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)"

by thatguywithguitar May 27, 2020

The toilet paper shortage of 2020

The Corona virus has apparently caused everyone to shit themselves and thus but 9000 rolls of toilet paper.
Our children will not believe this.

The toilet paper shortage of 2020 has really messed up my time in quarantine.

by ineedsometp April 2, 2020

The Great Moroccan Kleenex Shortage of 08-09

In March of 2008 the demand for Kleenex's in Morocco increased at an unbelievable rate. The Moroccan King asked for everyone to stay calm. He attributed the increase in demand for Kleenex to Peace Corps volunteers spending too much time in their masterbatorium, spanktuary, spank schack, whack shack, jack shack, flip n jack, finger hut, spank cave, spank wagon, cumgeon, cum station, lunch punch, stroke boat, spank bank, corner of crank, jerk hut, masturbation station, spankmobile, homostead, spank shed, and master barriums. In particular, undercover sources attibute the increase to one "King of Crank" J-Lub (known for exceptional stroking form.) When asked for comment, J-Lub simply said "whatever dude, I'm gonna go listen to some music." The King has told people to hold strong. The King also claimed that supplies are expected to return to normal around the time of Tallstacks 2010.

Oh man, I shouldn't have ate all that spicy couscous. Now I can't blow my nose due to The Great Moroccan Kleenex Shortage of 08-09

by Pedro2010 December 29, 2009

labor shortage

what elites say when people aren't lining up by the hundreds to work for pocket change

" bob declared there is a labor shortage after he was unable to hire anyone to work for his construction company for the rate of $4/hour"

by superduperpasta July 23, 2025

Shortage

A group or pack of little people is called a shortage. This can range from as few as only three little people, to numbers large enough to make you question reality.

There is a shortage of them at the circus.

(The term 'little people' can also be used to help clarify what is being talked about)

There was a shortage of little people at the rodeo, I wasn't sure if they were going to perform an act or not. I didn't think it would be polite to ask.

by Chevy Mustang March 5, 2025

The Rice crispy shortage of 2021

In 2021 somewhere in America A very small Town a Rice crispy shortage happened i’m not sure how The shortage happened but it did

Person 1 Time to buy some rice crispies for the party

Person 2 you know there’s a shortage of Rice Krispies right?

Person 1 wait what

Person 3 it’s the Rice crispy shortage of 2021!

by Grunt who likes potatos December 24, 2021

artifical shortage

Term used by fanboys to explain why their favorite console isn't selling as well as the Nintendo Wii.

Nintendo is only selling due to artifical shortage. Ninty holds back stocks to create demand. It's not that they're actually running out. Five year old hardware isn't that hard to mass produce, ;)"

by cota January 10, 2008