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Porcupine_I on 02 April 2012
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JEMC said:
Final-Fan said:
RolStoppable said:
Final-Fan said:

Impalas aren't what you'd call very common even in the US. It's sort of a sub-brand of Chevy that is only one model car.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Impala

And it's pronounced differently (im-PAW-la vs im-PALE-r) but since the joke is in text instead of spoken it works IMO.

Regardless, "impale" wasn't in my vocabulary, so I didn't know what to think of the image in question.

Not only that, but I doubt that anyone would make the connection who didn't also know about the historical/legendary title referred to.

I know the history (after all, it was his nickname for what he did) and the fact that in spanish "impaler" is "empalador", quite similar, made is easier to understand.

@Rol_ Just for curiosity, how is "impaler" in german? Is it that different that you didn't recognize or guess the word?

it's "Vlad, der Pfähler" in german



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’