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are you taking the p**s?
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ive always wondered where the phrase taking the micky comes from. ive thought that maybe it could be like rhyming slang, as in short for taking the mickey mouse. i have no idea what this could rhyme with, but there are other rhyming slang phrases with this sort of... thing. like are you having a bubble, short for are you having a bubble bath, rhyming slang for are you having a laugh. are you taking the mickey, short for are you taking the mickey mouse, rhyming slang for ???. lol im not sure at all about this theory, and i have nothing to base it on at all. does anyone know the real story behind taking the mickey?
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