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oh, my god!

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i have a tattoo.

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oh, that's not a tattoo.

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that, dear boy,is a tramp stamp.

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a tramp stamp.

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kids, too often in life,

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we make decisions that we're not prepared to live with.

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this is a story about those decisions,

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and the consequences that follow.

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say good-bye, kids,

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'cause it won't be around much longer.

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oh, but ted, if you get rid of the butterfly,

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how's everyone gonna know

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you're a stripper from reno with daddy issues?

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yes, yes,enjoy these final moments of mockery

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because in just ten surprisingly expensive sessions,

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stella is gonna zap that butterfly 

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right off the face of my lower back.

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-stella? -Dr.stella zinman.

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she's the best in the business.

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and she's rather cute.

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in fact... we're going to a movie together tonight.

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what?

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i asked her out.

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ted, why would you do that?

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what's the matter with you?

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-what?what do you mean?  -dude...

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don't poop where you eat.

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oh, no, this doesn't count.

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if it's someone you see on a regular basis,

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and you can't avoid them...

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and in this case,you're paying them...

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then yes, it counts.

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ted,

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you've heard of the golden rule, right?

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"love thy neighbor?"

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uh, actually,it's "do unto others 

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as you would have them do unto you."

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it's from the bible.

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damn it, ted, i've worked out this whole thing

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where the golden rule is"love thy neighbor,"

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now, the golden rule is"love thy neighbor."

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but there's one rule above it:

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the platinum rule:

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"never ever, ever, ever,love thy neighbor."

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well, that's cute.

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but she's not my neighbor;she's my doctor.

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-so if you'll exse me...  -wait, ted,

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barney has a point.

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remember what happened with me and curt down at the station?

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oh, yeah, and remember what happened with us

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and the gerards across the hall?

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need i remind you

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about me and wendy the waitress?

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yeah, i don't have time for this.

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i'm out the door as soon as i'm finished with my hair.

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good, then we've got a solid half hour.

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and in that time,we will convince you

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not to set foot out that door.

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it's a story older than time, my friend,

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and it always plays out in the same eight steps.

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step 1: attraction.

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it's true.

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that's not even possible.

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-12 of them.  -there's no way.

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-here's your gin and tonic.  -thanks.

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oh, gosh.

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look at that.

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you must be our new neighbors.

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-i'm michael.  -and i'm laura.

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oh, hi, welcome to the building. yeah.

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do you guys know any good brunch places around here?

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we love brunch!

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you must be robin.

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curt "the iron man" irons.

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i'm gonna be doing sports.

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oh. welcome.

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you look really familiar.

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are you a former athlete?

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hockey.

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the attraction is instant and undeniable.

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but you know better.

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you've seen your friends make the same mistakes before.

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you've laughed smugly at them.

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idiots.

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but still, you think,

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"this is different.the platinum rule doesn't apply to me."

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and that's step 2.

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bargaining.

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-i think i've got a little crush on our sports guy.  -no.

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-no, don't do it.  -no, no.

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i know, i know.

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but he used to play hockey,and i'm a canadian.

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i can't help it.

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if he were missing some teeth,

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i probably would've already hit that.

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robin, it's a mistake.

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remember what happened with me and marshall?

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the gerards across the hall?

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michael and laura.

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they're awesome!

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we're gonna invite them over for dinner.

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-no! no!really? -are you insane?

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guys, guys, guys,

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this is new york city.

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you don't get close to the neighbors.

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you nod at them politely in the hall.

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you call the cops if you haven't seen them in a while

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and you smell something funny, and that is it.

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we're not gonna date them.

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we're just gonna be friends with them.

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that's the couples version of dating.

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and you've got the couples version of the hots for them.

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you want to browse at pottery barn with them.

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you want to go antiquing with them, don't you?

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you want to antique the crap out of them.

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need i remind you

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what happened with me and wendy the waitress?

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i've decided to seduce wendy the waitress.

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no!

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-don't do it!  -request denied!

