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Originally Posted by zipulrich
Haha perfect joke for 4/20/2023  |
To explain the significance of that see:
In 1971, five high school students in
San Rafael, California, used the term "4:20" in connection with a plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop, based on a
treasure map made by the grower. Calling themselves the Waldos, because their typical hang-out spot "was a wall outside the school", the five students—Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich—designated the
Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of
San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and 4:20 pm as their meeting time. The Waldos referred to this plan with the phrase "4:20 Louis". After several failed attempts to find the crop, the group eventually shortened their phrase to "4:20", which ultimately evolved into a code-word the teens used to refer to consuming cannabis.
Steven Hager of
High Times popularized the story of the Waldos. The first
High Times mention of 4:20 smoking and a 4/20 holiday appeared in May 1991 and erroneously attributed the origin of the term to a police code; this and other spurious incorrect origin stories became common. The connection to the Waldos appeared in December 1998. Hager attributed the early spread of the phrase to
Grateful Dead followers—after "Waldo" Reddix became a
roadie for the
Grateful Dead's bassist,
Phil Lesh—and called for 4:20 pm to be the socially accepted time of the day to consume cannabis.
April 20th, 2023, 05:40 PM
