four-twenty

[Bradley A. Esparza]

from: "Greg Pulliam" <pulliam at iit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 6:27 PM
Subject: four-twenty

A bike messenger at my courier company refers to it as "5:20".
Unfortunately, I don't know what his folk-etymology is.
> I have heard that _four-twenty_ (4:20) is a pot-smokers' code-word
> for "It's time to smoke a joint."  Has anyone else heard this?
> Greg
                                            Bradley A Esparza
                                             bj462 at scn.org