 Okay, well, first of all... 186 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:20,180 Second of all, there is a maneuver you can try. 187 00:11:20,264 --> 00:11:22,516 It's high-risk, but it's also high-reward. 188 00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:25,811 For lack of a better term, I'm going to call it 189 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:28,313 "the mosby." The mosby? 190 00:11:28,397 --> 00:11:30,357 No, she couldn't mosby him. 191 00:11:30,482 --> 00:11:33,819 She could mosby the crap out of him. What's the mosby? 192 00:11:33,902 --> 00:11:35,946 Robin, you remember your first date with Ted? 193 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:39,324 You wanted to hop on the t-train, take a ride downtown. 194 00:11:39,449 --> 00:11:43,662 I was ready to jump that turnstile. What changed all that? 195 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:47,291 I think I'm in love with you. What? 196 00:11:48,125 --> 00:11:50,878 Oh! The mosby! 197 00:11:50,961 --> 00:11:53,213 That is genius. Thank you. 198 00:11:53,297 --> 00:11:56,049 And, excuse me. 199 00:11:58,176 --> 00:12:00,488 Oh, I mean, you're very pretty, but you're freakishly tall, 200 00:12:00,512 --> 00:12:03,181 and you don't believe in ghosts. 201 00:12:03,807 --> 00:12:06,560 So, when she said she thinks she's in love with me, 202 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:09,855 she meant the opposite. Exactly. 203 00:12:09,938 --> 00:12:12,149 And look how well it worked. You're back to normal. 204 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:16,820 Yes. Yes, I am. And it is great. It's awesome. 205 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:21,366 So, robhfsnotm love with me. Nope. 206 00:12:22,701 --> 00:12:23,952 Why not? 207 00:12:27,289 --> 00:12:28,540 Mr. Goat? 208 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:45,098 Mr. Goat? 209 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:49,186 Okay. That's it. 210 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:53,982 Stupid goat. 211 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:58,111 I do not understand your fascination with this washcloth. 212 00:12:58,195 --> 00:13:00,795 I guess that's what happens when you have a brain the size of a... 213 00:13:01,573 --> 00:13:03,033 No! No! No! 214 00:13:07,245 --> 00:13:10,207 Okay. Okay. Okay. 215 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,084 Marshall, can you just go get Ted? 216 00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:15,629 Lily, I was just about to jump. 217 00:13:15,712 --> 00:13:18,590 Didn't you hear me saying "okay" over and over again? 218 00:13:18,674 --> 00:13:21,885 I'm sorry. Go ahead and jump. No, it's fine. 219 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:25,305 Sorry, everybody. Lily won't let me jump. 220 00:13:26,515 --> 00:13:27,683 Yeah. 221 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:33,480 Thank god. 222 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:44,324 Hospital! 223 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:48,245 What happened, exactly? 224 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:50,247 What happened 225 00:13:50,664 --> 00:13:54,668 is you let a freaking wild animal into our apartment. 226 00:13:54,751 --> 00:13:56,211 I was savaged. 227 00:13:56,294 --> 00:14:00,257 That is the sweetest, cutest little goat in the whole world. 228 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:04,052 Sweetest, cutest little goat in the whole world? 229 00:14:04,261 --> 00:14:05,947 Older Ted: I was pretty sleep-deprived at this point, 230 00:14:05,971 --> 00:14:07,931 so this probably isn't how it really happened, 231 00:14:08,015 --> 00:14:09,266 but here's how I remember it. 232 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:31,913 So, you're the guy who tried to make it with a goat? 233 00:14:31,997 --> 00:14:34,207 Hey, if anything, that goat tried to make it with me. 234 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:37,669 Can I go, please? Sure, you can go. 235 00:14:37,753 --> 00:14:40,630 But remember, buddy, "baa" means "baa." 236 00:14:44,134 --> 00:14:47,304 Great. Great. Now I'm going to be late for my presentation. 237 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:48,847 Thanks a lot, Mr. Goat. 238 00:14:48,930 --> 00:14:51,725 Mr. Goat? Ted, that goat's a girl. 239 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:55,062 Her name's missy. You got beat up by a girl. 240 00:15:02,486 --> 00:15:05,405 So. You're in love with me. What? 241 00:15:05,489 --> 00:15:07,074 Oh, yeah. Very much. 242 00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:10,327 Okay, you can knock it off. Lily told me. 243 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:13,997 Oh, damn it, Lily! I can't believe you would do that. 244 00:15:14,206 --> 00:15:17,626 It's just... like, I care about you, Barney. 245 00:15:17,709 --> 00:15:21,129 And this kind of stuff, the emotional stuff? 246 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:24,633 It's not your thing. I thought I'd save you the trouble. 247 00:15:24,716 --> 00:15:27,010 Maybe I don't want to be saved the trouble. 248 00:15:27,094 --> 00:15:29,096 Maybe I want the trouble. 249 00:15:29,513 --> 00:15:31,598 I haven't wanted the trouble in a long time. 250 00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:34,935 But with you, the trouble doesn't seem so 251 00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:36,019 troubling. 252 00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:39,606 I don't know. I thought... 253 00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:42,901 I guess I thought you felt the same way. 254 00:15:43,527 --> 00:15:45,570 Maybe I do. 255 00:15:45,654 --> 00:15:47,197 I don't know. 256 00:15:47,531 --> 00:15:50,909 I'm not exactly the biggest confronter of feelings. 257 00:15:51,701 --> 00:15:54,704 I mean, clearly, there's something between us. 258 00:15:55,205 --> 00:15:57,749 Maybe my head was saying, "nip it in the bud," 259 00:15:57,833 --> 00:16:01,628 because my heart was saying something else. 260 00:16:03,547 --> 00:16:06,925 Look, I have feelings for you, Barney. 261 00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:10,137 Maybe I even love you. 262 00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:12,764 Whoa! This is going pretty fast, don't you think? 263 00:16:12,848 --> 00:16:15,642 What? We have a really good friendship going. 264 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:18,979 Why screw up a good thing? Friends? 