‘The Stamp Tramp’
Season 8, Episode 7 - Aired November 19, 2012
Marshall's friends try to discourage him from giving his "stamp of approval" to his old classmate Brad. Meanwhile, Robin acts as Barney's agent as he searches for a new strip club, and Ted watches his old video diaries from college.
Quote from Ted
Lily: Ted, why are you torturing yourself? None of us were our best in college. Oh, my God, I love my hair there!
Ted: I always thought I was this kid from suburban Ohio who had this innate sense of judgment and taste and just showed up to college and wowed everyone. Now I have concrete proof that I wasn't. I was a total gomer. Maybe I still am.
Quote from Robin
Robin: Um, look, I'm sorry about the whole skimming-off-the-top- of-the-strip-club-swag thing.
Barney: Hey, it happens to everybody.
Robin: Really? Because even as I said those words, they did not feel like a real thing. Hey, look, wherever you end up, can I have the dubious honor of buying you your first lap dance?
Barney: It's a date.
Quote from Marshall
Brad: Hey, Marshall! Bilbo!
Marshall: Brad? What are you...? Did you just get hired by Gruber Pharmaceutical's legal team?
Brad: Oh, not just. I've been working for them for two years. I heard about the job opening at Honeywell & Cootes and knew that if I hung out in front of your office and pretended to be down on my luck, you'd take pity on me, get me an interview...
[flashback:]
Brad: Try to stay out there a few minutes. I just cut one, and I can tell it's gonna be a slow burn.
[present:]
Brad: And buy some alone time in the conference room. I got your firm's strategy for the case. Muchas gracias, bro-migo.
Marshall: He's really more of an acquaintance than a bro-migo.
Honeywell: Win this case or you're fired, Eriksen.
Quote from Robin
Robin: Oh, you see? This is what I miss about being single: Cutting loose at a strip club, drinkin' some beers, seein' some boobs, getting thrown out for being "too handsy".
Barney: You were a little out of control tonight.
Robin: You know, I really thought that that bouncer was bluffing with the Taser. Man, everything's gonna taste like pennies for a week. I had a fun time tonight, though.
Barney: Me, too. I always have fun with you.
[Barney kisses Robin]
Robin: Whoa, whoa. I've got to... We can't, we can't do this. This, this can't happen. Uh, I've got to go.