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Her favorite CD in the
Otis Redding box set?

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Disc three.

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My favorite?
Any guesses?

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Anyone?
Come on.

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Disc three!

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God, Victoria's so amazing!

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I could talk about her
for hours.

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What do you mean "could"?

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I'm sorry, it's
just... God, I...

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I'm crazy about
this girl.

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It feels like maybe...

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I don't want to say it.

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Trust that impulse, Ted.

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ROBIN:
Hey.

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Something kind of cool
just happened.

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My story on Pickles,
the Singing Dog,

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just got nominated for
a Local Area Media Award.

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A... LAME-A?

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We prefer
Local Area Media Award.

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Um...

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there's going to be
this big banquet.

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I know these things
aren't much fun,

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but it would really mean a lot
to me if you guys came.

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And there's an open bar.

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Oh!
Yes!
Word up!

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Yeah, put me down
for two.

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Really?
It's three months away.

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I know, but...

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guys, I'm sorry,
I'm going to say it.

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I have a feeling Victoria's
going to be around

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for a long time.

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I'm going to miss
Victoria.

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I should just skip this thing
entirely.

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Robin's still pissed at me
after... you know.

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You lied and said you were
broken up with Victoria

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before you actually were
so you could try to nail Robin

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and you wound up losing
both girls in one night?

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Yes, that's what I meant
by "you know."

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I haven't seen her
in three weeks.

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She won't return my calls.

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Look, I shouldn't go.

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You should
definitely go.

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Look, it's a chance to show
her you're still friends

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and that you support her.

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Or it's a chance
to mess with her head

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by showing up
with someone hotter.

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Even better, triple threat...
hotter and bigger boobs.

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That's only two.
Count again.

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Barney, I'm not bringing a date.

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Even if I wanted to,
the thing's in two hours.

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So get an escort.

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By "escort,"
you mean prostitute?

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Why not?

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Because... gross?

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Oh, gross.

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What, you have some
puritanical hang-up

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about prostitution?

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Dude, it's the world's
oldest profession.

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You really think
that's true?

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Oh, yeah.

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I bet even Cro-Magnons
used to give cave hookers,

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like, an extra fish
for putting out.

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Aha, so then
the oldest profession
would be fishermen.

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Kaboom!
You've been lawyered.

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Come on, Ted, let's get you
a hooker. It'll be fun.

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Okay, to bring to the banquet
and hang out with ironically

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or to actually have sex with?

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Yes.

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No! It's illegal.

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And did I mention gross?

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That's adorable.
Ted, you're such a hayseed.

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The companionship business

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is the growth industry
of the 21st century.

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You do realize that
one out of every eight

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adult women in America
is a prostitute.

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You just made that up.
Withdrawn.

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Lawyered.

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The point is,
how long has it been?

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57 days.

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Is that your water?
May I?

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Yeah, go ahead.
Much obliged.

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57 days?!

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Ted, you are in a slump.

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No, it's not a slump.

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It's an intentional hiatus
from girls.

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A slump is when you strike out

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every time you step up
to the plate.

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But I'm off the roster, baby.

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I'm in the locker room
sitting in the whirlpool.

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And I'll tell you something,
it feels pretty good.

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Yeah, you know what else
is in that locker room?

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A naked dudes hanging brain.

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Ted, you need

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a lady.

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And I've got the next
best thing... Mary.

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She lives in
my building.

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She's smart, she's hot,
she's totally cool.

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Oh, she sounds great.

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And who knows?

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Maybe we'll wind up getting
married someday.

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You know, if we can get
a blessing from her pimp.

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You want to judge
a fellow human being

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based solely on one
external characteristic?

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That's racism.

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And I do not drink
with racists.

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Good day.

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You're just waiting for me
to speak, so you can...

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I said good day!

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So should I wear my hair
up or down?

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Lily.

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What?

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You okay?

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Oh, yeah, sorry.

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I'm just exhausted
from work.

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The stupid school board
took away nap time

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in all kindergarten classes

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and now the kids are just going
crazy by the end of the day.

