Quote from Barney in The Final Page (Part 1)
Waitress: Can I get you guys anything to drink? Marshall & Barney: Scotch, neat. Marshall: Jinx. Lily: Oh, my... God. Future Ted: [v.o.] Kids, you may be wondering why five adults in their 30s would take a jinx so seriously. It all started one day five years ago. [flashback to Marshall, Lily and Barney watching TV in the apartment:] Marshall & Barney: Ooh, Van Helsing. Marshall: Jinx. You're jinxed. That means that you can't speak until someone who was present for the jinx says your name, or else you will have very bad luck. Barney: [scoffs] That's ridiculous. [Marshall and Lily gasp] Barney: You broke the jinx. Marshall, I'm a grown-ass man. I'm on my building's co-op board. When I say a Pinot Noir tastes luxuriously earthy with a hint of rhubarb, I'm not faking it. I've had several of the same sexual partners as Henry Kissinger. I'm not about to stop talking just because I was jinxed. [flashback to Barney being hit by a bus] Future Ted: Barney broke three limbs and two vertebrae, but he never broke another jinx. In fact, he started taking jinxes way too seriously.