Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/08/07/12:27:02
Reply-To: | <arfa AT clara DOT net>
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From: | "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
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To: | "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: | RE: HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: | Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:25:37 +0100
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Message-ID: | <000101bdc220$026bc080$944e08c3@arthur>
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In-Reply-To: | <35CA44CF.989DE9DB@cartsys.com>
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> > Arthur (arfa AT clara DOT net) wrote:
> > : Taking the mickey ;^)
> >
> > And what does that mean? Any relation to Mr. Mouse?
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> 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.
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> Who Mickey Finn was, I don't know.
Taking the Mickey == Making fun (of)...
Also, Taking the Michael or Taking the P*ss or many other similar phrases.
James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819
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