Back in HIGH school, my friends and I shortly (for one night) merged our clique with an outside clique. These girls, although fun, seemed to have a trademark saying that night, or rather one particular girl... "Where the B.U. at?!". Perhaps my clique was still undisclosed to the likes of slang outside of our hood but we quickly understood what it meant... Where the BUD at? The ganja... The cheeba... The chronic... The buddha... The reefer... The pot... The green... Although we never clarified with the girl, what "B.U." literally stood for - as long as we knew what she was talking about, we were ready to hot box.
So today is 4/20... Now how did 4/20 become our nation's unofficial weed holiday? I bet most of you don't even know. Well, for you, I googled... ;)
"420, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture. The notable day for these is April 20.
The term was allegedly coined by a group of teenagers in San Rafael, California in 1971. Calling themselves the Waldos, because "their chosen hang-out spot was a wall outside the school," the group first used the term in connection to a fall 1971 plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop that they had learned about. The Waldos designated the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and 4:20 p.m. as their meeting time. The Waldos referred to this plan with the phrase "4:20 Louis". Multiple failed attempts to find the crop eventually shortened their phrase to simply "4:20", which ultimately evolved into a codeword the teens used to mean pot-smoking in general."
So now feeling a bit more educated on this fine, green-smoking day, light it up my friends. And for you, I provide not only a tidbit of a reefer history lesson but some marijuana specific tunes - to add loveliness to the haze...
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
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