The Name 'Lorenzo Von Matterhorn'

The Name 'Lorenzo Von Matterhorn' is quite the rage amongst web surfers today, not bad for being the entirely fictional pseudonym of an entirely fictional How I Met Your Mother character. Lorenzo Von Matterhorn is but one of Barney's (Neil Patrick Harris) many non de plume's on the show.

The Name 'Lorenzo Von Matterhorn' Von Matterhorn made an appearance this evening, setting off an explosion of web interest – most of it propelled by the discovery of a Wikipedia page that had been created for the character. The page is a lot fun, mostly talking about Matterhorn's afflictions – he suffers from phallumegaly, or bigness of penis disorder – and various hobbies. Problem is, Wikipedia – as we all know – is a bastion of fact, and so this little bit of How I Met Your Mother fun had to go.

Once Wikipedia found out that the Wikipedia entry was part of a show-related hoax, they redirected the entry to Barney's character page – in the process jettisoning some highly entertaining 'facts' about Mr. Matterhorn. But don't worry, we've fetched some of Lorenzo Von Matterhorn's most delightful details from the clutches of google cache. Here they are for your enjoyment.