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Or possibly just my level of geekery. Had to describe to a room full of people what a Mickey Finn was. A fair number of the people in the room were older than me.
I know this shouldn't surprise me, but it really really does. I mean, the under fourteen crowd you can kind of excuse from knowing that... but people my parent's age?
Does nobody watch old movies anymore?
I know this shouldn't surprise me, but it really really does. I mean, the under fourteen crowd you can kind of excuse from knowing that... but people my parent's age?
Does nobody watch old movies anymore?
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Our music director tonight mentioned to the ring of little girls he was reviewing that song with that he didn't know what a Mickey Finn was, and threw it open to the whole room... Me and only one other of the adult ensemble were the only ones who could answer the question.
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His name became slang for basically drugging someone unconscious. Slipping someone a Mickey Finn.
In the twenties, thirties, and forties it was well known slang, and used in newspapers, books and movies, where I came across it for the first time as a child. Both from that time period and about that time period. From the wikipedia entry on "Mickey Finn (drug)":
As a plot device, Mickey Finning first appears in the 1930 film Hold Everything and the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Since that time it has been used many times in books, film, television, often occurring in detective stories and comedy scenes.
It also happens to be lyrics in a song from "Annie" - the orphans are singing "Its a Hardknock life" and mention slipping their caretaker a Mickey Finn - "Pull the whiskers from her chin, make her drink a Mickey Finn... I love you Miss Hannigan."