I Met Everyone Else - [s3e5] How

“You see, Kids,” Future Ted says. “New York feels like a city of eight million people. But sometimes, it’s just a room full of the same twenty people, bumping into each other until the stories finally stick.” Back in the bar, Ted approaches the woman reading the book.

“I don’t want to be a mystery, Barney,” Ted sighs. “I just want to meet someone who likes The Divine Comedy as much as I do.” [S3E5] How I Met Everyone Else

Ted’s eyes light up. “Wait... Aurora Borealis? I met her at an architecture seminar last month! She told me my design for the new library looked like ‘a frozen poem.’ I thought she was being romantic, but she might have just been describing a glacier.” “You see, Kids,” Future Ted says

The door swings open, and Robin walks in, looking disheveled. She’s covered in what looks like glitter and dog hair. “I don’t want to be a mystery, Barney,” Ted sighs

She looks up, smiles, and says, “It’s the ’24. The footnotes on gargoyles are much more comprehensive.”

Ted, Barney, Marshall, and Lily are at their usual booth. Robin is late because she’s doing a fluff piece on a dog that can supposedly play the kazoo.

“Excuse me,” Ted says, his best 'Architecture Professor' voice ready. “Is that the 1924 edition or the 1928 reprint?”