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what rule is there

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that says i can't seduce the waitress at my favorite bar?

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i don't know. i'd expect you to have one already.

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yeah, with some sort of catchy name.

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well, i don't.

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i don't have one and i never will be

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because it's a great idea.

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come on, guys.

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she's gullible.i'm bored.

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we're perfect for each other.

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barney.

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we love this bar.

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if you screw over wendy the waitress,

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you're going to kill the bar.

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-bar-killer.  -don't kill the bar, dude.

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yeah, well...i think it'll be okay.

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and it was a huge mistake.

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yeah, well, i think it'll be okay.

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and it was a huge mistake.

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yeah, well...i think it'll be okay.

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and it was a huge mistake.

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yeah, well...i think it'll be okay.

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ted,trust me

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you don't want to do this.

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look, stella and i are both adults.

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we're both smart, mature people

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capable of making good decisions.

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you have a butterfly tramp stamp.

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we're just seeing a movie.

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if it seems at all weird,i'll back off.

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that's what everyone thinks.

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and then along comes step 3:

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submission.

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night.

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hey, barney.

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carl had to take off.you mind giving me a hand?

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not at all.

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robin.

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i got two tickets to the rangers.

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center ice.

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want to go?

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and then we discover the movers lost all our kitchen boxes.

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we don't have a single pot or pan.

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guess we're ordering take-out.

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want to have dinner with us tonight?

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-i love them.  -me, too.

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that was an interesting use of the beverage gun.

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club soda can get anything off.

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it finally happened.

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all this time,

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every drink i brought you...

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i always felt there was this unspoken connection between us.

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and i was right.

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hey, can i get a gin and tonic?

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see, i bet you didn't pay for that gin and tonic.

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oh, i paid for it.

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but you got to admit,there is an upside

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to breaking the platinum rule.

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like maybe as her boyfriend,

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i could get a discount on treatments.

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oh, ted.

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of course there's an upside.

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at first.

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that's step 4.

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perks.

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we can split a cab to work together.

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we always have a standing lunch date.

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and last night,at the hockey game,

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curt got us into the locker room,

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and i met mason raymond.

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left wing for the vancouver canucks.

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what's the opposite of name-dropping?

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damn it, you guys.

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be psyched.

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yes, we see each other every day,

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but i think it's going really well.

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that's what we thought.

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and it's so convenient.

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they're right across the hall.

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say it's sunday,

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and we want to have a brunch double date with someone?

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we just go across the hall.

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and say we want to have a dinner party

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exploring the wine and cuisine

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of france's loire valley?

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we just go across the hall.

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say we want to play a game of charades...

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you just go across the hall?

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come on, people.get excited for us.

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we've got a great thing going here.

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that's what i thought.

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-dude, you got to flick it.  -you don't...

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hi, sweetie.

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i had the kitchen whip these up, no charge.

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okay.

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bye.

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i mean, not bye. i'm not leaving.

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i'll be over there.

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okay.

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come on, guys.free nachos.

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what?

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we like this bar.

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don't kill the bar, dude.

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nay, we love this bar.don't kill the bar, dude.

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this bar is like home to us.

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-don't kill the bar, dude.  -you're killing the bar.

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i am not killing the bar.

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wendy the waitress

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has seen how i operate in this place.

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it is perfectly clear

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to everyone involved

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that this is nothing more than a temporary fling.

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it's fine.

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but it wasn't.

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it's fine.

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but it wasn't.

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it's fine.

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but it wasn't.

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which brings us to step 5:THE TIPPING POINT

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...but he should be back on the mound

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by spring training.

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and that's sports.

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back to you, robin.

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thanks,iron man.

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we'll be right back.

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and clear.

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so want to do something later?

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oh, so you're talking to me now?

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what are you talking about?

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i'm talking about last night.

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you said you'd call and you didn't.

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i missed you and i waited up, but you didn't call.

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that really hurt.

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um, i'm sorry, i-i guess i just forgot.