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It's much harder to deal with
because,

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well, I don't get my nap.

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Wait, you were taking naps
when the kids were?

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Is that safe?

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Well, they're only five.
What are they gonna do to me?

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Ted's still coming
to this thing, right?

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Yep.

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Do you think, um...

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hypothetically...

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it would be weird
if I bring a date?

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Look at you, Scherbotsky,

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blatantly trying
to make Ted jealous.

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No, it's just this guy
at the station.

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I never get involved with
co-workers,

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but he asked me and I said yes.

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Is it going to be weird?

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No, it's not going
to be weird at all.

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Robin's bringing a date.

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Oy. That's going
to be really weird.

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I know.

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Robin's bringing
a date.

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Oh.

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Okay. That's not weird.

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She's bringing a date.
I'm glad she's moving on.

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Dude, it's going
to be weird.

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No, it's fine.

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Look, in spite of whatever
happened between us,

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Robin and I are still friends.

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I don't think it'll be weird.

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Yeah, it won't be weird.
Thank you.

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Because you're going
to bring your own date.

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Hello, Barney.

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Hi, Mary.

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Have you met Ted?

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Nice to meet you, Ted.

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Hi, Mary.

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Wow.

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It's, uh, nice to meet you, too.

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So we're going
to an award show?

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Uh, yeah, will you just
excuse us for one minute?

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Barney.

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See you in two shakes, Mare.

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You two make yourselves
comfortable.

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What the hell?

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Dude, your narrow-minded views
on professional fornicators

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were harshing my mellow.

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So I got you a date
for the evening.

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You got me a hooker.

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A really hot hook...

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A hooker!

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Think about it,
this is perfect.

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A... it will make Robin
insanely jealous...

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B... you get to have
sex with her...

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and C... maybe by
getting to know Mary,

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you'll come to see that
courtesans are people, too.

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And D... "B" all night long.

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I'm not taking a prostitute
to Robin's banquet.

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The only people who will know
are you, me and Marshall.

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No one will suspect a thing.
They'll just see you

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with this unbelievably
smoking hot girl and...

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Okay, that's a little
bit suspicious.

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Look, I'm just trying

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to expand your horizons
a little bit tonight.

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But if you're not interested,
fine, I'm out 500 bucks.

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Whatever.
500 bucks?

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Ted, you're my cabron.

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You think I'm gonna stick you

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with some toothless tranny
from the Port Authority?

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Look at how hot she is.

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Robin would be
so jealous.

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I'm not trying to make
Robin jealous, Barney.

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Look, I... tell Mary,
thanks, but no thanks.

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I have a soul.

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TED:
And then your Uncle Marhsall
and I had one of our famous

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telepathic conversations.

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MARSHALL:
Check out Robin's date.

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TED:
I know.

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Is that who I think it is?

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Yep.

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It's Sandy Rivers.

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TED:
Sandy Rivers was the face of
Metro News One,

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the most low-budget cable news
network ever.

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Sandy time.
Sandy time!

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He was best known
for his morning segment

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"In Today's Paper,"

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during which he literally
flipped through today's papers,

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reading them aloud to viewers.

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Here we have, on the front page,
a story about a...

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I guess, a guy
in a superhero costume

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climbing
the Empire State Building.

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Looks interesting.

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These idiotic filler pieces
were a guilty pleasure of ours.

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Which Sandy
do we want today?

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French Sandy,
porn star Sandy...?

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Yosemite Sandy,
definitely.

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Excellent choice.

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(laughing)

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I love this guy.

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I hate this guy.

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Hey.

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Hi. I'm Lily.
Hi.

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Hi. Mary.
It's nice to meet you.

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Mary is a friend
of Barney's.

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Barney invited her.
Just met Mary ourselves.

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Don't know too much
about Mary.

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Look, a beer.

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Hey.

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Hi.

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You look nice.
Oh, um,
Ted, this is Sandy.

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Hi. Sandy Rivers.

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Use my full name.

