Robin and Barney ignore their messages and avoid Lily and Marshall, but they eventually admit that they do not want to be "couple friends".
After a week apart from Lily and Marshall, Robin and Barney realize they miss their friends, and head over to their condo, only to find them enjoying the company of another couple.
He claims it attracts the ladies, but after a woman leaves his apartment in the morning without having sex, Barney and Robin accuse him of being the "Sexless Innkeeper".
Barney elaborates with a poem set in a Dickensian version of Queens, where he was caught in a blizzard, walked a few blocks to an ugly woman's apartment, and feigned sleep to avoid sex.
The review described the episode as "mostly unfunny"; he went on to say that he liked the premise of Marshall writing sentimental songs for mundane occasions, but that it was not part of a believable story.