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

[Maya Crabtree]

I agree. The Pyjama shots I always took to be very clearly a joke. As did
all their flirtatious banter. About the flagpole - you have a point.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM Belinda <lynda2475 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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