Foo Posted April 19, 2012 This piece was first published two years ago on 4/20. Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist, routinely plays with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, now touring as The Dead. He's just finished a Dead show in Washington, D.C. and gets a pop quiz from the Huffington Post. Where does 420 come from? He pauses and thinks, hands on his side. "I don't know the real origin. I know myths and rumors," he says. "I'm really confused about the first time I heard it. It was like a police code for smoking in progress or something. What's the real story?" Depending on who you ask, or their state of inebriation, there are as many varieties of answers as strains of medical bud in California. It's the number of active chemicals in marijuana. It's teatime in Holland. It has something to do with Hitler's birthday. It's those numbers in that Bob Dylan song multiplied. The origin of the term 420, celebrated around the world by pot smokers every April 20th, has long been obscured by the clouded memories of the folks who made it a phenomenon. The Huffington Post chased the term back to its roots and was able to find it in a lost patch of cannabis in a Point Reyes, California forest. Just as interesting as its origin, it turns out, is how it spread. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/19/420-history-the-story-beh_n_851136.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted April 19, 2012 perhaps i will comply... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
at0m Posted April 19, 2012 At first, I was against the idea because in the real world we use DD-MM not MM-DD but then I remembered the ISO standard (8601) for dates which states that dates should be written: YYYY-MM-DD. That said, as much as I'd like to, I cannot part-take as I am missing a key item. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted April 19, 2012 At first, I was against the idea because in the real world we use DD-MM not MM-DD but then I remembered the ISO standard (8601) for dates which states that dates should be written: YYYY-MM-DD. For the purposes of sorting, YYYY-MM-DD is very practical. For day-to-day common usage, it sucks balls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vual Posted April 19, 2012 It use to be good when Nimbin hemp bar would put the webcam on and go live with a nice large one..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
