Quote from Marshall in Zoo or False
Ted: So, you weren't mugged by a monkey? Marshall: No, I wasn't. Barney: So, what you're saying is, the monkey tricked you into giving him your wallet? Marshall: No, that's not what I'm saying. Ted: So, you mugged the monkey? Marshall: Guys, there was no monkey! It was a human being with a gun. Barney: Are you sure it wasn't one monkey standing on another monkey's shoulders wearing a men's trench coat? Ted: Be about the right height. Marshall: No! I... I just made that story up so that Lily wouldn't get a gun. The truth is that it never happened.