265 00:16:20,063 --> 00:16:21,273 Friends. 266 00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:24,609 Oh, my god. You just did it again. You just mosby'd me. 267 00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,945 I did not! You did. You little minx. 268 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:29,281 Okay, you're right. I did just mosby you. 269 00:16:29,364 --> 00:16:31,324 Why are you so afraid of giving this a chance? 270 00:16:31,408 --> 00:16:34,161 Because I am scared of how much I like you. 271 00:16:34,286 --> 00:16:37,497 Whoa! This is a bad idea. You're right. This is a mistake. 272 00:16:37,581 --> 00:16:39,374 Yes.no. Iloveyou. 273 00:16:39,457 --> 00:16:41,209 Let's be friends. Okay. Friends, then. 274 00:16:41,293 --> 00:16:42,669 I love you. Let's get married. 275 00:16:42,752 --> 00:16:44,796 No, you're smothering me. Okay, forget it. 276 00:16:51,052 --> 00:16:52,321 You know what? We can sort this out later. 277 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:55,724 Yeah. That sounds good. That sounds good. Let's go. 278 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,685 Older Ted: It had been a long and crazy night, 279 00:16:58,768 --> 00:17:00,770 but that morning, against all odds, 280 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:02,647 I made it to my presentation. 281 00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:06,943 Here you have it, gentlemen. Rib town. Right? 282 00:17:07,444 --> 00:17:10,655 - Right? - Yeah. 283 00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:17,621 Ted, listen. You're great, and you've done a real special job here. 284 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:21,374 And you're going to make some other restaurant very happy someday, 285 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:26,504 but we have decided to go another direction here. 286 00:17:27,047 --> 00:17:30,217 What? Feast your eyes on 287 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,470 rib town! Rib town! 288 00:17:35,972 --> 00:17:37,140 Sven. 289 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,396 I'll tell you one thing. I'm never eating ribs again. 290 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,565 Yeah, right. 291 00:17:45,649 --> 00:17:49,861 I am never eating ribs again! 292 00:17:51,446 --> 00:17:53,073 In front of Ted! 293 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:57,035 This is a disaster. How am I going to come back from this? 294 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,705 Okay, I'm just going to ask this. 295 00:18:00,789 --> 00:18:02,916 Do you really want to come back from this? 296 00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:06,503 What's that supposed to mean? Architecture is killing you, Ted, 297 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:09,589 and it's killing us to watch it killing you. 298 00:18:09,673 --> 00:18:13,760 You're like that goat with the washcloth. You want it so bad, 299 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:16,137 and every time the world tries to take it away from you, 300 00:18:16,221 --> 00:18:18,932 you keep grabbing it. But you know what? 301 00:18:19,015 --> 00:18:22,102 It's just a washcloth. Why do you even want it? 302 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:25,730 Because I have to be an architect. That's... 303 00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:27,691 That's the plan. 304 00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:31,486 Oh, screw the plan. I planned on being a famous artist. 305 00:18:31,569 --> 00:18:34,114 Marshall planned on being an environmental lawyer. 306 00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:36,783 Robin planned on being a TV reporter. 307 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:41,496 Uh, I am a TV reporter. I'm on every morning at 4:00 am. 308 00:18:41,579 --> 00:18:44,207 Is that still on? Good for you. 309 00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:46,668 Okay, somebody watch it, please. 310 00:18:46,751 --> 00:18:48,837 Barney planned on being a violinist. 311 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,506 Lily? Don't tell me things. 312 00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:55,343 Look, you can't design your life like a building. 313 00:18:55,427 --> 00:19:00,390 It doesn't work that way. You just have to live it, and it will design itself. 314 00:19:00,682 --> 00:19:02,726 So, what, I should just do nothing? 315 00:19:02,809 --> 00:19:07,480 No. Listen to what the world is telling you to do and take the leap. 316 00:19:15,864 --> 00:19:17,490 You're right. 317 00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:19,159 You're absolutely right. 318 00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:22,412 I love you, Lily. 319 00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:27,459 Oh, no. Metaphorical leap. Metaphorical leap! 320 00:19:28,293 --> 00:19:30,813 Barn ey: Not cool. Not cool. Lily: Don't do it. Don't do it. No! 321 00:19:30,879 --> 00:19:32,005 Robin: Oh, god. 322 00:19:39,471 --> 00:19:41,806 I did it! Baby, you did it. 323 00:19:41,890 --> 00:19:44,601 I can do anything! Yes, you can. 324 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,520 I'm getting a motorcycle! You absolutely are not! 325 00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:50,023 Okay, sorry. Guys, come on over. 326 00:20:26,935 --> 00:20:29,604 Older Ted: That was the year I got left at the altar. 327 00:20:29,687 --> 00:20:32,982 It was the year! Got knocked out by a crazy bartender. 328 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:34,818 The year I got fired. 329 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:37,070 The year! Got beat up by a goat. 330 00:20:37,487 --> 00:20:38,988 A girl goat, at that. 331 00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:42,784 And damn it if it wasn't the best year of my life. 332 00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:50,125 Because, if any one of those things hadn't happened, 333 00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:54,421 I never would have ended up in what turned out to be the best job I ever had. 334 00:20:54,504 --> 00:20:58,049 But more importantly, I wouldn't have met your mother, 335 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:02,846 because, as you know, she was in that class. 336 00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:07,183 Of course, that story's only just beginning.