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I thought it was police code for marijuana use in progress.
Mu daughter said it is because 4:00 is the time when after-school detention gets out, thus 4:20 is when the stoners flame up.
I would think any of these events would be more important than a bunch of tokers lighting up [}:)]
1792 - France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
1809 - Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign which ended in a French victory.
1810 - The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
1828 - Ren? Cailli? becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
1836 - U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1862 - Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
1871 - The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
1884 - Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1908 - Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
1914 - Forty-five men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
1916 - The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
1939 - Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
1945 - World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945 - World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1961 - Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
1964 - BBC Two launches with the power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
1972 - Apollo 16 landed on the moon commanded by John Young.
1978 - Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by Soviets.
1980 - * of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1986 - Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
1986 - Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.
1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
1999 - Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
2001 - China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
2007 - Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 - Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
be careful if you smoke that stuff, the nazis want any excuse they can find to make you a felon and legally disarm you.
im pretty sure any ammount of marijuana mixed with the posession of a firearm is a major felony while jethro can open fire on chickens while piss drunk legally. strange laws..
quote:Originally posted by rcrxs old lady
I thought it was police code for marijuana use in progress.
Mu daughter said it is because 4:00 is the time when after-school detention gets out, thus 4:20 is when the stoners flame up.
420 is not a police code for marijuana anywhere.
Your daughter is right. In 1971 students at San Rafael High School would meet at a statue of Louis Pasteur and light up.
quote:Originally posted by storm6490
drink to remember, smoke to forget.
be careful if you smoke that stuff, the nazis want any excuse they can find to make you a felon and legally disarm you.
im pretty sure any ammount of marijuana mixed with the posession of a firearm is a major felony while jethro can open fire on chickens while piss drunk legally. strange laws..
The true origin of 4:20 was started in the 60's, in the Hait Ashbury section of San Fran. The clock on the town hall was stuck at 4:20. So all the hippies deemed 4:20 as time to LIGHT UP!
That's what i was told, years ago.
But, i could be wrong.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)
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Actually when you posted it was 4:21 which means you missed your chance to toke up[;)]
OOPS
So what if I'm late I always am.
Who's splittin hairs?
Certainly not me..
It's 4:20 somewhere.
Damn strait! {burp}FFFfffffffffffffffffffffffff ear
Guess I missed the window.
Doug
Mu daughter said it is because 4:00 is the time when after-school detention gets out, thus 4:20 is when the stoners flame up.
In the movie "Pulp Fiction," all of the clocks are set at 4:20.
Whoda thunk Tarantino was hitting the gange?[:D]
Another piece of usesless "4:20" trivia...
In the movie "Pulp Fiction," all of the clocks are set at 4:20.
Whoda thunk Tarantino was hitting the gange?[:D]
whoda thunk? do you ever see some of them movies?
Each of his birthdays, his personal physician, Theodor Morell, would concoct a special blend of drugs to get him super stoned for the day.
That, my Children, is the origin of the significance of 4:20.
Doug
1792 - France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
1809 - Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign which ended in a French victory.
1810 - The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
1828 - Ren? Cailli? becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
1836 - U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1862 - Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
1871 - The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
1884 - Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1908 - Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
1914 - Forty-five men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
1916 - The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
1939 - Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
1945 - World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945 - World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1961 - Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
1964 - BBC Two launches with the power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
1972 - Apollo 16 landed on the moon commanded by John Young.
1978 - Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by Soviets.
1980 - * of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1986 - Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
1986 - Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.
1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
1999 - Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
2001 - China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
2007 - Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 - Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
be careful if you smoke that stuff, the nazis want any excuse they can find to make you a felon and legally disarm you.
im pretty sure any ammount of marijuana mixed with the posession of a firearm is a major felony while jethro can open fire on chickens while piss drunk legally. strange laws..
I thought it was police code for marijuana use in progress.
Mu daughter said it is because 4:00 is the time when after-school detention gets out, thus 4:20 is when the stoners flame up.
420 is not a police code for marijuana anywhere.
Your daughter is right. In 1971 students at San Rafael High School would meet at a statue of Louis Pasteur and light up.
drink to remember, smoke to forget.
be careful if you smoke that stuff, the nazis want any excuse they can find to make you a felon and legally disarm you.
im pretty sure any ammount of marijuana mixed with the posession of a firearm is a major felony while jethro can open fire on chickens while piss drunk legally. strange laws..
nahh...drink to forget, trust me.
That's what i was told, years ago.
But, i could be wrong..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)
Hell - I don't even remember a TOWN.
Doug
Smok'em slow,
wear your shades,
so the boss don't know.[8D]