# Something caught my eye in this article, see if you can find it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527 "2008-11-19T20:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/21 "2008-11-19T21:22:46Z")
> [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](#): > > I think I know. The detective showed up at the apartment at exactly 4:20PM. I guess if you’re a cop, that’s a good time to know the people inside are probably smoking the reefer! Why? Are they likely to just have arrived home from work and want some “relaxation”? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/22 "2008-11-19T21:22:49Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > So who else besides me had to look up the significance of 4:20pm? Nope. Pretty common knowledge. In fact, every day at 4:20p.m., the local alternative station does a “420 pause for the cause” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/23 "2008-11-19T21:33:41Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > So who else besides me had to look up the significance of 4:20pm? Talk about not keeping up, I was singing a song of sixpence. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/24 "2008-11-19T21:36:27Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > So who else besides me had to look up the significance of 4:20pm? I had to explain it to my father when he saw a bumper sticker that said “It’s 4:21. What was I doing?” Now he thinks I smoke pot. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/25 "2008-11-19T21:43:36Z")
I thought that the cops letting the informant leave with 4 lbs of weed is what caught your eye. I never heard of 4:20 either. Ignorance fought. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/26 "2008-11-19T21:53:55Z")
Jeesh. Never heard of it either… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/27 "2008-11-19T21:55:50Z")
> [@Henrichek](#): > > Why (4:20)? Are they likely to just have arrived home from work and want some “relaxation”? The origin of the association of 4:20 with marijuana is hazy, but one popular theory involves [a California high school and a statue of Louis Pasteur](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4:20). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/28 "2008-11-19T22:01:20Z")
I’m still not sure if [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA_Senate_Bill_420)is a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/29 "2008-11-20T18:41:13Z")
> [@Peak Banana](#): > > I’m still not sure if [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA_Senate_Bill_420)is a coincidence. It’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/30 "2008-11-20T19:00:44Z")
> [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > Only a minute late. By the time of his post he was ten minutes early. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/31 "2008-11-20T19:07:41Z")
Never heard of 420 before but thanks to this board, I now feel a teensy bit more hip. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/32 "2008-11-20T19:43:41Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > It’s really not that we finally have the answer to “5 p, 12 o of m in a p c”? You know, this was the first thing that popped into my head too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/33 "2008-11-20T20:10:27Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > It’s really not that we finally have the answer to “5 p, 12 o of m in a p c”? Umm.. since more than one poster has mentioned this, is this an actual reference, or am I getting whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/34 "2008-11-20T20:27:29Z")
5 **p** ounds, 12 **o** unces of **m** arijauna in a **p** lastic **c** ontainer? Is that an actual saying or something? ---
**Author:** ![EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/35 "2008-11-20T20:29:25Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > 5 **p** ounds, 12 **o** unces of **m** arijauna in a **p** lastic **c** ontainer? > > Is that an actual saying or something? Figured that part out. 😉 Just trying to figure out if the number-letter sequence had any meaning (or lack thereof) from before this. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/36 "2008-11-20T20:32:29Z")
> [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](#): > > Figured that part out. 😉 Just trying to figure out if the number-letter sequence had any meaning (or lack thereof) from before this. Yeah, I figured you figured as I was posting. I was wondering the same about the sequence though. Unless they mean we still don’t know the cause of the discrepancy in the amounts of pot in the story, or where the remaining 2 lbs, 4 oz went. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/37 "2008-11-20T20:59:21Z")
You don’t wanna open that can of worms guys. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/38 "2008-11-21T12:54:18Z")
> [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](#): > > Figured that part out. 😉 Just trying to figure out if the number-letter sequence had any meaning (or lack thereof) from before this. A while back, a poster started a thread asking for help in figuring out what “14 k of g in a f p d” (I think that’s the right sequence). He strung us along for a while, claiming that he got it from a friend, the friend knew the answer, he would be back in a couple of days with the answer… I think that poster stopped posting at that time. He may have been tracked down and lynched. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527/39 "2008-11-21T15:17:23Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > A while back, a poster started a thread asking for help in figuring out what “14 k of g in a f p d” (I think that’s the right sequence). He strung us along for a while, claiming that he got it from a friend, the friend knew the answer, he would be back in a couple of days with the answer… I think that poster stopped posting at that time. He may have been tracked down and lynched. Wasn’t the answer: 14 kilos of grass in a Ford parked downtown [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-caught-my-eye-in-this-article-see-if-you-can-find-it/473527.md?page=1)