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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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)