So why the date 4/20? The only thing significant about the date that I know of is it was Hitler's birthdate which is bad lol. Can somebody tell me why 4/20? Much appreciated
I think I read about this on Wikipedia. As far as I can remember, it was either taken from Jimmi Hendrix lyrics, or it was taken from a drug-related book written a while ago, and four hundred and twenty was used as some significant drug number. I'm pretty sure there's no symbology between the 4-2-0, like a specific date for instance; it's just a direct relation taken from a book like ^
its actually really simple................. its the time they used to meet after school and smoke back in the way way day and it over the years became a national smoke symbol!
The Origin Revealed According to Steven Hager, editor of High Times, the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. Intent on developing their own discreet language, they made 420 code for a time to get high, and its use spread among members of an entire generation. While our teens feel that they know something we don't, you can let them in on the fact that it was your generation that came up with the numbers. A quote from one of the Waldos in the High Times article states, "We did discover we could talk about getting high in front of our parents without them knowing by using the phrase 420." Fortunately, your teenagers will not have that same option. Whatever! Simply put, 420 is a symbol of cannabis and its culture. Today, April 20th events are international, and 4:20 pm has become sort of a world wide "burn time". It certainly doesn't matter too much where the term came from because for us parents, it's a flag, a warning sign that our teenagers may be into something that could harm their future. When you see the symbol 420, be aware of what it represents.
man I love 420 cuz my birthday is 4/18 so I'm practically guaranteed to have enough money to buy a fat sack and everyone smokes with everyone around here on 420
I was under the impression that April 20th is Earth Day, so people smoke lots of herb on that day. People that smoke wanted an excuse for a designated smoking time every day, so they used 4:20 am/pm...
Cant forget about Columbine high school shooting, on April 20th 1999, hope the two kids at least got high before.
420 is 420 man smoke by it and respect that stonner time whever people ask me what 420 is ( non pothead people ) i tell them 4 20 is 4 20
i love when it pops up randomly in films such as pulp fiction (or even non drug-related ones) and even in family guy/south park ive seen it a few
your all fools.. 4/20 is national pot day because that is the day Jerry Garcia died... Name calling is NOT allowed!!! *RMJL
too bad he died august 9th you idiot The name-calling is not tolerated here. This is the 3rd post of yours where you've broken the rules that I've seen. *RMJL
Sorry bud, Jerry Garcia died on August 9, 1995. Not 4/20. Hitler's birthday was on 4/20 (April the 20th) Not 4-2-0. The real origin of 420 is the thing about the kids smoking after school everyday at 4:20.
sorry you cunt,i must smoke too much weed. my bad. plus i thought i read it a year back but im obviously wrong AGAIN...name calling is not allowed!!!*RMJL
Those "in the know" revere 350 almost as much as 420. Because, you see, even if widespread use of the term did originate with those kids at San Rafael High in the early 70s, it's clear that one or more of those kids was directly influenced by an H.P. Lovecraft story. Although everything was spinning perilously, I tried to start in the right direction and hack my way ahead. My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant's pervasive influence. Gradually the dancing lights began to disappear, and the shimmering spectral scenery began to assume the aspect of solidity. When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find the time was only 4:20. Though eternities had seemed to pass, the whole experience could have consumed little more than a half-hour. That passage appeared in H.P. Lovecraft's story In the Walls of Eryx. Which was written in 1936.