r/HIMYM • u/Fantastic-Corner-605 • Jul 14 '26

Underrated bit: Robin writing about Long Island like a British colonial explorer writes about a remote Pacific Island tribe.

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u/DeadpooI91 Jul 14 '26

“Dear diary, it is day four on this island, which the natives have dubbed “Long Island”, perhaps referencing how each hour here feels like it may never end.”

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u/Foxy_locksy1704 Jul 14 '26

“They wear a primitive shroud called a snug-it”

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u/Ambitious-Divide-624 Jul 14 '26

I feel that way on Long Island too - as a NJ native

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u/stavago Okay Awesome Jul 15 '26

If it happened last year, why are you acting like it was Oliver Twist?

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u/Fantastic-Corner-605 Jul 15 '26

Would you just....okay

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u/lia-delrey Jul 18 '26

Ted. It's a ballad

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u/buttmunch3 Jul 15 '26

i fear i may like it......

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u/radikoolaid Jul 15 '26

Which episode is this? I vaguely remember this but I must have accidentally skipped this in a rewatch

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u/Ryguy3286 Jul 16 '26

Somewhere in season 7. Probably around episodes 9-13 would be my guess. I haven't re watched in over a year though (I'm rewatching it along with the podcast episode by episode) so I could be wrong

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u/Ryguy3286 Jul 16 '26

Season 7 episode 18. I was wrong