Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/08/06/20:50:02
At 05:05 PM 8/6/98 -0700, Nate Eldredge said
>Martin Str|mberg wrote:
>>
>> Arthur (arfa AT clara DOT net) wrote:
>> : Taking the mickey ;^)
>>
>> And what does that mean? Any relation to Mr. Mouse?
>
>I think it's from a (somewhat obsolete) American slang term: a "Mickey
>Finn" is a drink that's been drugged. So for anything to take a Mickey
>(Finn) would have a bad effect on it, and probably cause it to act
>strangely.
>
>Who Mickey Finn was, I don't know.
I don't know either, but a modern term would be slipping someone a Rohypnol
(sp?).
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