Today is a pretty significant day for those in the marijuana smoking community, as 20 April is totally considered International 420 Day. At 16h20 this afternoon blunts, bongs and blunts (did we say that? Ah well) will be lit all around the globe in celebration of a small-to-medium sized plant.

Why the 20th of April is significant is explained by many theories – many of which will be discussed on couches worldwide this afternoon – but Wikipedia provides the best one without slurring too much:

The term was allegedly coined by a group of teenagers in 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.

Expect to see lots of red eye Jedi’s in the office tomorrow.

[Source: Wikipedia]