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| quote: | Originally posted by Streakfury
Running the risk of sounding ignorant, what the hell is 420??
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for you english, 420 is the most sacred day for stoners.. ie. 4/20, April 20th. National Marijuana Day for us americans, in our own discreet way.
People think that 420 was the police code for marijuana, or some stupid thing like that. Heres the real origin, copied from high times-
| quote: | The Origin Revealed
According to Steven Hager, editor of High Times, the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School in California 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." |
Awkward, but true.
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