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i'm sorry, sweetie.

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i don't want to fight tonight.

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it's our first weekiversary.

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on my suggestion,you...

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hey, wendy, uh,do me a favor

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and send a glass of champagne

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to that pretty young thing over there.

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what?

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over there.

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you.

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you're the pretty young thing...

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is what i meant.

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champagne? would you? on me.

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oh. okay.

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thanks, sweetie.

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okay.

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all right.

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hey, neighbors.

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we bought all the fixings for a mexican fiesta.

275
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um, well, we actually have tickets...

276
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and no fiesta would be complete without...

277
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dude, actually,we made other plans, so...

278
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okay. one word.

279
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two syllables.sounds like...

280
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..."parade."charades.

281
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charades.

282
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what do you say?

283
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-oh, no.-oh, no.-oh, no.

284
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which brings to step 6.

285
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yeah, listen,i'm leaving.

286
00:11:13,530 --> 00:11:14,830
so if you want to write the rest of these down,

287
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i will read it tomorrow.

288
00:11:17,270 --> 00:11:18,270
don't do this, ted.

289
00:11:18,330 --> 00:11:19,400
you want to get out of the way?

290
00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:21,200
-don't do this, ted. -all right.

291
00:11:21,270 --> 00:11:22,370
don't.

292
00:11:22,470 --> 00:11:24,470
dude! gah!

293
00:11:24,540 --> 00:11:25,480
it was perfect!

294
00:11:25,580 --> 00:11:27,410
you're such a jerk.

295
00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,180
which brings us to step 6.

296
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you finally realize you've made a huge mistake

297
00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,480
and now you have to live with it.

298
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step 6 is called purg...wait for it.

299
00:11:36,190 --> 00:11:38,150
keep waiting...

300
00:11:38,220 --> 00:11:40,490
keep waiting for all eternity

301
00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,130
only to discover there's no escape-- atory.

302
00:11:43,190 --> 00:11:45,160
god, i'm such

303
00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:46,530
an idiot.

304
00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,160
yeah.

305
00:11:48,230 --> 00:11:50,870
curt "the iron man" irons

306
00:11:50,930 --> 00:11:52,770
keeps leaving me love notes on post-its.

307
00:11:52,870 --> 00:11:54,540
on the teleprompter,on my desk,

308
00:11:55,070 --> 00:11:56,640
on the coffee-maker,

309
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on the jar of sugar packets next to the coffee-maker.

310
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"here's some sugar for my sugar."

311
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the iron man.

312
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i remember that.

313
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god, we are such idiots.

314
00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,020
yup.

315
00:12:12,090 --> 00:12:13,190
every time we step out the door,

316
00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:15,060
they're out there waiting for us.

317
00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,990
sometimes, we'll send ted out first as a scout.

318
00:12:18,060 --> 00:12:19,630
nobody's there.

319
00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:23,330
then we'll go out one second later, and there they are.

320
00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:24,600
it's freakin' supernatural.

321
00:12:24,670 --> 00:12:26,740
are they ghosts?can only we see them?

322
00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,570
"hey, neighbor.""hey, neighbor.""hey, neighbor."

323
00:12:31,110 --> 00:12:32,810
hmm, i remember that.

324
00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,080
how could you guys let me date wendy the waitress?

325
00:12:35,180 --> 00:12:36,650
-oh, you are kidding me.  -what?!

326
00:12:36,710 --> 00:12:38,580
-don't kill the bar, dude. -we said, "don't do it."

327
00:12:48,830 --> 00:12:50,490
my own bar.

328
00:12:50,590 --> 00:12:54,130
i can't hit on women in my own bar.

329
00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,330
remember the old barney?

330
00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,700
he was a lion,the king of the jungle,

331
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stalking whatever prey he chose,

332
00:13:00,970 --> 00:13:03,210
going in for the kill.

333
00:13:03,270 --> 00:13:04,470
you've got a whole meat locker at home

334
00:13:04,540 --> 00:13:06,110
full of corpses,don't you?

