Nerdy And Loving It

I’ve been trying to find a posting of the rules of Slap Bet, from How I Met Your Mother, but all I could find was some rules that the creators of the show came up with afterward. These aren’t really accurate to what happened on the show so I decided to do a post with the Slap Bet rules, according to the original episode.

So here’s what happened on How I Met Your Mother season 2 episode 9.
Robin says that she doesn’t go to malls. Marshall says that he thinks she was married in a mall in Canada. Barney says he thinks that she used to do porn in a mall setting. They make a slap bet, where the winner gets to slap the loser as hard as they can. So here’s the order of events:
Marshall and Barney make the bet. Lily is appointed as Slap Bet Commissioner.
Robin lies and tells Ted she married a guy in a mall in Canada, but he moved away to Hong Kong.
Ted tells Lily, Marshall, and Barney.
Marshall, being proven right, slaps Barney.
Marshall researches Robin and finds out she was never married.
Marshal tells Ted and Lily that he found out that Robin wasn’t married but doesn’t tell Barney.
As Slap Bet Commissioner, Lily gives 3 penalty slaps to Marshall. Two because of Premature Slapulation and one because he withheld information from Barney. Barney slaps Marshall 3 times the next time he sees him.
Barney finds a man in Malaysia who has a video of Robin (when she was a teenage pop star in Canada).
The start of the video shows Robin asking her teacher if there’s anything she can do to get out of detention.
Barney pauses the video, and turns around and slaps Marshall.
When Robin asks why he slapped him, he tells her about the Slap Bet and that he was proven right about her being in porn.
Robin says she wasn’t in porn and they watch the video of her being a teenage pop star.
Since Barney slapped Marshall when he shouldn’t have, Lily gives Barney the option of 10 slaps immediately or 5 that can happen at any time for all eternity.
Barney chooses the 5 to happen at any time.
Hilarity ensues.

So based off of that I have put together the rules of Slap Bet.

The Rules of Slap Bet:
1. Winner of bet gets 1 slap as hard as they can against loser. This must occur immediately, unless otherwise decided by the Slap Bet Commissioner.
2. No rings, gloves or anything else may be worn on the hand during the slap.
3. A Slap Bet Commissioner must be appointed to handle any discrepancies and make rulings.
4. Premature Slapulation: If a winning slap turns out to be proven wrong, the slap bet commissioner may grant a number of punishment slaps of their choosing (usually 2).
5. If a winning slap turns out to be proven wrong and the winner was withholding information which would have proved them wrong, the Slap Bet commissioner may grant a number of punishment slaps of their choosing, in addition to the slaps for being proven wrong. (usually 1)
6. If neither party wins the bet, no slaps will be given unless otherwise indicated by the Slap Bet Commissioner.
7. In the case of a penalty, the slap bet commissioner may give the option of more slaps now or less slaps that may occur at any moment for all eternity. i.e. 10 now or 5 at any time
8. The Slap Bet Commissioner has the final word in all things related to the Slap Bet.