Happy 420! oh.. and a note on one supposed origin of "420" from High Times May 2001: (paraphrased by me) The origin was discovered in 1998 when Steve "Waldo" contacted High Times to claim that he and his friends, dubbed "the Waldos," coined the term in the early '70's when they were students at San Rafael High School. They would get out of school at 3:10 and meet 70 minutes later at the Louis Pasteur statue near the entrance of the school parking lot to smoke pot. They would remind each other during the day by saluting each other in halls by saying "420 Louie.'" They soon discovered they could talk about getting high in front of their parents without them knowing. The article goes on to say how the term leaked into the Deadhead lexicon which made sense since the Dead had been based out of San Rafael. The term appeared on a flyer that would circulate around Dead shows during the 90's. The flyer stated that 4/20 is the "grand master of all holidays." How it became known as a police code for mar1juana smoking in progress is not known. Last years 420 thread.
BTW, tomorrow is also Eyore(sp?)'s birthday as well as Bob Marley Fest here in Austin. Gotta love hippies!
Anybody heard the mar1juana parody songs that KLOL has been playing? Freakin hilarious! I've heard "The Devil went down to Georgia" and "Wasted away in Marijuanaville". Zac United plays them at 4:20 in the morning, and Outlaw Dave plays them at 4:20 in the afternoon.
Well, I have successfully gotten my 4:20 festivities underway. As of 6:45am I am smokin. Have a chilled out day everyone! <i>-Turbo</i>
hate to be a downer, but my wife and i remembered last night that 4/20 is the day of the Columbine massacre. what an awful day that was
... and a very special shout-out goes to Adolf Hitler in his South American bunker. Happy 113th birthday, *******.
Weird Al did a song "The Devil Went down to Jamaca" went along the lines of "The Devil Went down to Jamaca, he was looking to sell some weed..." Ok so I was driving around with a couple of my friends today and one wanted to go over to this store right by UNC's campus and while there realized he needed lighter fluid and so we went into a store that sells tobaco and "water" pipes and bongs. It was funny. We were like "So I bet this is the biggest day of the year for you guys?" and the clerk (eyes glazed over) was like "yea it's pretty big" I heard a radio ad the other day for a 420 sale. lol Happy Stoners Holiday!
Now 134. Other stuff that happened today, all obviously dwarfed by the Pothead celebration: Deepwater Horizon explodes in 2010. Final episode of "Soap" airs in 1981. Mariel Boatlift begins in 1980. Carmen Electra is born in 1972. Neil Armstrong sets altitude record in X-15, 1962. Russians begin assault against Berlin, 1945. Ted Williams gets his first hit, 1939. George Takai is born in 1937. Himmler appointed Chief of all German police forces, 1934. The Ludlow Massacre in Colorado, 1914. Cubs play first game at Wrigley, 1916. Fenway Park opened in 1912. Lionel Hampton is born in 1908. Marie Curie isolates radium, 1902. We go to war with Spain in 1898. The first pasteurization test is completed by Louis Pasteur, 1862. Bobby Lee resigns from the United States military, 1861. The first detective story is published in 1841. Macbeth is first performed at the Globe, 1611
Not hating on it, I just don't see the point of a 'celebration' or any sort of recognition anymore. It's socially acceptable and people are very blasé about weed. No one really cares. It's legal for various reasons in most states or at least decriminalized under a certain amount. You can file it under Holiday Pomp Fatigue as far as I'm concerned.