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People get a kick
out of it.

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Hi, Sandy.

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Rivers.

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So are you two, uh...

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Starting a bunch
of office rumors?

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Looks that way.
Looks that way.

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Oh, how rude of me.

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Uh, Robin, Sandy... Rivers...

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this is Mary, my date.

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Hi.

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ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the 45th annual

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Local Area Media Awards.

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Please say hello to our host
for the evening,

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king of the Saturday Afternoon
Kung Fu Movie,

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Vampire Lou!

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(applause)

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Tonight we celebrate
the very best in broadcasting

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and the triumph
of the human spirit.

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Man,

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Vampire Lou just looks great.

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I can't believe I'm on a date
with a hooker.

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Yeah, I can't believe you let
her and Lily

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go to the ladies' room together,
man.

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Secrets come out in there.

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Oh, please.
How's it's going to come out?

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"Uh, pass me a towel.
P.S., I have sex for money."

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Who has sex for money?

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Nobody.

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What did you guys
talk about in there?

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Anything interesting?

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No, not really.

260
00:09:50,290 --> 00:09:53,326
We just chitchatted and
I borrowed her lipstick.

261
00:09:55,495 --> 00:09:57,831
Why is Vampire Lou the host

262
00:09:57,898 --> 00:10:00,567
of a Saturday Afternoon
Kung Fu Movie?

263
00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:02,602
You know, it just
makes no sense.

264
00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:04,371
God, that pisses me off.

265
00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,939
Lily, you okay?

266
00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:07,775
Oh, yeah, I'm just tired.

267
00:10:07,841 --> 00:10:09,877
And when I get tired,
I get cranky.

268
00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,745
Really?
I couldn't imagine you cranky.

269
00:10:11,812 --> 00:10:14,815
"Really? I couldn't
imagine you cranky."

270
00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:17,384
MARY:
Wow.

271
00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:18,686
Why are you so tired?

272
00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:20,721
Well, I teach kindergarten

273
00:10:20,788 --> 00:10:22,656
and the school board
took away my nap time,

274
00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:24,658
the kids' nap time.

275
00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,827
Lily, quit your job.
Work at a private school.

276
00:10:26,894 --> 00:10:28,461
You won't have to deal with
the school board,

277
00:10:28,528 --> 00:10:30,197
and you'll make a ton
more money.

278
00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:31,231
Well, guess what, Barney?

279
00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:33,100
I don't base
all my life decisions

280
00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:34,768
on how much money
I'm going to make,

281
00:10:34,835 --> 00:10:36,970
unlike you and,
sadly, my fiancé.

282
00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:39,106
Well, it's just an
internship, for the record.

283
00:10:39,172 --> 00:10:42,810
Yeah, because if I did
sacrifice all my values
just for an easy buck,

284
00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:44,511
what would that make me?

285
00:10:44,577 --> 00:10:46,079
A prostitute.

286
00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:49,149
Exactly.
Thank you, Mary.

287
00:10:49,216 --> 00:10:51,184
So, Mary, what do you do
for a living?

288
00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:52,886
She's a paralegal.

289
00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:57,324
Yes, I'm a paralegal.

290
00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:59,760
So, Mary the paralegal.

291
00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:02,195
What does a paralegal
do exactly?

292
00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:05,565
I just assist with
day-to-day clerical work

293
00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:07,534
in a law firm downtown.

294
00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,936
Oh, what firm?

295
00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,504
Douglas, O'Halloran and Stamp.

296
00:11:11,571 --> 00:11:13,006
That's a real law firm.

297
00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:14,141
I know.

298
00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:16,109
Nice.

299
00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:18,345
You're pretty good
on your feet.

300
00:11:18,411 --> 00:11:20,280
Are you flirting
with me?

301
00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:21,648
Is that allowed?

302
00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:24,251
Yes, it's encouraged.

303
00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:26,887
You know, I wouldn't normally
say this on a first date,

304
00:11:26,954 --> 00:11:29,689
but... well, considering...

