About 10 years ago, I was watching a TV show and one of the characters used the term “4-20” during a conversation. I had no idea what that reference meant.

Then I figured it out and couldn’t believe that this has become a thing. And it still is. How out of touch can one sheltered man be?

Maybe not to the generation I hang with, but drop down a few levels and ask them if they know what that term means. I promise you they do.

Type in “420” in a Google search and if you didn’t know already, welcome to a new world.

The origins of 420 are all relatively stupid and that’s my favorite part of it. Most say students at a high school in California (of course) started it in 1971. Others claim it’s part of police lingo. Or that it comes from the California penal code. Or it’s a code you send to your dealer (not your car dealer).

Not incidentally, the final score of the football game in Fast Times at Ridgemont High was … you guessed it … 42-0.

It seems to me that this one day is probably no more special to its followers than the other 364. I mean, it’s not like the disciples of 420 are saving up for this one special day and then anxiously waiting for it to come back around.

But just like Pi Day has turned March 14 into a special day for math nerds and May 4th is a Star Wars holiday, April 20 has its nudged its way onto the calendar.

We are seriously running out of ideas for holidays.