Future Ted: [v.o.] And so, if I hadn't bought those charts back for Marshall, I wouldn't have had to cut down 77th to give Milt his daily dollar and well, you know the rest. So, there you have it, kids. There's a lot of little reasons why the big things in our lives happen. If I had known then where all those little things were leading me, and how grateful I'd be to get there, well, I probably would've done something like this.
[Ted runs back hugs Milt, then people at the newsstand, then Barney at MacLaren's, then a blonde woman at the gym, then the owner and a city health inspector at the bagel store, then Robin, the purse lady and the weather reporter at the TV station]
Future Ted: [v.o.] Because somehow, I ended up in the right place at the right time. And, as a result, my life would never be the same.
[A woman taps on Ted's shoulder as he waits at a cross-walk. As he turns around to look at her, we see it's Stella.]