No need for the spoiler POETS day along with see you next Thursday ( Do not ask) are common terms down South too. Actually I do not think it was on a Friday back in the early to mid 70's when I was watching it after school also if I remember correctly back then the pubs were not open all afternoon, down here they shut about 14.30pm for a few hours.If it was in the 80s and a Friday afternoon - the flexible working environment of a university, at least then. (POETS* day as we knew it). But Lost in Space is a mid-60s programme, so unless BH is very old it was a mishtake shurely hicOf course, this is irrelevant he was referring to others, not necessarily himself.
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Of course, this is irrelevant he was referring to others, not necessarily himself.