Anyone know where this "Hey, it's 420..." came from?

[Up2Late]

I know what it is, but does anyone know the story behind where it started?:hippie:

[Cooley Hurd]

1. I found this on about.com:

http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/marijuana/a/420meaning.htm

<snip>
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.
</snip>

[ixion]

2. okay, from now on, the code is 421

that'll get'em. :+

[Up2Late]

11. Thanks, that's similar to one of the theories they talked about on NPR...

...last night, on "All Things Considered" <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5351807>

And, I don't know if there is any connection but, last night on "South Park" they brought back "Towelly" the Pot-smoking towel (getting High makes him smarter)!

In brief, he was working as a waiter at a P.F. Chang's, got fired for being stoned, then they went on to rip on Oprah Winfrey and the James Fry fiasco. Not weird enough, the show featured her talking Nuge (vagina) and her "Gary" (talking a-hole). It was very over the top, as usual.

[IntravenousDemilo]

3. Well, it's 4/20 today, so Happy National Pot Smokers' Day!

:party::smoke::headbang::toast::silly::toast::headbang::smoke::party:

[Nobody]

4. Attention all teenagers: Your PARENTS started this one

how uncool is that? :evilgrin:

[acmejack]

6. Far better than drinking as fatr as this parent is concerned!

[Not Sure]

5. Here's some interesting reading on the subject

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.htm

[hexola]

7. 1992: I used to play in "The 420 Band"

We got the 420 thing from little flyer a kid was passing out at a Dead show in Oakland - around 1988...

This was at Penn State...I think, later, there was another 420 Band from Ohio...

But back then - nobody knew what it meant - we had to explain it to everybody...

We didnt invent it - but we always thought some of the popularity of that term was our fault...

[postulater]

8. My daughter uses 490.

[StaggerLee]

9. I'm more of a 40oz kind of guy

But I stand in solidarity with my 420 brothers and sisters on this day.

[Not Sure]

10. Getting old sucks

Aspirin is my drug of choice these days, but there's probably a residual effect that still lingers from my 20s...