Talk:Mickey Finn (drugs)

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How does this relate to date rape drugs?


 * It was (is?) used to knock people out, in much the same way as modern date rape drugs, by tricking someone in to drinking a drink that had been spiked then you could rob them... or sexually assault them, or do pretty much whatever you wanted. In short it is one of the early date/drug rape drugs. Of course that's not counting alcohol itself... Kiffer.geo 13:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Trivia
The hatchet was applied only to certain ones, allegedly "unreferenced", yet the remaining ones were equally "unreferenced", so they have to go also. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Song: It's a Hard Knock Life
In the Broadway musical, "Annie" there is a reference to a Mickey Finn. In the opening song, "It's a Hard Knock Life", the girls of the orphanage sing about the mean Miss Hannagan, (head of the orphanage, "Make her drink a Mickey Finn!"

Music: Charles Strouse, Lyrics, Martin Charnin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.113.15.202 (talk) 14:48, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Under section "Chicago Restaurant Poisonings" where it reads:

"Guests who tipped poorly were given "Mickey Finn powder" in their food or drinks.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Chemical analysis showed that it contained antimony and potassium tartrate.[12}"

Antimony is probably incorrect, as the article: "Potassium tartate" reads: "Tartar emetic is produced when potassium tartrate is heated with antimony trioxide. Tartar emetic causes intense nausea, prostration and vomiting by irritating the gastrointestinal mucosa.[citation needed]"

I realize it reads "[citation needed]", but 'antimony trioxide' makes more sense then the base metal 'antimony'.

71.139.178.219 (talk) 21:28, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Seinfeld
There is a Seinfeld episode which prominently features the phrase, "to slip s.o. a mickey". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.15.242.182 (talk) 14:45, 7 May 2013 (UTC)