1. So, kids, would you like to
hear the story of the time I went deaf?
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2. - Why does he even ask?
- I know, he's just gonna tell us anyway.
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3. I sure am. It all began
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4. when Robin strolled into the bar
and said...
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5. - Say you're my bitch.
- I'm your bitch.
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6. Why this time?
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7. Because tonight,
I am getting us all into Okay.
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8. Okay? Awesome!
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9. What's going on? Did I just have a
stroke?
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10. Okay is the name of a club.
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11. Yeah, it's supposed to be
incredibly exclusive.
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12. This friend of mine once waited
outside for two hours, couldn't get in.
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13. A friend of yours named you?
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14. No, a friend of mine named, shut up!
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15. Yeah, well, the owner goes to my gym.
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16. It turns out that he is a fan
of my reporting for Metro News 1.
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17. - So now I'm on the list for tonight.
- Nice going, Scherbatsky.
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18. You're becoming a long-and-difficult-
to-spell household name.
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19. He's even getting me into the VIP room.
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20. Yeah, he just wants to show you his
own VIP, if you know what I mean.
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21. All right, what does VIP stand for
in your little universe?
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22. Well, I know that the P is Penis.
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23. Right, so you guys are in.
Should I invite Marshall and Lily?
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24. Why was this funny?
I'll explain.
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25. You see, Lily was a kindergarten teacher.
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26. And so, one fateful naptime...
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27. Austin and I spent Saturday night
at the most charming
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28. little bed and breakfast. It was so nice.
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29. What did you do this weekend?
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30. - Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!
- Chug! Come on! Chug! Chug!
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31. - Ten seconds!
- Suck it, losers!
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32. You know, quiet time with the fiance.
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33. I don't know, I just felt embarrassed.
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34. Claire's my age, and she and her
husband
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35. do all this classy grown-up stuff.
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36. Maybe we should start doing
some grown-up stuff.
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37. That's some pretty grown-up stuff
we did this morning.
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38. Yeah, but it wasn't classy.
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39. Maybe we should have
a winetasting party.
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40. I like wine. I like tasting.
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41. You know I can party. Let's do it.
Let's rock it. Maturity style!
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42. And ever since then, she's been
signing him up for book clubs,
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43. - cooking classes.
- All the things you do when you know
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44. where your next thousand lays
are coming from.
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45. So, no, Lily and Marshall
will not be joining us.
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46. Got it. Anyway, Ted, part two of my story.
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47. My friend Kelly's gonna be there.
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48. - Kelly, who supposedly I'm gonna love.
- Oh, you are gonna love Kelly.
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49. She's fun, she's smart,
she lives in the moment.
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50. She's ugly, she's ugly,
she ugs in the ugly.
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51. - Oh, and she's totally hot.
- Okay.
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52. I guess I could take her off your hands
for an evening.
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53. So, do you have any other
hot single friends?
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54. No. Kelly works in...
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55. Oh, no, Ted! Your blazer.
- What? What? What?
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56. Somebody spilled gorgeous all over it.
Love it.
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57. Thank you.
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58. And his hair was perfect.
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59. Hey, we're wearing the same shirt.
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60. Oh, wait, no, that's just my shirt
reflected in yours.
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61. One of the 24 similarities
between girls and fish
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62. is that they're both attracted
to shiny objects.
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63. You really never read my blog, do you?
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64. All right, Tin Man. Let's hit it.
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65. All right, well,
have fun at your little disco, guys.
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66. - What the hell happened to these two?
- Marshall and I are just growing up.
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67. Yeah, it's gonna be sweet, too.
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68. Like tonight, we're tasting
all these different wines,
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69. pairing them up
with these cool gourmet cheeses.
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70. Wow!
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71. Who knew being in a committed
heterosexual relationship
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72. could make a guy so gay.
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73. All right, cool kids are leaving now.
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74. Grandma, Grandpa, don't wait up.
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75. My, oh, my! There are some
ferocious looking cutlets here tonight.
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76. All right. Hook-up strategy:
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77. find a cutlet, lock her in early,
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78. grind with her all night till she's mine.
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79. These strategies ever work for you?
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80. The question is, do these strategies
ever not work for me?
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81. Either way, the answer's
about half the time.
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82. My bitches! Check this out.
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83. Um, they're with me.
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84. We're her bitches, too.
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85. We'll wait here.
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86. And with today's interest rate climate,
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87. you gotta go
for the 30-year fixed mortgage.
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88. - Oh, totally.
- Yeah.
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89. So, Marshall, what about you?
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90. You guys thinking house, baby?
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91. No, I think we're gonna wait
on the baby thing.
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92. I mean, I love babies. Babies rule.
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93. Pudgy arms and stuff.
