[pressgang] Quote of the Day, August 17, 2025

[Paul Bathgate]

Dear Laura

Thank you for clarifying that line, I never thought of it that way, just
him joking around, but if he was being serious, well that is very creepy
and out of order.

Thank you again.

Regards


Paul

On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 at 05:48, Laura Nunn <laura.nunn at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was one of the lines whilst watching with my then 11 year old I had
> to explain, yes it’s funny BUT that is not acceptable behaviour from Spike
> and it’s actually creepy and criminal. He might be joking, in which case
> it’s ok, but it’s not made clear, so… yikes!
>
> There were a lot of toxic men presented as romantic or aspirational
> boyfriends in the 90s/00s - Angel from Buffy, all the ones from The Gilmore
> Girls, Ross from friends. They were all deeply troublesome.
>
> Mostly PG holds up really well in terms of script and Spike isn’t truly
> toxic, but there are a few moments like this (mostly Spike-based but
> sometimes Colin and occasionally Lynda) where you really notice times have
> changed!
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 18 Aug 2025, at 21:54, Paul Bathgate <starbuck320 at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
> Great writing
>
> Peace & One Love
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2025, 03:27 prydonia, <prydonia at proton.me> wrote:
>
>> Spike:  Isn't this fun? I haven't done this since I took those pyjama
>> shots of you.
>>
>> Lynda:  Pyjama shots?
>>
>> Spike:  You thought it was lightning, didn't you?
>>
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