305
00:11:29,757 --> 00:11:31,224
I'm just going
to say it.

306
00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:33,293
You are so hot!

307
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,862
Well, thank you.

308
00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:36,463
You're welcome.

309
00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,198
Mary, Ted is a great guy.

310
00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:39,399
You hold on to him.

311
00:11:39,466 --> 00:11:42,202
Don't let him out
of your sight for a minute.

312
00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:45,572
So, Sandy, what do you do?

313
00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:47,040
Oh, wait, I know
what you do.

314
00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:49,509
You're the guy who reads
the paper in the morning.

315
00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:51,378
You got me.

316
00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:52,579
What do you do, Ted?

317
00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:55,048
Oh, same thing as you...
I read the paper every morning.

318
00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:57,184
But then after that,
I finish my coffee

319
00:11:57,250 --> 00:11:59,252
and I go to my real job
as an architect

320
00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:01,188
where I make an actual
contribution to the world.

321
00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:02,722
(chuckles):
I'm just kidding.

322
00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:04,057
Love your show.
You're terrific.

323
00:12:04,124 --> 00:12:05,392
Thanks.

324
00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,961
I never tire of hearing that.

325
00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:12,599
Hey, you know that
scene in Empire

326
00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:15,335
where they lower the helmet
onto Darth Vader's head?

327
00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:19,472
Do you think that's how
Sandy puts his hair
on in the morning?

328
00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:22,075
You just insulted someone
I hate

329
00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:24,444
by referencing
something I love.

330
00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:26,914
Damn, you just got
even hotter.

331
00:12:29,516 --> 00:12:33,053
And so, as the night wore on,
I started to realize,

332
00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,323
this girl, despite what
she did for a living,

333
00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:38,959
was kind of great.

334
00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,030
Hey.

335
00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:43,931
Hey.

336
00:12:43,997 --> 00:12:45,665
Mary seems nice.

337
00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:47,400
Have you kissed her yet,
or are you waiting

338
00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,970
until you're in a serious
relationship with someone else?

339
00:12:50,037 --> 00:12:51,438
(sighs)

340
00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:53,406
I, uh... I wanted to apologize
for everything that happened.

341
00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:55,242
And just like that,
it's all okay.

342
00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:56,443
Roll credits.

343
00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,078
So you're going to be
mad at me forever?

344
00:12:58,145 --> 00:12:59,279
What, we're not even
friends now?

345
00:12:59,346 --> 00:13:01,481
We're still friends.
Are we?

346
00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:03,450
You don't return my calls,
we never hang out

347
00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:05,018
and now you're trying
to make my jealous

348
00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:06,920
by waving Edward R. Moron
in my face?

349
00:13:06,987 --> 00:13:10,858
Oh, and Paralegally Blonde
isn't here in her low-cut
dress to make me jealous?

350
00:13:10,924 --> 00:13:13,560
Oh, so now she's a whore?

351
00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,328
What?

352
00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:16,096
You know something?

353
00:13:16,163 --> 00:13:17,730
Mary the paralegal
is awesome.

354
00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,032
And you know what else?

355
00:13:19,099 --> 00:13:20,934
I didn't come here tonight
to make you jealous,

356
00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:22,903
I came here to support you
as a friend.

357
00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:25,272
And frankly, I'm sick of trying.

358
00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:30,043
I like that guy.

359
00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:36,083
Hey.
Hey.

360
00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:37,717
What were you guys talking
about over there?

361
00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:40,287
Oh, I was, uh, just
telling my friend

362
00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:41,654
that I think you're awesome.

363
00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:44,324
Well, thanks.

364
00:13:44,391 --> 00:13:46,659
You know, this is one
of the nicer hotels

365
00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:48,095
I've ever been in.

366
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,396
Oh, yeah, my friend
did the remodel.

367
00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:51,664
You should see the rooms.
The views are amazing.

368
00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:54,434
Yeah? Maybe it's too bad
we don't have a room.

369
00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,336
Room 1506.
My treat.

370
00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:57,971
You kids go nuts.

