▁tell ▁him ▁about ▁Ted ' s ▁accident , ▁but ▁he ▁hang s ▁up ▁before ▁she ▁can ▁tell ▁him ▁that ▁Ted ▁is ▁fine , ▁seem ingly ▁not ▁car ing . ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁Bar ney ▁ski ps ▁an ▁important ▁business ▁meeting ▁and ▁when ▁he ▁miss es ▁a ▁cab , ▁Bar ney ▁begins ▁running ▁to ▁the ▁hospital . ▁He ▁ends ▁up ▁getting ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁bus ▁driving ▁the ▁wrong ▁way ▁near ▁the ▁hospital , ▁but ▁surv ives , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁has ▁broken ▁nearly ▁all ▁the ▁b ones ▁in ▁his ▁body . ▁Touch ed ▁that ▁Bar ney ▁was ▁so ▁concerned ▁about ▁him , ▁Ted ▁and ▁Bar ney ▁finally ▁recon cile , ▁and ▁with ▁Marshall , ▁declare ▁that ▁they ' re ▁b ros . ▁Marshall ▁and ▁L ily ▁jo ke ▁about ▁what ▁Bar ney ▁must ▁have ▁seen ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁hit ▁by ▁the ▁bus , ▁but ▁don ' t ▁notice ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁looking ▁at ▁Robin ▁as ▁they ▁mention ▁seeing ▁all ▁the ▁things ▁that ▁he ▁lov es ▁( bo obs , ▁sc ot ch , ▁and ▁su its ). ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Marshall ▁attributes ▁Ted ▁and ▁Bar ney ▁surv iving ▁their ▁respective ▁acc idents ▁as ▁m ira cles , ▁a ▁notion ▁Robin ▁laugh s ▁aside , ▁since ▁she ▁does ▁not ▁believe ▁in ▁m ira cles . ▁Marshall ▁begins ▁to ▁relate ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁an ec d otes ▁where ▁he ▁believed ▁a ▁mi racle ▁had ▁occurred . ▁The ▁stories ▁involve ▁a ▁p enc il ▁falling ▁from ▁the ▁ce iling ▁and ▁b oun cing ▁into ▁Bar