335
00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:07,210
now look at me.

336
00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,710
clawed. neutered.

337
00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:11,380
what was once

338
00:13:11,450 --> 00:13:13,080
my jungle is now my zoo.

339
00:13:13,150 --> 00:13:17,150
and i am forced to mate with the same old lioness

340
00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:20,220
again and again and again,

341
00:13:20,290 --> 00:13:22,290
while families pay to watch.

342
00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,330
yeah, this metaphor's really falling apart.

343
00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:30,270
put a bell around my neck and scratch my belly, kids,

344
00:13:30,330 --> 00:13:34,470
for i am just a docile housecat now.

345
00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:37,810
meow.

346
00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:39,640
well, we love this bar.

347
00:13:39,710 --> 00:13:41,080
you can't dump her.

348
00:13:41,180 --> 00:13:43,110
marry her if you have to.

349
00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:45,820
wendy the waitress hyphen stinson.

350
00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,120
don't kill the bar, dude.

351
00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,360
and so, inevitably,you have to do the thing

352
00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:55,390
you've been dreading all along.

353
00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:57,660
now, a relationship-ectomy

354
00:13:57,730 --> 00:14:00,060
is a delicate surgery as it is,

355
00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,170
but in the case of the platinum rule,

356
00:14:02,270 --> 00:14:06,340
it takes a very, very steady hand, and that's

357
00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,140
step 7: confrontation.

358
00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:16,180
curt, we need to talk.

359
00:14:17,180 --> 00:14:18,750
i like you...

360
00:14:18,820 --> 00:14:20,420
guys, we like you a lot...

361
00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:21,450
i don't like you.

362
00:14:23,150 --> 00:14:26,190
we're pretending this works,but it doesn't.

363
00:14:26,260 --> 00:14:28,760
and i'm getting a little sick of the whole charade.

364
00:14:28,830 --> 00:14:30,330
we're getting a little sick of charades.

365
00:14:30,390 --> 00:14:32,230
i mean, i don't like you that way.

366
00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:34,000
i used to like you that way.

367
00:14:34,060 --> 00:14:35,300
but now that i've seen everything

368
00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:36,930
there is to see, i don't know,

369
00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,100
i kind of want to see those same parts

370
00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:41,200
just on other girls.

371
00:14:41,270 --> 00:14:45,140
so maybe, we could go back to just being coworkers.

372
00:14:46,410 --> 00:14:48,980
maybe we should just go back to being neighbors.

373
00:14:50,010 --> 00:14:51,050
other girls and you,

374
00:14:51,110 --> 00:14:52,420
if you're into that.

375
00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,180
but the other girls have to be there, too.

376
00:14:55,250 --> 00:14:57,220
that's the important part.

377
00:14:57,290 --> 00:15:00,920
gosh, you're just terrified

378
00:15:00,990 --> 00:15:03,730
of ever getting close to anyone, aren't you?

379
00:15:03,790 --> 00:15:05,190
Or that.

380
00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:06,130
Let's say it's that.

381
00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,370
So can i get a gin and tonic?

382
00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,670
And in any other relationship,

383
00:15:12,740 --> 00:15:13,570
that would be it.

384
00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,470
End of story.

385
00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:17,070
But because you have to see this person again,

386
00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:20,310
there's a step 8: fallout.

387
00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:22,080
And now, here's

388
00:15:22,150 --> 00:15:25,210
Curt "the iron man" irons with sports.

389
00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:26,680
Curt?

390
00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:31,190
Curt?

391
00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,860
Well, the knicks lost.

392
00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:41,030
It's sad, really.

393
00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:43,100
they had a real shot.

394
00:15:43,170 --> 00:15:46,940
Then, out of nowhere, game over.

395
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,110
And why?

396
00:15:49,170 --> 00:15:50,270
Why, Robin?

397
00:15:51,470 --> 00:15:54,040
Uh, well, their perimeter shooting

398
00:15:54,110 --> 00:15:56,150
has been a little bit off this season...

