arranging a "casual" date

• i am ted from "how i met your mother". seriously.
• ted: so how do i ask her out - without asking her out?
• lily: ... did you guys get high?
• ted: i got it. i don't ask her out. i invite her - to our party next friday.
• marshall: we're having a party next friday?
• ted: we are now. casual.
• barney: yeah, 'cause nothing's as "casual" as inviting a hundred people over just to mack on one girl.
• marshall: all right, so call her up!
• ted: no - calling's not casual! i just gotta bump into her somewhere. if only i knew her schedule, i could arrange a chance encounter ...
• lily: that's great, ted. you'll be the most "casual" stalker ever.