But they make you old.
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94. Kind of like this anchor
weighing you down to one spot.
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95. Forever.
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96. I'm three months pregnant.
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97. Not awkward, guys.
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98. Not awkward unless we let it be
awkward.
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99. - This place seems great.
- Yeah.
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100. - Is Kelly here?
- Yeah, she's around somewhere.
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101. Uh, let's go find her.
I'll introduce you guys.
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102. Then I should probably duck
into the VIP room.
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103. It's so stupid and arbitrary, isn't it?
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104. - Who gets to be a VIP and who doesn't.
- Can we come?
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105. It's not that arbitrary.
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106. - Whoa, this place is loud.
- You think?
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107. Think it was kind of weird
that Ted didn't invite me out with him?
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108. Why? You'd rather be out
at some dance club?
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109. All noisy and sweaty with the...
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110. Is that what you want?
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111. Is this what you want?
"30-year fixed mortgage."
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112. "I'm three months pregnant."
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113. That was awkward.
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114. - Let's start drinking.
Not so fast.
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115. In order for the tannins to mellow,
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116. we should let it breathe
for about 30 minutes.
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117. Freaking tannins.
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118. Okay.
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119. You know what they're doing
in there right now?
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120. They're watching
Claire's ultrasound video.
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121. And I swear to God,
even the baby looks bored.
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122. Come on. It's not that bad.
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123. We're really starting to click
with these guys.
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124. Claire and Austin just invited us
to their fondue fest
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125. next Saturday night.
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126. Are you honestly trying to get me
excited about fondue?
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127. It's dipping stuff in hot cheese.
What's not to love?
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128. Okay, that does sound good.
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129. But it's dipping stuff in hot cheese
with boring people.
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130. Marshall, it's time for us to grow up.
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131. Marshall knew she was right.
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132. He had to stop acting like a kid.
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133. But not tonight.
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134. Now, our apartment
was on the third floor.
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135. So I'm not sure if this part
is actually true.
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136. But Uncle Marshall swears it happened.
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137. Taxi!
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138. The new album is great.
It's all smooth and polished.
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139. Not all dark and heavy
like the early stuff.
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140. Oh, yeah. Norah Jones
just gets better and better.
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141. Please tell me we can drink the wine
now.
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142. Five more minutes.
We don't wanna rush those tannins.
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143. Freaking tannins.
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144. I'm wetting my pants!
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145. No, no, I was just saying that...
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146. I think that's when I realized,
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147. clubs weren't awesome.
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148. Clubs weren't even okay. Clubs sucked.
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149. I had to get out of there.
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150. - Hey, Robin!
- Hey!
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151. - Why aren't you inside?
- I'm calling the owner.
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152. There's a guy in there who won't
let me into the stupid VIP room.
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153. What are you doing here?
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154. Oh, I have this move.
So I came here to bust it.
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155. Can you get me in?
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156. Great, voicemail.
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157. - Thanks, I'll see you.
- Bye.
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158. Oh, come on! He just got here.
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159. - He's probably famous.
- Oh, yeah.
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160. Isn't there a third Affleck brother?
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161. Keith Affleck or Brian Affleck
or something?
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162. Holy crap! We just saw Brian Affleck.
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163. And, it's not like I care so much
about getting into the VIP room.
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164. I have been in tons of VIP rooms.
Not exactly a VIP room virgin.
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165. But seriously, call me back.
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166. Oh, I was just in there.
Robin Scherbatsky. I'm on the list.
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167. Name's already crossed off. Sorry.
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168. But I'm Robin Scherbatsky.
I'm a reporter for Channel 1.
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169. There's a Channel 1? Back of the line.
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170. Should've snuck in with Brian Affleck.
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171. Coat wench, do not uncheck
that man's jacket!
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172. Sorry, I was just being dramatic.
You're not a wench.
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173. No, no, no, coat wench. I like it.
I should get a sign made up.
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174. Wait. What are you doing here?
Lily let you go?
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175. Lily? Who cares, right?
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176. - You are so dead.
- Oh, I'm so dead.
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177. - Well, I'm going home.
- No!
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178. I put my ass and probably other parts
of my body on the line
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179. to come down here
and party with my bro.
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180. - Now damn it, we're gonna party.
- All right. One beer.
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181. Yes. Finally I don't have
to wait a half an hour for a drink.
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182. Oh, man.
I can't believe I forgot to tell you this.
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183. This is important to the story.
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184. Earlier that day,
Marshall went to the dentist
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185. and got a temporary crown put in.
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186. Okay, so anyway...
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187. What?
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188. Marshall, are you okay?
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189. Again, I wasn't there,
so I'm a little foggy on the details.
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190. Taxi!
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191. - Hey.
