LOL......Colorado alters 420 mile marker sign to thwart thieves

[Logical]

DENVER —Thieves have been stealing the 420 mile marker sign so often, Colorado's transportation department has changed it to "419.99" in an effort to try and stop the problem.

A photo of the 419.99 mile marker sign, which is about 148 miles on Interstate 70 east of Denver, began circulating on twitter through the @JournalistsLike twitter account on Friday.

"So this is our way to test it out. So far it's working," said Amy Ford, a spokesperson with the Colorado Department of Transportation. "It's a traffic safety thing. It's a helpful thing to have these sings on the road. But people kept ripping them off."

The number 420 is often used as a reference to smoking marijuana.

The 419.99 sign has been put up within the last year Ford said.

Ford also says they've had problems with thieves stealing the 69 mile marker sign in the past.

[jsr]

1. Pic:

[Logical]

2. Thanks! n-t

[Walk away]

3. That's a riot! I love Colorado! nt

[PCIntern]

4. when I was a kid, Rt. 69 in NJ

was changed to Rt. 31 69+31 = 100 I guess...

[jsr]

8. There is an Interstate 69.

[PCIntern]

10. This was a state rt near Flemington and

Points north and south.

[TlalocW]

5. I like to imagine that...

Stoned people are going out there late at night to get the sign, finding the 419.99 one, walking a tenth of a mile past it, seeing no 420 and figuring that someone beat them to it.

TlalocW

[kentuck]

6. A friend has a clock in his garage...

and it is stopped at 4:20.

It took me a while to figure it out.

[livingwagenow]

7. I have the munchies. Why? knr nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. lol