Barney: Wait. How about this? Ted's probably broken this thing himself, right? And if he's broken the Bro Code, then I'm off the hook.
Marshall: I thought about that. And I gotta say, Ted has upheld this thing time and time again. For example, article 87: "A bro shall at all times say yes."
[flashback to Ted and Barney with a woman at MacLaren's:]
Woman: So he saved you from an avalanche?
Ted: Yes.
Woman: And he carried you six miles to safety on his broken leg?
Ted: Yes.
Woman: And you're a pre-op transsexual nightclub singer who used to be a member of the Russian mob?
Ted: Da.