It’s very late and I’m on vacation so the bulk of this will have to wait, thought I really want to know your thoughts on some things.
First off, I thought the episode was solid. Great flashbacks, worked pretty well on continuity I thought and kept me laughing all the way through. Barney’s awesomeness and inability to take a bad photo was great. Marshall’s love for games came through even at Lily’s party too and that really made me laugh. A ton of great moments and quoted but I wonder what stuck out to you.
Secondly, Did the one year from now birthday shot tell us anything? To me it says that Ted isn’t with the Mother yet…has he "met" her, possibly (or possimpibly, whatever) but since it’s just the 5 of them I would say that Ted isn’t with a "the one" girl. No Don either… and you would think that after a year it would be acceptable. He could just be out of town but I would put my money on him being gone within the year. Also, it may be a small detail but Marshall & Lily are in the same place. No baby either..I had heard once that LAME might have a baby but I hope not since it would change the show dynamic a lot! Did you see anything else? Reading other items of interest in? It’s in my nature to search for these things, but I miss a lot. What did you see?
Finally…music. I loved Marshall’s happy Birthday Lily (Lori?) song…that guy cracks me up. But the French Rap song… just awful. Well placed, but it was so bad it was comical. Btw. It’s "Briques" by Les Cautionneurs 
. I can’t find the song for sale but it could be under a different name, I’ve left you the Amazon and iTunes band links above if you want to search and report back. I’m horrible at French and draw the line for listening to music at something that horrible where that combines the worst elements of rap and a language I don’t understand. Wewe? Bonjour.
I’ll do my regular roundup soon but for now, what did you think?
I liked it a lot, even more I think because I really didn’t like the last one and it was nice to see it was just a one time thing and that they still got it. The thing where they wrote stuff about each other on those cards and Lily had to guess who wrote it was nice, and Barney’s one, classic. One thing that they didn’t really have to mention was Marshall saying his balls were huge during Lily’s 2 months abroad. TMI guys. But all in all great laughs, funny anecdotes and a nice ending. Is it just me or did it look like Lily might be pregnant a year from now? There was something about the dress so is it just a coincidence or did they actually plan on it? Anyone think so too?
The title you named does not exist. I m lookin for that french rap song the whole night, but i still havent found.
I want to take a picture like Barney!!
Well I really loved that episode.
Just to relate to the previous comment I don’t think Marshall said his balls were huge, I think he said “bleu” as in Blue in French but I may be mistaken.
I did love the “Never a bad picture” skill of Barney, though I though making Robin Win during the last forward was a bit stupid, I would have liked this legend to remain one.
Speaking of the forward, I am a bit disappointed, a few episodes back Ted started dating the roommate of his future wife (with something about her yellow umbrella) and I though it meant the story was going to go forward about that; this forward, with lily not pregnant, and Robin single, make it seem a way to say “Hey it’s not over yet, we want some more seasons”. Which is not bad thing; I love the show the way it is. I just find it a bad way to announce it. A little like when they make the end of a movie an obvious “BlaBla 2 coming Up Soon”.
But it was a lot of fun anyway.
That was a really good episode, quite funny. Actually what Marshall said in French is that his balls were blue or more correctly “bruised” or even “black and blue” (in French “bleu”).
I found this blog looking for the french song. There isn’t too much information about Les Cautionneurs nowhere, so I’ll try to decrypt the song lyrics (need luck). Je pense que le hip hop française n’est pas ça mauvais lol
I kinda liked that Robin won the photo from a year from now. If Barney would still photograph well while sneezing that would be too much.
hey joe…. from what I can tell the song is either known by another name or isn’t released. It’s definitely by that band though and my source says that is the name of it too. I just didn’t look as long as usual for it.
I think you are right, seems he said bleu…
On the other hand…I do think the french hip hop is that bad… I couldn’t listen to it without laughing. Just me though. If you find anything let me know… like I said, I know the song is by that band but it may be called something different. Then again, it may not be released yet…HIMYM occasionally uses songs like that.
As far as pregnant, that ‘s always a possibility. I think it was just the dress she wore, but it’s always a possibility.
If you saw ocean’s 12 you already know this band.
one of their track was chosen for the soundtrack :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF4tq7zg6s8&feature=related
here is the original song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crrKWEVetUM&feature=related
Anyway, even in France the song played in this episod is not out yet
So it must just have been me but I felt like the episode started out weird. I didn’t like the whole Lily storyline until the second commercial break or so. When Ted pointed out she was being a birthday brat I felt a little better about it. I think it was just a weird side of Lily that I didn’t care for. But the episode perked up with the whole Barney story line. Hilarious.
I don’t think Lily was pregnant in the forward, I think she still has some weight from her own actual pregnancy, so they are putting her in a fuller wardrobe then the earlier seasons. That’s why we got the empire waisted full skirt dress in the forward.
Best part of the whole episode was Barney singing “Happy happy Lily day…happy happy Lily day…”
Hi !
I’m french, and yes, that’s an awful song.
“Paris nos briques, Passés au crible, il y’a la mif’, le fric, l’argent, la fesse…”
=> “Paris our stones, .., there are the family, money, money, sex…”
And the rest of the song is “incompréhensible” !!
This is a special track from Nikkfurie and Izno (two members of Les cautionneurs) but it’s a no-commercial track.
Sorry for my poor english..
And yep, Marshall said Bleu ! “Avoir les couilles bleues” “Blue balls”.
Very nice blog sir !
The french hip hop is a shame for France..
http://www.myspace.com/lescautionneurs
BTW, They are not from Paris ! But from the “banlieue”, the “93”.
It’s like New Jersey for New York 😀
yea…it’s nice to see Barney lose every now and then
Thanks for the translation and the compliment.
LoL, not all french hiphop, we have some great rappers. Though I have to agree a lot of them… are Crap (and they deserve the capital C).
And not I wouldn’t say New Jersey as a good comparison for the 93, Brooklin 15 years ago woulod be more accurate I think.
Yeah, But i’d rather lose in ways that make his character advance. Here it’s just another “thing of his personality”. It could have been used more in further episode, and maybe get Robin to win but later. A bit like t hey did with the SlapBet.
And he can Bend over or eat or take off his jaked and still be awesome in the picture but him sneazing is what you feel to be too much… not sure lol
in season 2 episode 3 the photo that future ted is talking about has barney in that awesome pose. the writers of how i met your mother are awesome.
Just a precision 🙂
“Passés au crible” = sifted through
And toro.rosso meant that the we can’t understand the rest of the song even if we are french 🙂
nice 😀
but there are also a bunch of errors in the storyline. So they are not THAT awesome 😉
I watch that episode again and there are only 2 wine glasses on the table and 1 in Robins hands…also there is a part where Lily goes to flatten her dress and it looks like it is very possible she might be pregnant!
As for clarification:
Band: Les Cautionneurs
Song: Briques
Status: For a couple of days ago Les Cautionneurs released Briques on a live streaming internet radio. I don’t think it can be found on their official site or for commercial use yet. But the Radio Version can be found on various torrent sites such as kickasstorrents.com
The rap song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowRJfTnbcA
Two months! my ball were bleu! bleu!..