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16 Apr 08 - 06:12 PM (#2317739) Subject: BS: Ready for 420? From: JohnInKansas Possibly bording on a "Folk Culture" subject, but one possibly not known to many eldsters here: Capitalist buzz surrounds ... ... 'holiday' Blunt efforts to make a buck off '420,' once just a counterculture affair By Mike Stuckey Senior news editor updated 5:01 a.m. CT, Wed., April. 16, 2008 A once clandestine counterculture [deleted] "holiday" observed each April 20 has crossed into the mainstream this year with public gatherings that will attract thousands of participants and marketing campaigns that tout a trio of [deleted]-themed movies. As [deleted] activists chafe, the so-called "420" (pronounced "four-twenty") celebrations "are taking on a life of their own," said Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the [deleted] who has been working on [deleted] issues for 17 years. Click the link if necessary, to find out what it's about. If you already know what it is, comment on the "crass commercializing" of what once was a "cultural event." John |
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16 Apr 08 - 06:26 PM (#2317749) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: gnu Comment? On what? |
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16 Apr 08 - 07:44 PM (#2317795) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Amos Next thing you know they'll make movies out of Lucy in the Sky with Diamond...oh...what year?? Oh, never miind! A |
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16 Apr 08 - 08:14 PM (#2317811) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: JohnInKansas I was pretty sure almost NOTHING would work, to get many here to actually look at the linked info before commenting. (It was a quiz.) 'nuff said, I guess. John |
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16 Apr 08 - 08:58 PM (#2317844) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Rapparee dija ever see the floor. I mean really you know, see it? |
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16 Apr 08 - 09:03 PM (#2317846) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Sorcha HEY! I looked! And to be honest, I'd never heard of 420 before...and I did...uh...sorry, no comment. I never did nuttin honey. The Gubmint might be monitoring, ya know. :) |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:07 PM (#2317903) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Lonesome EJ Picture yourself on a seat in a diner You're ordering coffee at 4:25 the waitress is smoking, the policeman is joking when suddenly your order arrives Lucy made a Pie with Almonds! Lucy made a Pie with Almonds! |
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17 Apr 08 - 02:15 AM (#2317986) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Liz the Squeak So where can I buy my 'Hippy 4-20 Day' cards then? It's only going to be a matter of time before Hallmark get in on the act.... LTS |
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17 Apr 08 - 02:20 AM (#2317989) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Ernest So why did they pick Hitlers birthday for their "holiday"????? |
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17 Apr 08 - 02:34 AM (#2317993) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: JohnInKansas LtS - You might see if the "campus book store" at almost any college/university in California or Colorado (esp. Boulder) has appropriate cards. I'd guess that T-shirts (and/or shorts) would be more likely offerings though. I'd heard of this, via a couple of 6-month assignements to Boulder CO several decades ago, but as the article said, I thought it had pretty much died out. The term seems to have originated(?) with a "younger crowd" - i.e. high schoolers - rather than with old-line hippies. (comealonglately wannabees?) But now we'll all know the term when it shows up in a filk song - - - I suppose. John |
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17 Apr 08 - 02:35 AM (#2317994) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Liz the Squeak It's also the birthday of Carmen Electra, Andy Sirkiss (Gollum), Luther Vandross, Ryan O'Neal, George Takei(Mr Sulu) and Tito Puente... LTS |
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17 Apr 08 - 09:01 AM (#2318182) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Mrrzy What started the whole 4:20 thing, anyway? |
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17 Apr 08 - 11:06 AM (#2318292) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Amos According to one urban legend, it evolved among highschoolers waiting for school to let out at 4:20 to gather and stone. I don't remember high school running that late in the afternoon. But I wasn't paying attention. A |
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17 Apr 08 - 11:28 AM (#2318307) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Becca72 The way I heard it 420 was the police code for possession... |
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17 Apr 08 - 12:43 PM (#2318385) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: Lonesome EJ I think the Tito Puente birthday thing probably explains it. |
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17 Apr 08 - 11:25 PM (#2318930) Subject: RE: BS: Ready for 420? From: open mike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture) |