Future Ted: [v.o.] Kids, once your Uncle Marshall and Aunt Lily found a nanny for baby Marvin, they were excited for their first night out together in five months. And so were we.
Barney: Mama. Dada.
Lily: Hi, gang.
Marshall: Ah, so, now that there's no screaming baby to distract us, what have you guys been up to lately?
Future Ted: This was a surprisingly loaded question. You see, right after Marvin was born, Lily and Marshall had issued a decree:
[flashback:]
Lily: New rule. You can't come to us with any issue unless it's an eight or higher.
[back:]
Future Ted: And we were doing our best to abide.