ok I know I will sound completely naive, but I don't know what the term 420 means? Why 420? I have come to the understanding that it has to do with pot, or pot smoking (none of which I do, nor have interest in) but just curious as to why the numerical denomination.
Today, 4/20, is my mother's birthday. The most wonderful woman on the planet turns 66 today.
On my recent visit to my parent's place in Oregon I found a picture of my mom from circa 1972. She was wearing striped super-low-slung hip hugger jeans, a wide woven canvas belt, and a tank top, braless, long hair, big smile. She looked so amazingly hip and sexy and beautiful.
I laugh too when I see pics of my mom in her days with all her friends (looking all fly and jovial). I even found one of her on a BULL.....pretty big too. The story goes that she got on it on a dare. And that bull looked pissed off too!
It is widely accepted that in 1971, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, calling themselves "The Waldos", used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. The term became part of their group's salute, "420 Louis," and it eventually caught on more widely. Many cannabis users continue to observe 4:20 as a time to smoke communally. By extension April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.
There are also many apocryphal urban legends attempting to explain the origin of the term. Two of the most common of these are that 420 refers to the number of active ingredients in cannabis, or that it is police dispatch code for cannabis. In actual fact there are around 315 active chemicals in cannabis, varying depending on the exact plant used, and 420 has never been verified as the police dispatch code for anything in any locale.
420
sorry for biting your style, tumbles....
ooops..I guess you will have to give me a spanking for that one
I will bite other things as well
I know...
nice double post, stoner
nice marmot
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today I can blame my stupidity on other things...
I dont know...
ok I know I will sound completely naive, but I don't know what the term 420 means? Why 420? I have come to the understanding that it has to do with pot, or pot smoking (none of which I do, nor have interest in) but just curious as to why the numerical denomination.
it refers to the chemical make up of THC
wow, interesting tidbit of history (local for us Californian's)
Thanks tumbleweed.
Today, 4/20, is my mother's birthday. The most wonderful woman on the planet turns 66 today.
On my recent visit to my parent's place in Oregon I found a picture of my mom from circa 1972. She was wearing striped super-low-slung hip hugger jeans, a wide woven canvas belt, and a tank top, braless, long hair, big smile. She looked so amazingly hip and sexy and beautiful.
awww thats sooo cute and sweet Lib Bell.
I laugh too when I see pics of my mom in her days with all her friends (looking all fly and jovial). I even found one of her on a BULL.....pretty big too. The story goes that she got on it on a dare. And that bull looked pissed off too!
It is widely accepted that in 1971, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, calling themselves "The Waldos", used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. The term became part of their group's salute, "420 Louis," and it eventually caught on more widely. Many cannabis users continue to observe 4:20 as a time to smoke communally. By extension April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.
There are also many apocryphal urban legends attempting to explain the origin of the term. Two of the most common of these are that 420 refers to the number of active ingredients in cannabis, or that it is police dispatch code for cannabis. In actual fact there are around 315 active chemicals in cannabis, varying depending on the exact plant used, and 420 has never been verified as the police dispatch code for anything in any locale.
In highschool, one of the stoner kids senior quote was..' I guess my watched stopped on 4:20'
I thought it funny
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! CELEBRATE ACCORDINGLY!!!
"jack herrer" and "purple barney" never sounded so appropriate.
thank you california.
Is that Sean Penn???
"is that sean penn?"
are you effin' kidding me!?
ha ha, i guess you haven't seen fast times at ridgemont high.
it's spicoli! a stoner icon!
"all i need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and i'm fine."
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U sure, because he sure looks like him...........okay I know he's not.....but he could be.....with a quick glance?????
okay I just screwd that up......help?????
i'm sorry enigmatic, i was being sarcastic. yes, the actor is sean penn. fast times came out in 1982, i think, so he was really young.
Wooderson, who better to spend 420 with!!
Thanks Cris! Never seen fast times, have to go see it now.
Fast Times was filmed in '78 I believe..basically started the careers of many famous actors
I think I may get stoned with my bosses....
there go my afterwork plans
fuck, i gotta get some pot!
God I feel old...Spicoli was like my anti-hero when I was in high school.
Enigmatic, you must see Fast Times.
4:20 dude.
That Colt 45 shirt is classic. I have attempted to track it down in the past.
XXX
Tumbles,
you're late???? Am I the father????
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