- Hey.
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192. Marshall just ditched out
on our own party.
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193. Can you get me in there?
I kind of need to kill him.
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194. Actually, I can't even get myself in.
I was such a dork.
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195. I get recognized one time
and I start thinking I'm Julia Roberts.
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196. I'm no VIP. I'm not even an IP.
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197. I'm just a lowly little P
sitting out here in the gutter.
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198. You know something?
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199. I'd take a P in the gutter
over Julia Roberts any day.
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200. Hey!
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201. Broke my tooth!
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202. Do you have any aspirin?
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203. Maybe there's a machine in the
restroom.
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204. Now, to this day,
I don't know what happened in there.
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205. But when Marshall came out
a few minutes later...
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206. - Rough night?
- Yeah.
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207. These clubs are supposed to be fun,
right?
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208. Why do I hate them so much?
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209. Because all of the stuff
you're supposed to like, usually sucks.
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210. Like these clubs. Or cruises.
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211. - Or New Year's Eve.
- Or the Super Bowl.
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212. - Or parades.
- The Rockettes.
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213. - Or parades.
- You said that already.
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214. - I really hate parades.
- Okay.
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party.
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you're chasing after somebody
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218. who's already done it,
and then I think it's okay.
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219. Well, I hate to take his side.
But, come on, a winetasting?
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220. What's the big plan for next Saturday?
Scrabble night?
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221. Don't check your email.
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223. I heard that in college you flashed
a campus tour group on a dare.
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224. Once on a dare.
The other times were just for fun.
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225. I'm not in college anymore.
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226. I'd love to go back and be that person
again, but you can't move backwards.
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227. - You can only go forward.
- Um, false.
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228. You can go wherever you want.
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229. I guess, the question is,
where do you want to go?
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230. I want to go into this club
and find my fiance.
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231. - Well, that you can't do.
- You wanna bet?
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235. - Yes, please, please.
- Do it, do it.
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236. - Follow her lead.
- You have to. Follow it.
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237. Please.
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238. Those were the four greatest
and only breasts I have ever seen.
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239. Yeah. See, if everyone keeps telling you
something is supposed to be fun,
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241. - Right.
- Right.
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242. So by that logic, if you and I were to,
say, go out on a date...
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243. Well, then we couldn't go anywhere
that's supposed to be fun.
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244. Right. The DMV it is.
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245. - Then we'll get our teeth cleaned.
- Sounds awful. It's a date.
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247. But there's still one big question
that needs to be answered.
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248. How many of these coats do you think
I could put on all at once?
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249. Okay.
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250. I'll go this way, you go that way.
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251. You shine a light on my life
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252. Shine on me
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253. You shine a light on my life
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255. You shine a light on my life
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257. Okay. For the wedge.
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258. - Barney.
- Ted.
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259. - Get your coat, we're leaving.
- What?
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you were grinding with?
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261. - That was my cousin Leslie.
- What?
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262. No. No. No.
We are not laughing about this, Ted.
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263. This is not gonna be some funny story
that we'll be telling in a couple months.
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264. It's not going to be like,
"Hey, remember that time
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265. when you were grinding with..." No!
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266. And you know why?
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267. Because, italics,
this night did not happen.
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268. And you promise me
that you will never, ever, ever tell
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269. another living soul
what transpired here tonight.
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270. - You promise. Promise.
- All right. All right, I promise.
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272. Hey, thanks for saving my night.
I'll talk to you soon?
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273. - Hey, tip her, Barney.
- Why? I didn't check a coat.
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274. And even if I did, on principle
tip jars have become so...
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275. Funny story. Barney was grinding
with this girl all night...
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278. That's a handy new trick.
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279. So Marshall and Lily
rediscovered their youth.
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280. It was nice.
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281. And then it got... icky.
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282. It isn't too hard to see we're in...
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283. I'm really glad
you guys came out tonight!
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284. You know, dude,
can I just say something?
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285. It kind of hurt that you guys
didn't invite me out.
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286. I mean, I know things have changed
since I got engaged,
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287. but it would've been nice to be asked.
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288. I'm sorry! I assumed you had other
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290. - I mean, lately...
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291. suddenly we're living
in two different worlds.
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292. Maybe you've got more in common
with Barney.
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293. - What?
- Are you crazy?
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295. I'd so much rather go
to your fruity little winetasting.
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No, I'm okay.
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298. The problem is you can't do
any of that couple stuff
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300. And the only way I'm gonna find
that someone is by going out
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302. What?
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304. we're gonna have some
bad-ass winetastings.
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305. It's a plan.
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306. Hey, maybe it'll be
that cute coat-check girl.
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I don't say this nearly enough
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- Hey, that place has great salads.
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