We asked you to come up with something appropriately witty for this image from our article on ‘The real Vlad Dracula‘ in the June/July 2023 issue of Military History Matters. Here are the winners:
WINNER:
‘You once said you’d stick your necks out for me – now’s your chance to prove it’ – Michael Smith
RUNNERS-UP:
‘Vlad really did have a chequered past.’ – Antony Ward
‘Somebody really sucked the life out of this party.’ – Roger Pennyballs
‘Vlad, fancy going out for a bite?’ – James Heard
I want people to remember me as being as fleet as a gazelle … Vlad the Impala!
You fool of an architect. Whoever heard of a toilet without walls …
You fools! Give them a nice meal I said, just put them to the steak.
Fangs for the memory!
Naturally I come here to the blood bank!
Vlad really did have a chequered past.
Everyone calm down. All I said was that I wanted to vamp up this room a bit.
I’m sure impaling isn’t as bad as it sounds…
Vlad, fancy going out for a bite?
You once said you’d stick your necks out for me – now’s your chance to prove it.
There’s no way Vlad can get us from here sir, he can only move diagonally.
Somebody really sucked the life out of this party.
The only disadvantage of putting garlic on the menu was that it attracted the French.
The only time Vlad disliked seeing blood was when he was on the throne.
I wanted to support local industry … I said to fit a Czech floor
Will someone please shut the windows, I don’t wish to let the vampire bats in – I hate competition!
“Okay, we’re waiting, where are the fangs”? Vlad answers, “I’m buying”. “A round of stakes for everyone in the room”.
Blood type? Why do you need to know?
Vlad .You look cross.
Don’t say that word.
Welcome to the Worlds first Foot Draughts competition.
My name’s not Vlad, that’s my year of birth, 45 A.D. …
I changed my drinking choice from blud to an American beer – Bludd Light.
They say they were following a star your majesty, but obviously took a wrong turning.
Off course you`re all stuck the floor tiles have been laid upside down.
No, when I invited you here for a steak I meant S-T-A-K-E
“My Lord”, :I swear,” “I stake my life on it”!
Did you cut your mouth Vlad?
“Does this classify as a work gathering or a lockdown party?”
Pasha, to Queens pawn three.
Haggis for supper?! You must be joking!
Finding a common ground with a touch of ‘stakeholder’ diplomacy.