371
00:13:58,038 --> 00:13:59,572
Actually, don't use
the mini-bar.

372
00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:12,920
Do it.

373
00:14:12,986 --> 00:14:14,087
Come on, Ted, do it.

374
00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:15,588
This is one of those things
you have to do

375
00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:16,623
before you turn 30.

376
00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:17,657
Sleep with a prostitute?

377
00:14:17,724 --> 00:14:19,192
No, lose your virginity.

378
00:14:19,259 --> 00:14:20,427
What up.

379
00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:23,330
Statistic... men who have had
at least one relationship

380
00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:24,764
with a prostitute

381
00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:26,199
are 75% more likely

382
00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:27,767
to have success
in future relationships.

383
00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:29,036
You just made that up.

384
00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:30,904
Withdrawn.
Lawyered.

385
00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:32,272
Okay, three things.

386
00:14:32,339 --> 00:14:33,941
First of all, Robin's
category's almost up.

387
00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:35,675
And second of all,
you cannot do this.

388
00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:36,876
It's wrong on every level.

389
00:14:36,944 --> 00:14:38,478
And third,

390
00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,547
I've been placing small items
in Sandy's hair all night.

391
00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:41,848
He still hasn't noticed.

392
00:14:41,915 --> 00:14:43,050
I know I can't do this.

393
00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:44,117
I'm not doing this.

394
00:14:44,184 --> 00:14:45,385
It's just... it's a shame.

395
00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:46,486
She's really cool.

396
00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:48,255
Yeah, well... there we go.

397
00:14:48,321 --> 00:14:50,590
VAMPIRE LOU:
Scooter "Bam-Bam" Branson
for A Bicycle...

398
00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:52,525
Joyride or Deathtrap?

399
00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:53,826
Mike Murphy

400
00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,429
for 13, Pregnant and Addicted.

401
00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:57,830
And Robin Scherbotsky

402
00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:01,368
for Pickles, the Singing Dog.

403
00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:02,535
And the winner is...

404
00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:04,804
Robin Scherbotsky.

405
00:15:04,871 --> 00:15:06,539
(applause)

406
00:15:09,977 --> 00:15:11,611
Thanks.

407
00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:15,949
Oh, wow.

408
00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:17,350
This is really a surprise.

409
00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:20,520
Um, you know it's nice
to be able to share this award

410
00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:21,721
with my friends.

411
00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:22,922
They're all here tonight.

412
00:15:22,990 --> 00:15:26,193
Marshall, Lily,
Sandy Rivers...

413
00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:29,662
Barney...

414
00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,864
And that's it.

415
00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,400
Those are all my friends.

416
00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:35,535
Thank you.

417
00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:42,909
Congratulations.

418
00:15:42,976 --> 00:15:45,778
Oh, thanks.

419
00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:47,880
Um, Sandy, do you
want to get a cab?

420
00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,282
Sure. Let's go.

421
00:15:49,349 --> 00:15:51,418
Yeah, this party's dead.

422
00:15:51,484 --> 00:15:53,053
Mary, you want
to go upstairs?

423
00:15:54,121 --> 00:15:57,024
We, uh, got a room.

424
00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:01,061
MARSHALL (voice echoing):
Dude, what are you doing?

425
00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:02,429
TED:
What's it look like?

426
00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:03,863
MARSHALL:
It looks bad,
is what it looks like.

427
00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:05,398
You cannot do this.

428
00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:08,301
Marshall, she is a really cool
girl when you get to know her.

429
00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:10,937
Besides, I'm trying
to make Robin jealous.

430
00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:13,640
MARSHALL:
Oh, that's real mature.

431
00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:16,043
LILY:
Marshall, what is up with you
and Ted?

432
00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:18,311
MARSHALL:
Nothing, baby.
Don't worry about it.

433
00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:20,713
Fine. Do what you want.

434
00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:22,649
Hey.

435
00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:23,983
Should we go?

436
00:16:24,051 --> 00:16:25,252
Yeah.

437
00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:27,987
Thanks.

