Barney: But you never completed your training.
Marshall: Actually...
[flashback to Marshall being taught by The Calligrapher:]
Ted: Listen to me, I must speak fast. Once you've had your heart slapped out of your body, you've only got 10, 15 minutes to live. Max.
Marshall: Sure.
Ted: The trick to accuracy is to, like, try to be really accurate, okay? Don't just slap, like, really try to aim. Look where you're slapping. That's important. And then try to slap that spot instead of some other spot. Well, I guess that's pretty much it. You can slap people now. Unh!
Marshall: He's gone.
Ted: One other thing. Cleveland has a lot to offer. Be sure to check out the James A. Garfield monument. He was only president for four months before he was assassinated. But if you get up to the top, you can see almost 30 miles as long as the steel factory's not smelting. Ugh! Agh!
Marshall: He's gone.
Ted: No, like I said, 10, 15 minutes. Oh, God, this is awkward.
Marshall: Yeah, yeah.
Ted: It's like when you're saying goodbye to someone... then you realize you're both headed in the same direction. It's like, "What, do we say goodbye again or..." Unh. Agh!
Marshall: He's gone. Wait, are you just pretending so it'll be less awkward? [Ted nods] Should I just, like, go or? [Ted nods] Okay.