“I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. April 20th (4/20) is “420 Day,” a celebration of cannabis consumption. January 5th (1/5) is usually not a holiday.
“I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions UNLIKE THE REST OF YOU IDIOTS” was posted on Twitter by Erik Lars Knudsen on April 21, 2013. “I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions UNLIKE THE REST OF YOU IDIOTS! #blazeit” was posted on Twitter by Taylor Cook? later on April 21, 2013. Authorship is unknown.
Wikipedia: 420 (cannabis culture)
420, 4:20, or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and hashish consumption, especially smoking around the time 4:20 pm, and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20 (which is 4/20 in U.S. form).
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Erik Lars Knudsen
@eriklights
I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions UNLIKE THE REST OF YOU IDIOTS
5:44 PM · Apr 21, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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Neil Nagpal
@NeilNagpal
“I celebrated 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions unlike the rest of you idiots”
6:24 PM · Apr 21, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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Taylor Cook?
@ndcocinero
I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions UNLIKE THE REST OF YOU IDIOTS! #blazeit
7:45 PM · Apr 21, 2013·Twitter Web Client
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baron la croux
@Zxash
I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 cause I know how to reduce fractions unlike the rest of you idiots.
-Dominic Harris
10:01 PM · Apr 23, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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micah
@BennyVelour
“I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions”
5:36 PM · Mar 17, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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DJB
@DevinBatista954
“I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions”-
@DomComedy
6:32 PM · Mar 17, 2014·Twitter for Android
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DannyDanko
@DannyDanko
I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions. #SmartStoner #ProductivePotPeople
12:16 PM · Jan 5, 2017·Twitter Web Client
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Weed N Snacks !
@weednsnacks
I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions.
1:53 PM · Jan 5, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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