The Bro Code

The Bro Code is a set of rules, seemingly started by Barney.
All of the above articles are mentioned in the published version, although most have different numbers. The book contains 150 articles, a glossary of terms, definition of a bro, history of the code, amendments, violations, and approved punishments.
Many of the articles in the published version relate to issues in other episodes.

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Articles of the Bro Code

The following articles are some articles mentions on episodes of HIMYM:

• Article 1 – Bros before hoes;
• Article 34 – Bros cannot make eye contact during a devil’s three-way
• Article 39 – The Three Days Rule
• Article 45 – Wearing jeans to a strip club
• Article 62 – A bro that calls “dibs” first, has dibs
• Article 83 – The Platinum Rule
• Article 86 – The Hot/Crazy Scale
• Article 104 – The mom of a bro is always off limits, unless she is a step-mom and she initiates it and/or is wearing one or more articles of leopard print clothing
• Article 107 – No leaving a Bro hanging in
• Article 140 – Lemon Law
• Article 159 – A Bro always likes the new profile picture of another bro.
• Article 161 – Dating a Bro’s EX:
Sometimes, the girl you are looking at was previously dating a Bro . . Well, what do you do then? The Bro Code has a scale that sets everything straight.
Your good friend and she dated for:
0 – 6 months + he dumped her = you don’t wait, go ahead and date her
0 – 6 months + she dumped him = wait for at least 6 months
6 – 12 months + he dumped her = wait for at least 6 months
6 – 12 months + she dumped him = wait for a year and ask for permission
1 year + he dumped her = wait for a year
1 year + she dumped him = wait for a year and ask for permission

• Amendment VII – A bro shall not have a weird moment with another bro’s fiance.