Quote from Lily in Purple Giraffe
Ted: She wants casual. Okay, I'll be casual. I'm gonna be a mushroom cloud of casual. You know why? 'cause it's a game. I wanted to skip to the end and do the "happily ever after" thing but you don't get there unless you play the game. Marshall: So are you gonna ask her out? Ted: Yeah. No! I can't ask her out, because if I ask her out I'm asking her out. So how do I ask her out, without asking her out? [silence] Lily: Did you guys get high?