Re: [pressgang] Pressing point

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Matthew Neale (mattn@psy.uq.edu.au)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:12:26 +1000 (EST)


On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, ldarling wrote:

> The problem then, is that this other meaning has pretty much nothing to do
> with the show, so the double meaning doesn't really work that well.

I always thought that Press Gang refered to the way in which spike, frazz,
colin, etc were forced (press ganged) to join the JG or get kicked out of
school. This is something which comes up a few times in the series (even
in season 5), and so I guess the term is somewhat related to the show.

Matt N.

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