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| 792.1 | must be related to 'pulling(or taking) the pi$$ | MACNAS::DKEATING | _DUNDALK_ 1 - 0 _U.S.S.R._ | Tue May 01 1990 18:02 | 1 |
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| 792.2 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Tue May 01 1990 20:35 | 3 |
| From a Mickey Finn (although I'm afraid I dunno the connection)
and it means to poke fun at someone in a not particularly nice way.
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| 792.3 | From whence cometh Mickey Finn anyway? | ULYSSE::WADE | | Tue May 01 1990 21:43 | 10 |
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Very posh people phrase it "extracting the Michael".
I have no idea of its provenance.
Jim.
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| 792.4 | hic whoah wheres the floo.......zzzzzzzzzzz | UILA::WHORLOW | D R A B C = action plan | Wed May 02 1990 06:10 | 13 |
| G'day,
A Mickey Finn is a drugged drink.
Taking the Mickey presumably means being duped but has become to mean a
positive action about someone else.
derek
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| 792.5 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Wed May 02 1990 15:53 | 13 |
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> A Mickey Finn is a drugged drink.
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Of course ... or a spiked drink as in the alcoholic "Non-alcoholic fruit punch"
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> Taking the Mickey presumably means being duped but has become to mean a
> positive action about someone else.
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Right ... there's the connection ... strictly, taking the Mickey is often
insulting someone's intelligence without their actually realising it.
Stuart
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| 792.6 | | MARVIN::KNOWLES | intentionally Rive Gauche | Wed May 02 1990 16:14 | 3 |
| .1 is right, but the relationship is parental rather than filial.
b
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