399
00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:58,110
The knicks lost because they were afraid of getting hurt.

400
00:15:58,180 --> 00:15:59,820
So they didn't even try.

401
00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,150
Well, you know what I think?

402
00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:03,590
I think

403
00:16:03,650 --> 00:16:06,120
the knicks didn't deserve my love to begin with.

404
00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:08,020
The knicks suck.

405
00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:16,170
And that's sports.

406
00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:18,570
Do you see anything?

407
00:16:18,630 --> 00:16:19,770
I think we're clear.

408
00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,170
Okay, go, go, go!

409
00:16:29,210 --> 00:16:31,150
That was close.

410
00:16:31,210 --> 00:16:32,180
Too close.

411
00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:34,480
You've got to be kidding me.

412
00:16:34,580 --> 00:16:35,250
What do we do?

413
00:16:35,350 --> 00:16:37,350
I have no idea.

414
00:16:39,390 --> 00:16:40,760
Guys, are you there?

415
00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:42,090
I forgot my keys. can you open up?

416
00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,160
It's just ted.

417
00:16:44,230 --> 00:16:45,960
Wait!

418
00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:48,260
Hello?

419
00:16:48,330 --> 00:16:50,170
Guys?

420
00:16:57,740 --> 00:17:01,110
Baby, we only have one choice.

421
00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:02,780
Okay, hurry! michael and laura are probably...

422
00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:06,720
Hey, neighbors.

423
00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:12,060
Barney, I just want you to know, I have no hard feelings.

424
00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:13,560
It wasn't the best idea

425
00:17:13,620 --> 00:17:14,660
for us to get involved.

426
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,130
I hope we can still be friends.

427
00:17:17,190 --> 00:17:18,490
Thanks, Wendy.

428
00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,830
Of course we can.

429
00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:20,830
If you need anything else, let me know.

430
00:17:24,430 --> 00:17:26,170
I've got to hand it to wendy the waitress

431
00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:27,240
that was very mature of her.

432
00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:29,170
She's gonna try to kill me.

433
00:17:30,670 --> 00:17:32,140
This is poisoned.

434
00:17:32,210 --> 00:17:33,480
What? You're being ridiculous.

435
00:17:33,580 --> 00:17:35,040
Yours is poisoned, too.

436
00:17:35,140 --> 00:17:36,680
She's trying to kill me and everyone close to me.

437
00:17:36,750 --> 00:17:38,280
-What are you talking about?  -Ted!

438
00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:40,220
Look at the facts  I dump her.

439
00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,120
And she says, "no hard feelings."

440
00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:44,320
She's a psycho!

441
00:17:44,390 --> 00:17:45,790
What other explanation is there?

442
00:17:45,860 --> 00:17:48,560
Uh, that you're letting yourself believe she's crazy

443
00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:50,690
So you don't have to face the far more likely possibility

444
00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,160
that she doesn't want to date you either?

445
00:17:53,660 --> 00:17:55,130
Where did marshall

446
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,200
get that hamburger?

447
00:17:56,270 --> 00:17:57,500
I don't know, I guess

448
00:17:57,570 --> 00:17:59,300
Wendy the Waitress brought it to him. 

449
00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:00,900
Noooooo! 

450
00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,150
Dude.

451
00:18:10,210 --> 00:18:12,220
You're welcome. 

452
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:13,180
Wait a second.

453
00:18:13,250 --> 00:18:14,780
You've been sitting here, 

454
00:18:14,850 --> 00:18:18,190
pretending to be the expert on all this, 

455
00:18:18,250 --> 00:18:20,460
but the truth is, the was no real fallout 

456
00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:21,720
from your breakup at all? 

457
00:18:21,790 --> 00:18:23,160
Yet.  

458
00:18:23,230 --> 00:18:24,660
You're an idiot.

459
00:18:24,730 --> 00:18:26,130
Alright, I'm taking off.

