The Suit Shock Simulation
Title: The Suit Shock Simulation
Rating: PG
Summary: Barney spies something in McClaren's so awful, so disgusting, he can't believe it to be true.
Disclaimer: Carter Bays and Craig Thomas own "How I Met Your Mother," Chuck Lorne and Bill Prady own "The Big Bang Theory," I own my water bottle.
AN: Written for ppyajunebug as a gift at whedonland .
Barney stared at the tall, thin man who had just walked into McClaren's with a horrified look on his face. The man, oblivious to the pain he was causing Barney was interrogating Carl intensely about the nearest sanitary Chinese food eatery. Ted and Robin looked at Barney in concern.
"Barney, are you OK?" Robin asked while waving her hand in front of his face. "You look like somebody tried to kill your mother or something."
"Oh, that would be more merciful than what I see before me now, Robin," Barney replied in a choked voice. "It's burning my eyes."
"What?" Ted asked, looking over to where Barney was staring. "That guy over there? What's wrong with him?"
"Ted, what's wrong with him?" Barney repeated in a mocking voice. "Look at him!" Ted and Robin looked at the man again and tried to figure out what about him was causing Barney such intense pain. It was Robin who spotted it first.
"Really, Barney?" she asked, turning back to him. "You're really this distraught over some guy wearing a loud checkered suit?"
"It's a travesty!" Barney countered, beginning to fidget. "Suits are supposed to be elegant and dignified, and he's making a laughingstock of them!"
"Whatever you say, Barney," Ted replied, taking a sip of his beer.
Shaking his head, Barney stood up to leave. "I don't know where your soul is, Ted Mosbey, because only somebody without one could look upon that man and not weep." Barney turned around and walked out of the bar, deliberately not looking at the man. On his way out, however, he stumbled and clutched his chest. Oh, the horror! Three more men were walking in, two in suits equally loud as the man in McClaren's. The third... was that a velvet suit? Trying not to be sick, Barney rushed passed them and into the chill New York City night.
Leonard, Howard, and Raj stared at the door the man had just rushed through.
"What was that about?" Raj asked his two friends. "Is the food here that bad?"
"I have absolutely no idea," Leonard answered as he straightened his jacket. "Let's go get Sheldon before he starts an incident, though." Howard and Raj nodded and together they stepped inside to find their friend.
Rating: PG
Summary: Barney spies something in McClaren's so awful, so disgusting, he can't believe it to be true.
Disclaimer: Carter Bays and Craig Thomas own "How I Met Your Mother," Chuck Lorne and Bill Prady own "The Big Bang Theory," I own my water bottle.
AN: Written for ppyajunebug as a gift at whedonland .
Barney stared at the tall, thin man who had just walked into McClaren's with a horrified look on his face. The man, oblivious to the pain he was causing Barney was interrogating Carl intensely about the nearest sanitary Chinese food eatery. Ted and Robin looked at Barney in concern.
"Barney, are you OK?" Robin asked while waving her hand in front of his face. "You look like somebody tried to kill your mother or something."
"Oh, that would be more merciful than what I see before me now, Robin," Barney replied in a choked voice. "It's burning my eyes."
"What?" Ted asked, looking over to where Barney was staring. "That guy over there? What's wrong with him?"
"Ted, what's wrong with him?" Barney repeated in a mocking voice. "Look at him!" Ted and Robin looked at the man again and tried to figure out what about him was causing Barney such intense pain. It was Robin who spotted it first.
"Really, Barney?" she asked, turning back to him. "You're really this distraught over some guy wearing a loud checkered suit?"
"It's a travesty!" Barney countered, beginning to fidget. "Suits are supposed to be elegant and dignified, and he's making a laughingstock of them!"
"Whatever you say, Barney," Ted replied, taking a sip of his beer.
Shaking his head, Barney stood up to leave. "I don't know where your soul is, Ted Mosbey, because only somebody without one could look upon that man and not weep." Barney turned around and walked out of the bar, deliberately not looking at the man. On his way out, however, he stumbled and clutched his chest. Oh, the horror! Three more men were walking in, two in suits equally loud as the man in McClaren's. The third... was that a velvet suit? Trying not to be sick, Barney rushed passed them and into the chill New York City night.
Leonard, Howard, and Raj stared at the door the man had just rushed through.
"What was that about?" Raj asked his two friends. "Is the food here that bad?"
"I have absolutely no idea," Leonard answered as he straightened his jacket. "Let's go get Sheldon before he starts an incident, though." Howard and Raj nodded and together they stepped inside to find their friend.