438
00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:29,689
Well...

439
00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:30,890
Good night.

440
00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:32,492
Good night.

441
00:16:48,075 --> 00:16:49,642
So, did you
and Barney ever...?

442
00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,478
There's not enough
money in the world.

443
00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:53,446
Oh, thank God.

444
00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:54,547
Whew.

445
00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,083
(chuckles)

446
00:16:57,650 --> 00:16:58,885
Wow, so they're...?

447
00:16:58,951 --> 00:16:59,986
Uh-huh.

448
00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:03,123
Robin, where's
Sandy Rivers?

449
00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:04,691
I put him in a cab.

450
00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:06,259
So you and he aren't...?

451
00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:08,161
I don't date people
I work with.

452
00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:10,530
I was just trying
to make Ted jealous.

453
00:17:10,597 --> 00:17:11,664
Is he...?

454
00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:13,300
He's off trying
to make you jealous.

455
00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:16,536
Oh, well, good for them.

456
00:17:16,603 --> 00:17:20,407
And, you know, if Ted likes her,
she's probably pretty cool.

457
00:17:20,473 --> 00:17:22,875
MARSHALL:
Lily, I know you're asleep,

458
00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:24,411
but I have to tell someone
this,

459
00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:25,778
and we tell
each other everything.

460
00:17:25,845 --> 00:17:28,348
So, here it goes.

461
00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:29,982
Mary's not a paralegal.

462
00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,818
She's a prostitute.

463
00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:33,886
Mary's a prostitute?

464
00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:34,987
What?!

465
00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,523
Barney paid for her.

466
00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:39,159
Is that true?

467
00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:40,960
We were having
a conversation

468
00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:42,295
about prostitution,

469
00:17:42,362 --> 00:17:43,796
and then Barney
calls her up

470
00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:45,332
and then she shows up
at the bar

471
00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:47,134
and now she and Ted
are upstairs.

472
00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,469
Okay, seriously, what is going
on with Ted lately?

473
00:17:49,536 --> 00:17:51,938
Is he having
a nervous breakdown?

474
00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:56,376
You know, Barney, for anyone
else, this would be a new low,

475
00:17:56,443 --> 00:17:58,545
but sadly, for you,
it's just a new middle.

476
00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:04,317
Oh, my God, I used
her lipstick! Ah!

477
00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:05,785
That's her napkin.

478
00:18:05,852 --> 00:18:08,388
(yelps):
No!

479
00:18:08,455 --> 00:18:10,557
Okay, well, I guess now
is as good a time as any.

480
00:18:10,623 --> 00:18:12,192
In keeping with
tonight's

481
00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:14,194
award show motif,
I'd like to announce

482
00:18:14,261 --> 00:18:17,530
this evening's big twist ending!

483
00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,066
Ah.

484
00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:22,469
Vampire Lou, would you
do the honors?

485
00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:27,106
"Mary's not
really a prostitute."

486
00:18:27,174 --> 00:18:28,341
What?

487
00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:30,343
That's all, Vampire Lou.
Nicely done.

488
00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:31,711
So she's not...?
No.

489
00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,780
Mary's just a paralegal
who lives in my building.

490
00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:36,249
Oh... ha-ha!
And here's the best part...

491
00:18:36,316 --> 00:18:38,318
she has no idea that Ted thinks
she's a hooker.

492
00:18:38,385 --> 00:18:41,454
(cackling)

493
00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:42,489
Oh, come on.

494
00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:45,158
If you don't laugh,
it just seems mean.

495
00:18:45,225 --> 00:18:48,395
(chuckles weakly)

496
00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:58,004
I feel kind
of like Richard Gere.

497
00:18:58,070 --> 00:19:00,373
Not shy about your
looks, are you?

498
00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:01,874
No.

499
00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:07,113
You know, Mary, I've never
done this before.

500
00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:08,348
Done what?

501
00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:13,620
You know, been...
on a "date."

502
00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:15,355
Yeah, right.

