# How I Met Your Mother **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798 "2009-03-17T20:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/21 "2009-03-20T23:21:23Z")
> [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](#): > > So is there any chance that “Ted” isn’t even the narrator? None. There have been plenty of cases where the narrator has said things that could only be Ted. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/22 "2009-03-20T23:31:23Z")
Did anyone notice Lily’s continued deviousness - she apologized for manipulating Karen and Ted into breaking up, and to make it up to them, she cooked a dinner that Karen would have **hated** (Beef Pot Pie, Mac & Cheese, etc.). Subtle. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/23 "2009-03-20T23:57:29Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Beef Pot Pie, Mac & Cheese, etc. How bourgeois. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/24 "2009-03-21T00:08:59Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Did anyone notice Lily’s continued deviousness - she apologized for manipulating Karen and Ted into breaking up, and to make it up to them, she cooked a dinner that Karen would have **hated** (Beef Pot Pie, Mac & Cheese, etc.). Subtle. I missed that. Very nice. As much as I lvoe this show, I have to think that it wouldn’t have lasted half a season if Neil Patrick Harris wasn’t on it. He absolutely carries the show. Even little things, like agreeing with Robin in the opening scene while the others are disagreeing with her, steal every scene he’s in. ---
**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/25 "2009-03-21T00:16:19Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > At the very end they agreed to be each other’s back up spouses, in case neither was married when they got to be 40 years old. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/26 "2009-03-21T15:52:47Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > He absolutely carries the show. Even little things, like agreeing with Robin in the opening scene while the others are disagreeing with her, steal every scene he’s in. true story ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/27 "2009-03-24T13:17:46Z")
My DVR didn’t catch it because they shifted the time for the new episode and ran a re-run in the usual slot. Did just watch it at [www.cbs.com](http://www.cbs.com) Decent, not great. Subplot about Robin was more interesting than the main plot. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/28 "2009-03-24T13:28:26Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I missed that. Very nice. As much as I lvoe this show, I have to think that it wouldn’t have lasted half a season if Neil Patrick Harris wasn’t on it. He absolutely carries the show. Even little things, like agreeing with Robin in the opening scene while the others are disagreeing with her, steal every scene he’s in. True - but Barney must be used wisely. Remember the lesson of The Fonz. “Ritchie and His Cool Friend Fonzie” was a much more interesting show than “The Cool Adventures of Fonzie”. Likewise, “Ted and his Awesome Friend Barney” is a much better show than “The Awesome Adventures of Barney” would ever be. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/29 "2009-03-24T16:05:22Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > True - but Barney must be used wisely. Remember the lesson of The Fonz. “Ritchie and His Cool Friend Fonzie” was a much more interesting show than “The Cool Adventures of Fonzie”. > > Likewise, “Ted and his Awesome Friend Barney” is a much better show than “The Awesome Adventures of Barney” would ever be. Absolutely. The worst thing an over the top sidekick can do is to be spun into his own show. Can you imagine “The Misadventures of Kramer”? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/30 "2009-03-24T16:12:39Z")
I can’t have been the only one here who actually looked up [www.canadiansexacts.org](http://www.canadiansexacts.org), right? Alan Thicke helps out on the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/31 "2009-03-24T18:15:41Z")
I was coming here just to mention the sex acts site and was only beat by 4+ hours. I love that almost everything they mention in the show they spend the time to create everything from Barney’s blog to the Robin Sparkles videos, even the slap bet countdown for Slapsgiving. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798/32 "2009-03-24T18:22:58Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > I can’t have been the only one here who actually looked up [www.canadiansexacts.org](http://www.canadiansexacts.org), right? Alan Thicke helps out on the joke. Strangely enough, www (dot) canadiansexacts (dot) com doesn’t seem to be taken. Still, I’ve broken the potential link for the safety of future generations of Dopers surfing from work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother/489798.md?page=1)