# How I Met Your Mother 9/28/09 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927 "2009-09-29T00:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/21 "2009-10-01T03:29:54Z")
I did kind of want Stripper Lily to leer at Robin or Lily and have Allison Hannigan reuse her line (from when she had an evil, vampire doppelganger on Buffy, who groped her), “I think I’m kind of gay.” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/22 "2009-10-01T06:07:55Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Ted’s redate was a neat concept Agreed. > [@](#): > > and was resolved well. Disagreed. The potential for more shellfish jokes means they should never see each other again, despite them both being charming and mutually attracted and mature about the re-date? I’d expect that from George Costanza but not Ted. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/23 "2009-10-01T06:36:09Z")
I haven’t seen this show in awhile, but what I think you’re telling me is that Allison Hannigan is wearing stripper gear? I think I’ll have to catch up on some episodes on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/24 "2009-10-01T09:57:42Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Agreed. Disagreed. The potential for more shellfish jokes means they should never see each other again, despite them both being charming and mutually attracted and mature about the re-date? I’d expect that from George Costanza but not Ted. 😕 I completely understand where Ted comes from. The only reason the re-date was successful was because they essentially shelved their true personalities. Ted knew that he couldn’t shelve his real personality for an entire relationship…and they both already knew that they’re real selves were NOT compatible. I relate…I’ve got a sense of humor that maybe only 5% of the population really gets. It turns out that I tend to be friends with people who fall in that 5%…including my wife. If she wasn’t one of those 5%, I doubt we’d still be together. It’s not one of those ‘oh, you don’t get this joke, you’re not for me’ things. It’s a ‘you aren’t compatible with my personality, so you’re not for me.’ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/25 "2009-10-01T12:31:47Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > The potential for more shellfish jokes means they should never see each other again, despite them both being charming and mutually attracted and mature about the re-date? I’d expect that from George Costanza but not Ted. 😕 Have you ever been out with someone who is Not Amused by your sense of humor? There is no bigger turn off. People are willing to overlook a lot of things on the first date - that’s why it ended well the first time around. “Maybe that bad shellfish joke was just nervousness.” “Maybe all that talk about her cats is just nervousness.” No - it wasn’t nervousness, it was who they really are. Your potential mate should LOVE those things about you - not merely tolerate them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/26 "2009-10-01T13:52:08Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > I did kind of want Stripper Lily to leer at Robin or Lily and have Allison Hannigan reuse her line (from when she had an evil, vampire doppelganger on Buffy, who groped her), “I think I’m kind of gay.” Even better, have Robin say that line when they first spot Lesbian Robin on the street. More subtle that way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/27 "2009-10-01T18:07:47Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > Umm…is my HIMYM tonight the only one completely botched? I had the laugh track, the music and the foley track, but absolutely no speech for the whole episode. Turned it off halfway after I realized it wasn’t part of a ‘silent’ bit. This was the Channel 10 Columbus, OH broadcast, but over DirecTV. I’ve never seen this happen before, and I’m pretty bummed, since I love the show. > > Never mind…they just ran a bulletin at the bottom of the screen, since the next show was the same…no voice track, but all other audio…thanks, channel 10! Now I have to watch this episode on the computer tomorrow. I’ve had this happen to other shows before, I wish they’d get their act together with all this “digital” stuff. They told us it was “so much better than analog” yeah right. Better for them maybe, not us. > [@Saltire](#): > > ``` > I did kind of want Stripper Lily to leer at Robin or Lily and have Allison Hannigan reuse her line (from when she had an evil, vampire doppelganger on Buffy, who groped her), "I think I'm kind of gay." > > ``` lol, that would’ve been great, but regular Lily could’ve said it too. She was totally gay for stripper her. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/28 "2009-10-02T04:20:39Z")
Is it just me or is Allison Hannigan looking super-hot after having a baby? Cobie Smulders isn’t looking too shabby either. I thought Robin’s reactions were kinda off, too, since she never seems to act like a “proper” woman; I did like the way Barney kept pretending that she was cool with it, though. I really can’t get enough Neil Patrick Harris. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/29 "2009-10-02T04:48:37Z")
Robin has acted like “one of the guys” in the past, yes, but just from smoking cigars, drinking scotch, and playing laser tag. I don’t recall her previously saying she’s ok with strip clubs. Besides which, her boyfriend (whether they want to admit they are or not,) was at one, and she has been shown as being the jealous type. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/30 "2009-10-02T05:15:16Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Robin has acted like “one of the guys” in the past, yes, but just from smoking cigars, drinking scotch, and playing laser tag.\ And playing hockey, and carrying a gun, and being completely into weapons… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/31 "2009-10-02T08:36:38Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I don’t recall her previously saying she’s ok with strip clubs. From “Little Minnesota”: [QUOTE=Robin Scherbatsky] “I’m proud to be Canadian. We may not have a fancy NFL team, or Prince, but we invented Trivial Pursuit – you’re welcome, Earth. Plus, in Canada, you can go to an all-nude strip club and order alcohol. That’s right. From Moose Jaw to the Bay of Fundy, you can suck down a 20-ounce Pilsner while watching some coal miner’s daughter strip down to her pelt. Jealous? In Canada, people don’t care where you’re from. As long as you’re friendly and maybe loan them a smoke or hand over a donut. I’m proud to be from the Great White North and I wish I was there right now…And we’re not afraid of the dark! I mean we don’t love it, but who does?” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/32 "2009-10-02T12:26:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Is it just me or is Allison Hannigan looking super-hot after having a baby? She’s definitely breast-feeding. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/33 "2009-10-02T14:59:03Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Agreed. Disagreed. I’m with you on the fact that a very witty premise (HIMYM has such excellent storytelling devices) was poorly executed this episode. A rare miss. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Is it just me or is Allison Hannigan looking super-hot after having a baby? Cobie Smulders isn’t looking too shabby either. You gotta think the director of the series is SO happy not to have to hide two pregnant cast members. It was almost a secondary comedy last season spotting their masking techniques. > [@bouv](#): > > Robin has acted like “one of the guys” in the past, yes, but just from smoking cigars, drinking scotch, and playing laser tag. I don’t recall her previously saying she’s ok with strip clubs. Besides which, her boyfriend (whether they want to admit they are or not,) was at one, and she has been shown as being the jealous type. I think she is insecure being in a relationship. She doesn’t like them, and probably is uncomfortable with the feelings she has. That was the best part of the episode for me. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/34 "2009-10-02T15:10:41Z")
And, of course, being the cool friend who is ok with strip clubs is far different than having your boyfriend going to one. Being in a relationship can totally change that dynamic. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/35 "2009-10-02T19:18:22Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > I\ > You gotta think the director of the series is SO happy not to have to hide two pregnant cast members. It was almost a secondary comedy last season spotting their masking techniques. > \ No kidding - those were a whole lotta big purses in last season’s shows. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/36 "2009-10-02T19:34:59Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > And, of course, being the cool friend who is ok with strip clubs is far different than having your boyfriend going to one. Being in a relationship can totally change that dynamic. Can? Try “will.” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927/37 "2009-10-03T21:36:17Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > And, of course, being the cool friend who is ok with strip clubs is far different than having your boyfriend going to one. Being in a relationship can totally change that dynamic. Eh… my fiancee actually goes to strip clubs more now that he’s with me than he did when he was a bachelor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-9-28-09/511927.md?page=1)