# Slipped him a "mickey"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486 "2006-04-13T05:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/1 "2006-04-13T05:30:48Z")
I apologize, but I am at work and it is 1:30 A.M. and there is nooooothing to do… so I watch television and ask questions about it… What is the origin of “slipped him a mickey”? what is a mickey? is it spelled mickey? all I can think of is Brendan Small asking his mom about it…and I know that isn’t an origin, as home movies is incredible but young…haha ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/2 "2006-04-13T05:39:05Z")
Wikipedia has this to say about the [Mickey Finn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Finn_(drugs)). Note that at the bottom of the page under the External Links is a link to the [Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_092.html) article. Sorry you’re bored. Hang in there! ---
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/3 "2006-04-13T06:38:42Z")
Thanks for the information… I love the link to an SD article…plus, the seinfeld episode they mention was actually the one that made me think of asking…the worlds a small place, even for SDMB…haha… It could always be worse…I get out of here at 8…and well, at least I have some tv and internet…I mean, I do get to read sdmb all night… ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/4 "2006-04-13T17:59:57Z")
I edited your thread title, **Matthew1** , to help make it more descriptive. And then, in rush of ultimate power (I think someone spiked my drink), I moved this over to **General Questions** , our question-and-answer forum. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/5 "2006-04-13T18:10:33Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > I edited your thread title, **Matthew1** , to help make it more descriptive. And then, in rush of ultimate power (I think someone spiked my drink), I moved this over to **General Questions** , our question-and-answer forum. “Ultimate power”? _Reeeeeal_ “ultimate power”? ZOINKS! JINKIES! **SkipMagic** has become a [Ninja-Moderator](http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm) ! > [@](#): > > Facts: > > 1. Ninjas are mammals. > > 2. Ninjas fight ALL the time. > > 3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/6 "2006-04-13T19:36:18Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > **SkipMagic** has become a [Ninja-Moderator](http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm) ! He is cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/7 "2006-04-13T19:49:13Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > “Ultimate power”? > > _Reeeeeal_ “ultimate power”? > > ZOINKS! > JINKIES! > **SkipMagic** has become a [Ninja-Moderator](http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm) ! Chuck Norris can beat up Ninjas just by looking at them… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/8 "2006-04-13T20:46:22Z")
[Unca Cecil speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_092.html) Ths [column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_241b.html), where he references the first column, contains my favorite Cecil quote: 1890s Chicago saloonkeepers were obviously quite a crew. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/9 "2006-04-14T00:18:25Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Unca Cecil speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_092.html) > > Ths [column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_241b.html), where he references the first column, contains my favorite Cecil quote: 1890s Chicago saloonkeepers were obviously quite a crew. Ninjas could beat em. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/10 "2006-04-14T03:34:18Z")
Thanks for the editing and movement…I am new around here and like knowing that I am protected by ninjas at all times! ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/11 "2006-04-16T00:49:23Z")
_blinks_ If you came here (Canadian prairies) and wanted a mickey, you’d be wanting a small bottle of hard alcohol. I don’t know how many ounces they are, but they are the little ones about the size of a flask that you’d buy at a liquor store - basically the smallest size you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/12 "2006-04-16T00:57:21Z")
Mickeys aren’t the smallest you can get – those are the 20-30 mL airplane-sized bottles they sell at the cash. A mickey is about 250 mLs, eh? half a fifth? But a mickey finn they ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/13 "2006-04-16T04:07:56Z")
I’ve heard of the drink, but I thought it was a cheap beer, not liquor…once, a girl I “knew” loved to get trashed on cheap beer and “hang out” in the “hot tub” and she often bought these short, fat bottles that said Mickey’s on it… ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-him-a-mickey/352486/14 "2006-04-16T05:47:22Z")
Ah, yes…[Mickey’s Fine Malt Liquor](http://www.mickeys.com/). Bleah!