460
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,630
-What?!  -I have a date.

461
00:18:30,270 --> 00:18:32,400
-Wha...?  -You are such a jerk!

462
00:18:32,470 --> 00:18:35,270
Ted, have you not been listening? 

463
00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:36,970
attraction, bargaining, submission,

464
00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,080
perks, tipping point,

465
00:18:39,140 --> 00:18:40,840
purgatory, confrontation, fallout!

466
00:18:40,910 --> 00:18:42,180
these things will all happen to you

467
00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,950
as surely as they happened to all of us!

468
00:18:44,010 --> 00:18:45,210
it's a rule of nature!

469
00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,550
well, i'm sick of all the rules!

470
00:18:47,650 --> 00:18:48,850
there's too many of them!

471
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:49,950
the hot/crazy scale, the lemon law,

472
00:18:50,020 --> 00:18:51,750
the platinum rule...

473
00:18:51,820 --> 00:18:52,920
if everyone in the world

474
00:18:52,990 --> 00:18:54,160
followed every one of your rules,

475
00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:56,590
the human race would cease to exist.

476
00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:58,800
yes, chances are

477
00:18:58,860 --> 00:19:00,060
stella and i are not

478
00:19:00,130 --> 00:19:01,400
going to live happily ever after.

479
00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:03,870
the overwhelming odds have it ending badly.

480
00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:05,400
and when that happens,

481
00:19:05,470 --> 00:19:07,600
it'll be for one of a million possible reasons.

482
00:19:07,670 --> 00:19:09,170
but that doesn't mean i'm not gonna try.

483
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,170
and when it does fail,

484
00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,180
so help me god, it's not gonna be because of some rule.

485
00:19:15,710 --> 00:19:18,280
p.s.

486
00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:21,550
you just made my hair look awesome.

487
00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:22,920
good night.

488
00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:27,390
so stella and i went on our date.

489
00:19:27,460 --> 00:19:29,360
but here's the funny thing:

490
00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:31,160
turns out, it wasn't actually a date.

491
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,230
so what do you mean "it wasn't a date"?

492
00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:36,270
she thought we were seeing a movie just as friends.

493
00:19:36,330 --> 00:19:38,100
why would she think that?

494
00:19:38,170 --> 00:19:39,300
did she see your tattoo

495
00:19:39,370 --> 00:19:41,140
and assume you were gay?

496
00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,140
apparently, there's a rule that says i can't date stella.

497
00:19:44,210 --> 00:19:46,280
exactly: the platinum rule.

498
00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:47,840
stella reads my blog.

499
00:19:47,940 --> 00:19:50,110
no, this rule comes from the american medical association.

500
00:19:50,180 --> 00:19:53,180
doctors aren't legally allowed to date their patients.

501
00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:55,050
oh, sorry, ted.

502
00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:56,150
eh, it's okay.

503
00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:58,450
what are you guys watching?

504
00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,120
so that was the end of the story

505
00:20:00,190 --> 00:20:03,160
between me and stella, at least for the time being.

506
00:20:03,230 --> 00:20:05,800
but i don't know, looking back on the platinum rule,

507
00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:07,130
i think there's a ninth step.

508
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,130
we'll call it coexistence.

509
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,530
it's the moment you realize that all that anger

510
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,570
and resentment just isn't useful.

511
00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:14,740
thanks for watching.

512
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,840
good night.

513
00:20:17,910 --> 00:20:20,080
and you start to let go of it.

514
00:20:20,140 --> 00:20:21,410
hey, guys.

515
00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,110
so what do you guys have going on tonight?

516
00:20:24,180 --> 00:20:25,780
we're going to have a few friends over.

517
00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:27,150
gonna play some charades.

518
00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:28,750
have fun.

519
00:20:32,290 --> 00:20:33,790
and move on with your life.

520
00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:35,660
it just takes a while.

521
00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,030
on the house.

522
00:20:37,090 --> 00:20:39,100
thanks.