User:Jmcmurtrie

This page was created on February 4th 2009 to chronicle the first use of the term "Michael Phelps Day (Observed)". This is to first capture the day that is celebrated each year to honor the (reluctant) hero in the war against marijuana criminalization

The day that Michael Phelps Day is celebrated: February 2, 2009

Why create a day at all?: To capture "a" day that is impartial to actual events, media reports or other events that occurred during the early weeks and months of 2009. During this period of time, the public at large was shown images of Michael Phelps smoking from a device widely known to be used for the inhalation of marijuana. February 2nd was chosen to simply pick a day during the time-span of events of Michael Phelps' life that can be used to celebrate the events and public perception of marijuana use by the public at large.

Why February 2nd? Because on February 2nd, 2009 at approximately 5:45 p.m. EST, the author of these pages smoked an enormous series of bong hits of marijuana during a discussion of the Michael Phelps situation. This lead, naturally, to the connection between the Mr. Phelps plight and the author's own mental state.

9/22/08: epiphergy day