[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.

[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).

[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

[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.

[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.