How I Met Your Mother: How Lily Stole Christmas

1. Definitely the c-word. which is the greatest word, ever ever, and that is coming from a girl. not funny? you have to be joking. the jesus freak kids chanting it? legendary!
2. i thought the canadian fans overreacted to the canada jokes in 'slap bet,' but i have to admit, as a staten islander, i'm getting a little annoyed that 'staten island' is only ever used derogatorily on tv shows. mind you, i'm not getting all self-righteous or anything; i'm actually surprised to find myself at all irritated by it. it just seems like people in hollywood know more about kazakhstan than staten island! we ARE part of nyc, for the record.
3. "laugh slut" is an awesome term. i heard it and thought, "oh crap, that's what i am!"

Uh, thanks Tom. It's been fixed.

"Lily... with two "l's" instead of three. Who knew? Considering no one called me out on it in the comments (and believe me, people do that)..."

Well, Joel, I don't want to disappoint you. It's codeine or codiene - not codine. I don't consider myself to be the spelling police or anything, but you did bring it up. :-)

It had to be the C-word, BTW. IMO.

I was thinking it was the B-word the entire time. Trust me...call a lot of girls a B and you'll get the same reaction. Call a girl the c-word and she'll either a) be totally shocked taht you ever said that and/or b) simply stop talking to you all together because her perception of you will change so much it can't be forgiven so easily.
I also agree that it was a good episode...but not an all-time great. Then again, slap bet is still quite fresh in my mind and that will be a hard one to top.
Personally, I found Barney's whining in bed to be rather annoying. Some of his lines were funny...but after he started talking about how comfy the fleece pants were (did it seem like NPH maybe came out for a second?) it just seemed that he was whining too much for me and the type of character that I consider him to be.

Couldn't have been the b-word. Remember the first episode, when Ted said he didn't kiss Robin, Lily went, "Aw, you ran away like a little bitch, didn't you?" No way that word would have sparked that kind of anger in her.

The C-word (and it SHOULD be capitalized!) may not be funny, but it has power. That's what it's all about when using it.

And I don't know if it has been used before on the show, but I'd nominate "laugh slut" as the best Barneyism for this episode... if it was a newbie.

The slapstick for Barney's sneeze was 'awesome' and it felt fresh to this aficionado of the art form.

Loved the attention to detail - the drool on Ted's sheet after Barney was dosed. Gross, but perfect.

The Flanders boys could be playmates with those second cousins of Ted's.

And do you think Ted's cousin lives near the Finnertys of 'Grounded For Life'? I'd love to see those two families mix it up. I bet they'd make even "Sister Helen" get aggravated by all that piety!

great show!

Siepenwall confirms it was the "C" word.

And I loved the fact that Lily didn't sing. Anyone familiar with "Once More With Feeling" can certainly understand why.

Mat - of course the c-word isn't funny. That's why Lily and Ted's mom and Lily's landlord and Ted's cousin were all so horrified. And why they used "grinch" instead. The b-word just isn't a big deal anymore; nor, apparently, is "ass face." It was obviously the c-word.

Did anyone else notice the cameo (well - not really, he wasn't on screen) of Wayne Knight as Lily's landlord. It was either him or someone who sounded exactly like him. He said something like, "if you use that kind of language I'll turn off your electricity".

Minday = Mindy

(I SOOO wish TV Squad allowed edits!)