the great dude shortage of 1883

This is a fake historical event that has been mentioned about Barney Stinson in the show How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014). Barney mentions this event when there was not so many guys in the night club.

Show: How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)
Season: 3
Episode: 12- No Tomorrow

Time: 5:00

"Bodyguard: Yeah. Sorry, guys. Look, if it was just you two, you can go in right now. But we got nothing but girls in there. People are gonna start thinking it's a lesbian bar.
Barney: Would you excuse us for a minute? (To Ted) Ted I'm going to be hones. I was full of it with that whole Nostradamus thing.
Ted: No! (sarcastic)
Barney: But I'm starting to think there is some serious planetary cr*p going on here tonight. Never in the history of New York City nightclubs has there been a shortage of dudes. Now even during the great dude shortage of 1883. We've got to ditch these girls. (The ones accompanying them)"

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