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

[Belinda]

I always took this to be a joke. But running Lynda's undies up the flagpole
actually happened so much more cringe worthy.

On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, 21:51 Paul Bathgate, <starbuck320 at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> 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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