503
00:19:15,422 --> 00:19:16,923
Wait, you're
kidding, right?

504
00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,225
No.

505
00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:20,327
Why, is that so odd?

506
00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:22,895
Well, Ted, I mean,
I've been going on dates

507
00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:25,498
since I was 15.

508
00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:29,168
God, you were
just a kid.

509
00:19:29,236 --> 00:19:31,170
Well, look, let's just
have a few drinks.

510
00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:32,772
We'll relax and...

511
00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,040
Yeah, that sounds great.

512
00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:37,844
I had clients riding me
all day long.

513
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,479
Must be tough.

514
00:19:39,546 --> 00:19:41,848
Yeah. I mean, this one guy
just wouldn't leave me alone.

515
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,517
I mean, talk about anal.

516
00:19:49,256 --> 00:19:53,493
Well, here we are.

517
00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,194
Uh...

518
00:19:55,262 --> 00:19:59,098
Okay, look, Mary,
I like you a lot.

519
00:19:59,165 --> 00:20:00,533
I'm sort of amazed

520
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,168
at how much
I like you,

521
00:20:02,235 --> 00:20:03,370
but I can't do this.

522
00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:04,671
You're a hooker.

523
00:20:06,239 --> 00:20:07,440
What?

524
00:20:07,507 --> 00:20:08,741
Look, maybe I'm
old-fashioned,

525
00:20:08,808 --> 00:20:10,643
but I'm sorry,
that's a deal-breaker for me.

526
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,612
I'm not going to have sex
with a prostitute.

527
00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:15,782
No... Ted, I'm a paralegal.

528
00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:17,250
Come on, Mary, there's
no one else around.

529
00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:19,552
You're a hooker.

530
00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:21,754
No, Ted...

531
00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:23,356
I'm a paralegal.

532
00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:26,993
No, you're a hooker.

533
00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:30,597
No, I'm a paralegal.

534
00:20:34,301 --> 00:20:36,436
You're a paralegal.

535
00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:40,407
(laughing)

536
00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:41,974
That was not funny.

537
00:20:42,041 --> 00:20:43,543
Not funny, dude.

538
00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:45,812
I know,
it was hilarious.

539
00:20:45,878 --> 00:20:47,547
Why would you do that?

540
00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:49,316
I did it to prove a point.

541
00:20:49,382 --> 00:20:50,750
What point?

542
00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:53,520
Stay with me.

543
00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:54,954
It's going
to come to me.

544
00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:56,589
No.

545
00:20:56,656 --> 00:20:58,791
Ah, okay, here's the point.

546
00:20:58,858 --> 00:21:00,760
You thought that Mary
was a sure thing, right?

547
00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:01,928
So what happened?

548
00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:04,431
She took you up to a hotel room
on the first date.

549
00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:06,466
All you have to do
is be that confident

550
00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:08,701
with every girl you meet
and your slump is over.

551
00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,671
So the message is, I should
treat every woman like a whore?

552
00:21:11,738 --> 00:21:13,940
Come on, dude,
you should be
thanking me.

553
00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:15,775
She slapped me and stormed off.

554
00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:16,976
Can you blame her?

555
00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:18,678
You called her a hooker.

556
00:21:18,745 --> 00:21:19,779
(Marshall chuckles)

557
00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:22,181
I'm sorry, dude,
it was funny.

558
00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:23,516
Yeah. Well, it's getting late.

559
00:21:23,583 --> 00:21:25,318
I should get back
to my room.

560
00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:26,819
Your room?

561
00:21:26,886 --> 00:21:28,154
Yeah, that really
expensive hotel room

562
00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:29,789
you put on
your credit card...

563
00:21:29,856 --> 00:21:30,923
never checked out.

564
00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:32,925
By the way, you know
what's super fun?

565
00:21:32,992 --> 00:21:36,463
Pouring Dom Perignon down
a bathtub drain.

566
00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:38,931
Well, it's almost 3:00.
Got a massage. Toodles.

567
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:45,538
Come on, if you don't laugh,
it just seems mean.