"Taking the mickey" ?

[abelmanmoth]

For people outside the UK, there is the phrase - "taking the mickey" - this means basically making light-hearted fun of someone, but does anyone know where "Taking the mickey" comes from? Who is mickey!?

and same with "taking the p***"

?

[shaneystar2]

Info here
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tak1.htm

[jno]

come to that, why is extracting urine seen as making fun of?

[Quizmonster]

Click here, J.

[Grunty]

I have often wondered whether it is connected with micturition, which is how posh people ****.