From: NINT0oL-AT-aol.com
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 23:30:27 EDT
Subject: Re: "Four-Twenty..." 


In a message dated 4/25/99 4:42:42 PM EST, dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us writes:

<< Somehow this strikes me as the same usage of "Four-Twenty" that most of my
 students indulged in all day that day, writing "4:20" and "Get High" on
 everything including themselves.  Until that day I didn't even know 4-20
 was Hitler's birthday, and I doubt most kids did either.   >>

Its also Jerry Garcia's b-day, hence the holiday.  This coming from an 
ex-pothead who used to celebrate 420 like it was the end of marijuana.
russ