may the 4th be with you

55Mercury

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little known fact

at the risk of being accused of stealing Forest Gump's thunder, I was the very first person on Planet Earth to say the words "may the fourth be with you", May 4, 1978, the very first May 4th after the movie STAR WARS came out in '77.

It occurred to me naturally because until then on May 4ths I had always said "what's the May 4 code for today?"
You see, our local AM radio station, CKMP, serving Midland/Penetang and southern Georgian Bay, would broadcast daily during boating season the MAFOR Code (pronounced 'mayfor') meaning "marine forecast" for the day. So of course, me being me, would say out loud, often to no one lol, whenever a May 4th would roll along, "I wonder what the May 4 code is for today?", and on that same day, since I had recently seen the movie, I followed it with "May the 4th be with you!"

believe or don't

I'm sure it occurred to others too

but ME FIRST!

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little known fact

at the risk of being accused of stealing Forest Gump's thunder, I was the very first person on Planet Earth to say the words "may the fourth be with you", May 4, 1978, the very first May 4th after the movie STAR WARS came out in '77.

It occurred to me naturally because until then on May 4ths I had always said "what's the May 4 code for today?"
You see, our local AM radio station, CKMP, serving Midland/Penetang and southern Georgian Bay, would broadcast daily during boating season the MAFOR Code (pronounced 'mayfor') meaning "marine forecast" for the day. So of course, me being me, would say out loud, often to no one lol, whenever a May 4th would roll along, "I wonder what the May 4 code is for today?", and on that same day, since I had recently seen the movie, I followed it with "May the 4th be with you!"

believe or don't

I'm sure it occurred to others too

but ME FIRST!

:?D
you should sue. ;)
 

55Mercury

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ok so..

You don't believe my claim that I was the first person to ever say "May the 4th be with you"?

You just wait 10 or 20 years from now everyone will be calling these Geo engineered clouds "chemulus".

It's what I do.

May 30, 2025

Meteorological terminology has changed.

One day I looked up and noticed cirrochemulus cloud formations.
A sunny day or two later and there was now fair-weather chemulus clouds everywhere. But yesterday, holy wow! Barrie and area bore the the brunt of wet weather from chemulonimbus clouds as far as the eye could see.

You heard it here first.

you'll see
 
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Ron in Regina

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ok so..

You don't believe my claim that I was the first person to ever say "May the 4th be with you"?

You just wait 10 or 20 years from now everyone will be calling these Geo engineered clouds "chemulus".

It's what I do.

May 30, 2025

Meteorological terminology has changed.

One day I looked up and noticed cirrochemulus cloud formations.
A sunny day or two later and there was now fair-weather chemulus clouds everywhere. But yesterday, holy wow! Barrie and area bore the the brunt of wet weather from chemulonimbus clouds as far as the eye could see.

You heard it here first.

you'll see
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