TV: How I met your mother

[Rich_L]

Has anyone seen this?

It's a kinda not-as-good-as-Friends-but-in-the-same-style program, except instead of sitting in a coffee shop they sit in a pub.

It's about a guy who's basically lame and always obsessing about girls (Ted), and his friends..one of which is Barney...who is *Legendary* and is worth watching the sentimental nonsense for

Most of the people I've met haven't heard of it, just wondered whether anyone else has seen it and what they thought!

[Daz]

Cant say I have. Is it an American jobbie? What channel might I find it on?

[Dee]

I have it at home ready to watch Been too busy watching Veronica Mars!

[Rich_L]

Daz it was on BBC2 on Sunday evenings or something weird like that..finished on the 5th August, though I got em off t'internet

Can read Barney's blog here to give you an insight into his character...
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_m.../barneys_blog/

Genius excerpts like: (swapped for my favourite)

SHOOTING WOMEN IN A BARREL

Lately I've been hunting for an appropriate venue to test my new club uniform: a button-down Euroshirt with a reflective disco ball sheen. Ridiculous under the halogen lights of your average apartment? Perhaps. But when bathed in the ultraviolet wash of your standard nightclub, the shirt emits a pheromonal luminescence no club-going woman can resist. Why? Biology lesson: Women, like fish, are attracted to shiny and/or effulgent objects. In fact, those of you with a keen eye have surely noted that women are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from fish, as illustrated in the following scientific observations:

Man after my own heart!!!

[Belmit]

I only saw one episode but it seemed quite cleverly written, although they never did find out where the pineapple came from...