Continuity
- Barney states that men who have had at least one relationship with a prostitute are 75% more likely to have success in future relationships, then concedes to Marshall that he made that statistic up. However, in "Brunch", Ted observes that Barney always uses 83% when making up a statistic.
- Marshall uses his catchphrase "lawyered". He does that every time he wins an argument.
- Mary makes a joke about Sandy Rivers "putting his hair on" in the mornings. It is revealed in "Bad News" that Sandy's hair is a toupee.
- Ted allows Barney to drink from his water glass, even though in "Little Boys" they discuss how Ted is afraid of catching germs from Barney. This is shown in both episodes when Ted asks Mary if she has slept with Barney and is relieved to find out she hasn't, and in "Little Boys" when Barney comments they have never "shared a woman".
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Famous quotes containing the word continuity:
“Continuous eloquence wearies.... Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)
“Every generation rewrites the past. In easy times history is more or less of an ornamental art, but in times of danger we are driven to the written record by a pressing need to find answers to the riddles of today.... In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men’s reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present and get us past that idiot delusion of the exceptional Now that blocks good thinking.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)