# OH! MIGHTY CECIL! " Plastic Swords" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724 "2014-03-27T23:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/21 "2014-03-28T21:00:40Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > For cherries and pineapple, you get the umbrella. Is that because cherries and pineapples come during the rainy season? Or is the umbrella really a parasol, to protect you from the tropical sun? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/22 "2014-03-28T21:10:50Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I am as jober as a studge. > > 😃 > 😛 [Ain’t necessarily saying much.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5h6iE_HD_g) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/23 "2014-03-29T00:08:15Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Wikipedia can sometimes be used to look things up. > > [Swizzle stick - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizzle_stick) This does not actually answer my question about swords. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/24 "2014-03-29T00:11:17Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > These links may be of some interest: > > [Cocktail Sword | Cocktails Wiki | Fandom](http://cocktails.wikia.com/wiki/Cocktail_Sword) (Apparently they are fashioned to look like a rapier from the 1600s.) > > [1960's Vintage Cocktail Sword Picks With Black Bull Spanish Souvenir | #246503943](http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1960s-vintage-cocktail-sword-picks-246503943) (They also have been around since at least the 1960s at least as metal utensils.) > > [Cocktail Sword Stuck Into Stone Stock Photo 39648778 | Shutterstock](http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-39648778/stock-photo-a-cocktail-sword-stuck-into-a-stone.html) (And they also appear to hold magical powers.) Now, this is slightly more helpful. But where & when did our little, drunken Excaliburs get started? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/25 "2014-03-29T02:07:33Z")
I have it on good authority (no link) that cocktail swords were spotted during the 1970s. Also, Wikipedia has an entry on [Cocktail stick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_stick), “…usually used as a skewer for holding decorations (such as cherries) in cocktails and also for serving food (such as small “cocktail” sausages or diced cheese and pineapple) at parties.” 1950s metal interpretation: [http://odetoawe.com/2012/08/vintage-entertaining-toledo-cocktail-swords/](http://odetoawe.com/2012/08/vintage-entertaining-toledo-cocktail-swords/) Lego purchased its first plastic injection-molding machine in 1947. So I’d guess the plastic swords were first made available during the 1950s. [History of Lego: Everyone's Favorite Building Blocks](http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/lego.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/26 "2014-03-29T04:03:37Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Now, this is slightly more helpful. > > But where & when did our little, drunken Excaliburs get started? So, if you can manage to pull one of those swords out of an olive, do you become King? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724/27 "2014-03-29T05:10:38Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > So, if you can manage to pull one of those swords out of an olive, do you become King? No, you just remain drinKing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mighty-cecil-plastic-swords/684724.md?page=1)