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By Bustamante - therealbustamante@hotmail.com

A lot of people are gearing up for what many consider a major holiday this Sunday.

It’s April 20. Known in some circles, in addition to calendar makers across the world, as 4/20.

It’s like Independence Day for pot smokers. It’s a day where pot smokers across the world sit around and get high, so it’s basically like every other day.

The story goes that in 1971 a bunch of high schoolers from San Rafael High School would meet at 4:20 near a Loius Pasteur (who also happened to complete the first pasteurization test on 4/20/1862) statute and blaze it up. It spread, proving that at the very least, a saying is addictive, and there you go. 4/20.

I first heard about it at a post Vietnam War “End the Next War” rally in 1976.

What about the non pot smokers? Or what about the people who want to add a little something special to their party?

Thanks to realms of history, there’s plenty of other things to celebrate, like the first pasteurization test mentioned above) on 4/20 instead of the magic plant.

Or, you can use these to enhance your celebrations.

4/20/1884 - The Pope Gets it Wrong! – Freedom lovers and potheads alike have plenty of reason to celebrate the publication of Humanum Genus by Pope Leo XIII. This was Pope known for saying things like, “"is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man."

In his Humanum Genus, Pope Leo argued that people weren’t created equal, revolution (cultural or otherwise) was bad, and that there should be no wall between church and state

What a toolbox.

So light up and laugh because he got it oh so wrong… or just continue living your life, also proving that he got it terribly wrong.

4/20/1918 – Red Baron’s Last Stand – Famed World War I fighter pilot, The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th air combat victories, making him the most successful fighter pilot ever. He would be shot down the following day.

Far be it from me to celebrate a German war hero, but I do know that everyone’s favorite beagle, Snoopy, was a big fan.



Therefore, I’m a big fan.

What better way to celebrate 4/20 than by watching a Peanuts cartoon?

4/20/1926 – Let There Be Sound – A pot smokers best friend can be his or her collection of movies, and in 1926, Warner Brothers announced the Vitaphone, a way to bring sound to film. Yes!

Just imagine what we would be without had there not been sound invented.

No Three Stooges. No Reefer Madness. No Cheech. No Chong. No Dude. No The Wall.

Plenty of good reasons to celebrate!

4/20/1972 – Whooooooo-hooooooo! – It’s Carmen Electra’s birthday! Time to celebrate! There’s nothing funny or clever to write. Just look at the picture!



How are you celebrating 4/20? Click HERE to leave a comment.

- Bustamante is the current Tennis instructor at a swanky Newport Beach, Ca. country club/yacht club. Not much is known about Bustamante except that he taught junior high math for a period of time in the 80’s, and that he’s pretty phenomenal with a hackysack. He was good enough to go pro, but corporate sponsorship just wasn’t there for the sport to get off the ground in the mid 70’s.

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