Who's Roadtripping to Bong State Park? (WI Reefer Madness for 4/20)

JSOnline ^ | April 19, 2005 | Jim Stingl

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Wow, Man! You learn something new every day around here. And yes, we really do have a "Bong State Park" in Wisconsin. ;)

[Phantom Lord]

[dead]

My sources - OK, my kid in college - tell me there's a buzz on campus of smoky parties set to break out precisely at that hour today.

The little rat now wears the mark of the squealer.

[knittnmom]

Except our "bong" was Richard I. Bong - a WWII aviator from Poplar, WI.

[Stevenc131]

Sweetwater here in Atlanta does indeed make a 420 Ale. It's very good, providing you like the hoppy micro-brews that are in fasion. However, there is at least one other micro-brewery (can't remember the name) aside from Sweetwater that has an Ale with 420 in the name, so it's not a Sweetwater exclusive.

[bigmac0707]

"I always figured 4:20 was a tribute to 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' where the number 42 was determined to be the answer to the meaning of life and everything."

How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?

(the movie looks pretty good, out april 29)

[cryptical]

An interesting one I don't see much: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35.

12 * 35 = 420.


I personally used to be amused by the "Jerry 4:20" banners at Dead shows (like John 3:16 signs at football games).

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

I've driven past that sign dozens of times, and always laugh when I see that sign.

[NHResident]

You're all wrong - 420 honors the Jaguar 420 Sedan of the mid- to late-60's.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Yup. There is a Bong Bridge over the harbor in Duluth-Superior.

[PaxMacian]

Snopes missed the one I heard on the radio this morning.
And, I had heard it before as well.
420+ compounds in smoked herb.

[add925]

The biggest bong I ever saw was in a frat house in (surprise) Ann Arbor at U of Mich in 1974....it took a step ladder...yes, they named it "King Bong" (talk about stuning your beeber).

Interesting to realize that some things never change....the Frat bother is now probably the Dean of Admissions.

[bird4four4]

sniff, sniff What is that sweet aroma I smell? 4:20EST

[Phantom Lord]

We had a giant bong in our college house. We named it "The Alien".

[colorado tanker]

Dick Bong was the "Ace of Aces" of WWII, downing 40 enemy planes in the Pacific Theater at the controls of a P-38 lightning. Ordered home for his own safety, he married his sweetheart. Tragically he died in an accident while a test pilot.

"Bong" is Swedish. He was the son of a Swedish immigrant.

Bong was awarded the Medal of Honor.

[Guvmint_Cheese]

I think it still exists, or at least it did 15 years ago. There was a 6-7 footer that was right in the middle of the Diag during Hash Bash 1989. A beautiful sight indeed. That was perhaps the finest weekend of my college career. It was Hash Bash, Michigan won the NCAA Basketball championship, and the Grateful Dead were in town. Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it (sniff sniff)

Of course I've acquired a little more wisdom since then and haven't touched a joint since June 1997 :-)

[colorado tanker]

420 Day is also described in the book "Another World," about the author's year in a suburban high school. The "holiday" was definitely celebrated although the adults seemed clueless.

[knuthom]

We used to go out there in the early 70's, before it became a State Rec area. And there was definitely some drug use going on there at the time.