‘Barney’ from ‘How I Met Your Mother’ is a brilliant character. He is funny, a man of simple needs and few friends. He is like most of us, if you think about it.
Lessons I’ve learned from Barney:
- Life is about ‘Investments’..
- Work hard, but never talk about work..
- Planning is key.. to anything one wants in life
- It’s all about ‘First Impressions’, and if it goes wrong, well, there’s always Next Friday..!
- Travel, see the world, and take a friend like Ted along – he will either make you look good or will be on earth longer than you to spread the word about you..
- Life live ‘King size’
- Emotional Detachment is key to a good & healthy (singles) life..
- The internet has the answers to everyone’s secret lives – Be it ‘Ted’s’ porn film making career or Robin’s band..
- Always think about the future. All that the past has to offer are numbers..!
- On the ‘Hot – Crazy’ graph, I am Crazy!
- The answer to every Friday’s question across the world, “What do we do?” is – “SUIT UP!”
If you don’t know what I am talking about, you don’t want HIMYM enough!
Barney rulz! & So does Robin!! Ted is the ‘nice guy’..Lily is sweet..! Marshall is awesome (which explains why he is ‘taken’)..




Hahaha… loved the post babes!! Could so totally understand and relate to it..
been tripping on this show lately…
By: Aaarti on May 11, 2009
at 4:32 pm
Oh and Barney is “egend [wait for it......] ary!!!” hahaha!!
By: Aaarti on May 11, 2009
at 4:32 pm
I have seen only one episode..sounds like a good series. will watch it.
By: Reema on May 11, 2009
at 8:25 pm
Good one… Internet does have all the answers… In fact I personally think that Google is any man’s best girlfriend!!! She knows it all, keeps it all and then has it all!!!
Sorry if the comment seems a bit outta the normal… NO PUNS intended!!
By: moukound on May 11, 2009
at 11:56 pm
I don’t know who barney is or any other character you mentioned up there but i surely liked what you meintioned that you learnt
By: sakhi on May 12, 2009
at 11:48 am
haven’t seen it but the ads..
looks like a must watch..
great lessons..!
By: oorja on May 12, 2009
at 12:12 pm
I LOVE BARNEY TOO!!!!
he is just LEGAND.. wait for it.. DARY!!!
i love this dialog of his, the best- “the mini-cherry on top of the regular cherry on top of the sundae of awesomeness that is my life”
By: AV on May 12, 2009
at 7:08 pm
Three days back I watched an episode of HIMYM (my only watching so far…not given to sitcom humor) – where Barney metamorphoses into a ‘real man’, thanks to a typical man-maker
. What I liked about Barney is his celebrated helplessness combined with at-once seriousness in the situation…
Nice post
B/w hey do mail me about your ‘theory of detachment’ you mentioned (prev comment)…would be an interesting read
By: A on May 12, 2009
at 7:15 pm
I watched a few of its episodes and I liked it, but haven’t got around to watch it continuously. I catch up with “Still standing” once a while, that is funny too!
By: Dinesh Babu on May 12, 2009
at 8:12 pm
Let’s not forget….
“When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead”
“The only reason to wait a month for sex is if she’s 17 years, 11 months old”
By: Archie on May 13, 2009
at 2:48 pm
@Aaarti – Hahahaha!! That is an awesome life! Awesomeness personified is Barney!!
@Reema – Watch the first season – its very addictive..
@Moukound – Hahahaha!!! No Puns huh?
@Sakhi – One must watch the series to understand the underlying awesomeness that is Barney..
By: Aparna Gonibeed on May 13, 2009
at 7:12 pm
@Oorja – These are only few of the lessons the mighty man preaches.. Will wait for your views after you watch it..
@AV- Hahahahahahaha!! Yeah, the way he says it.. I can hear him saying it.. He is just awesomeness!!
@A – Have you taken the MBTI test? Coz only you could say something like that for a post as this..
Mail on its way – but, do I have your mail id? Could you send me a test mail? :-p
@Dinesh – ‘Still Standing’ huh? Hmmmmm… Do watch the first season.. it gets you hooked on..!
@Archie – HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is BARNEY..!!
By: Aparna Gonibeed on May 13, 2009
at 7:21 pm
I used to watch that show…miss it and you are now making me miss it more
By: Apar on May 13, 2009
at 7:48 pm
Am done with season 3, 5th episode… waiting to watcvh the rest…
Apar/Archie=- got the rest of series????????:)
By: Aaarti on May 14, 2009
at 10:44 pm
The Hot/crazy graph is the ultimate! i am done with 2 seasons ..zee cafe is slow.. some new shows r starting on star world this month .. theres lipstick jungle and another sitcom whose name i forget
By: bedazzled on May 21, 2009
at 2:58 pm