It's the id of a law that allow the president to bypass one of the chamber.
This is of course one of those "it's just in case of emergency, bro. I swear we will not use it to force the passage of unpopular laws, bro..."
It has been used 420 times by the current government.
420 is definitely not a funny number in the Netherlands. Except maybe with the permanently online or stoner crowd. I’ve never heard or seen a joke with 420 in the Netherlands. Most people wouldn’t even get what it means and more people would recognize 69 as a funny number than 420.
Well, I disagree because I do see it referenced to a lot. Sure it depends on the crowd but if you have never heard or seen someone joke with 420 then I think that's also quite exceptional.
On a separate topic, I am thinking about creating a more laid-back, relaxed community for Europeans, without news (as they seem to be the central focus of this community). I'm still investigating which server would be the best to host it, lemm.ee seems to be a good candidate.
The number refers to the reported time of death of pope John Paul II, 9:37 PM or 21:37, as Poland uses a 24 hour system. The use of the number is connected with memes about the late pope, as there was almost a cult folllowing for JP2, noone was allowed to even criticize him, after his death, with time popped out evidence of the pope not being such a great person, so people started meme'ing on him.
The Spanish thing with 5 is a lewd rhyme as well. A pretty tortured one, too. It refers to anal sex, but the word they're rhyming isn't butt. Or sex. It's just a less common word for sticking a thing into a thing.
I don't know what the 33 thing is about, though.
I looked it up, apparently there's a saying where people say "my balls 33" to mean that something is false or not gonna happen? Even people who know the expression seem confused about where it came from. I don't know, your guess is as good as mine here.
No, it doesn't refer to Spartans. It is a rhyme that doesn't translate well into English and is on the same level as ligma or joe mama jokes.
Whenever someone ends their sentence with 300 a quick-witted individual may reply with "suck a tractor drivers cock!". 300 and "tractor driver" rhyme in this case in Russian, bringing the desired comedic effect. As you can imagine teenagers love it and even try baiting their friends into saying 300.
You can find many words that rhyme with any word for a dick in English and make this joke free of charge. I will start:
I've no idea why Croatia and Bosnia have 69 while Serbia and Montenegro have 8, when surely both "funny numbers" are well-known in the area equally. 420 is also known just about everywhere, not just Netherlands.