Quote from Barney in Twelve Horny Women
Lily: So, you don't know the bailiff because you were a badass. You knew him because you guys were in a nerd club together. Ted: Where you dazzled audiences with your sleight-of-tiny-hand. Barney: So I was a late hand bloomer! Go ahead, laugh. Laugh like all the others. But those magicians pulled off the greatest trick of all: they accepted me.