C is for Cookie

That's good enough for me.

Insomnia Cookies, 421 E. Beaver Ave., will feature eight cookies for $4.20 on 420, one week from today, with delivery beginning at - yep you guessed it - 4:20 p.m.

April 20, considered National Pot Smoking Day by many marijuana fans, is the store's biggest day of the year, manager Richard Fabio said.

According to the High Times, 420 originated in the early 1970s by "the Waldos," a group of high school students in San Rafael, Ca. who used the term to refer to a time they could meet after school to smoke marijuana. The expression caught on in the late 1980s with Grateful Dead fans in San Rafael and is now used in popular culture.

Even without the 420 crowd, Insomnia Cookies is attracting better business this year in its new location next to D.P. Dough, Uncle Chen's, Fresh Harvest Kafe and Maki Yaki, Fabio said. The old location, opened in February 2007, was somewhat hidden at 129 S. Fraser St. Regular cookies are usually $1 each, according to the store's menu.

"People can go get their dinners at those places and they'll stop by and buy a cookie for dessert," he said.

I've actually never experienced an Insomnia cookie. Anytime the idea was brought up, I was too lazy to leave my apartment for cookies and would have felt way too lazy ordering them for delivery.

Ironically, the lyrics to "C is for Cookie," Cookie Monster's famous anthem, sound like a dope-induced conversation. These childhood staples sometimes acquire new meanings as you get older. Check out the lyrics.

Now what starts with the letter "C"?
"Cookie" starts with "C"!
Let's think of other things that starts with "C"!
Uh. . .Uh. . . Who cares about da other things?!

(CHORUS)x2

"C" is for Cookie that's good enough for me,
"C" is for cookie that's good enough for me,
"C" is for cookie that's good enough for me,
Oh! cookie, cookie, cookie starts with "C"!

Hey, You know what? A round cookie with one bite out of it looks like a "C"
A round donut with one bite out of it also looks like a "C" but it is not as good as a cookie
Oh, and the moon sometimes looks like a "C" but you can't eat that
So...
(CHORUS)
Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts with "C"
Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts with "C"

Courtesy of stlyrics.com

-Beth