Do you remember Douglas Barr?

By +Ian C

Here is a yesteryear trivia test for you all. Who is Douglas Barr? No cheating, no reading ahead, because obviously I am going to reveal the answer further into the post. He was in a popular TV show from 1981-1986, so those of you who are younger than 35, you are excused for not knowing this famous actor.

Douglas Barr does not usually look like this

Merry Christmas 2014

By +Brad Naylor

I got the short straw for doing the official Slap the Penguin Christmas post this year so here goes. You may notice that I took a more mainstream, some may even say commercial route than in previous years.

Feel free to print this out and hang it with your other cards

800 posts

By +Ian C

It's time for us to blow our own trumpet once again, since nobody is going to blow it for us. We have managed to string together 800 posts in the 4 or so years since we started redefining satirical news. For those who are new to STP, our new definition of satirical news is:- a bunch of people with nothing better to do than turning crappy puns into so called news stories, and also making fun of celebrities along the way.

Phone us and leave a congratulatory message - It's free

The hot new craze of Swifting

By +Sue Casa

I am sure you all remember 'planking', when people would post pictures on their facebook page of them lying flat, face down and rigid in the most awkward and silly place possible. And then of course there was 'owling' which didn't quite get the same recognition, but involved people perching in an owl pose and again posting the evidence to facebook. Our American readers may also be familiar with 'Tebowing' which, I am told, lasted almost as long as his career. It seems that all of those ridiculous trends have been firmly placed in the archives, but a new trend is sweeping the nation. That trend is known as...

No caption needed. It's Taylor Swift doing what she does best

Copnosuphocate M.E. porcine repellent

By +Ian C

There now follows a public service infomercial for Copnosuphocate M.E. porcine repellent ointment.

Typo causes surge in Susan G Komen registrations

By +Alexa Rankin

The Susan G Komen® charity has been raising money for breast cancer research sine 1982 and has since invested over $2.5 billion into helping those affected by breast cancer, in the form of research, support and education. A recent ad published in a popular magazine sparked a surge in registrations for the Atlanta Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the cure® thanks to a typo that slipped past everyone.

Oopsy

Today is Sunday 7th

By +Tina Cruris

I know it's a pretty obvious post title, but it really is Sunday 7th. For those of you who don't know the relevance of this fact then first click here, then come back and read on.

New Shooter!

Man finds second piece of meat in frozen pot pie

By +Brad Naylor

Rich Goodman is a normal, everyday bachelor who enjoys the single life of collecting beer bottle caps, watching internet porn, and enjoying frozen meals for one. Last week while enjoying a banquet chicken pot pie, Rich discovered something in his pie that he never expected to see.

The package shows a second piece of chicken, for marketing purposes only

DNA evidence suggests a hiccup for the royals

By +Sue Casa

The bones found beneath a parking lot in Leicester, UK have been confirmed by Britain's top DNA boffins to be those of Richard III, King of England, who died in 1485 fighting the Tudors during the War of the Roses; thus leaving the throne open to Henry VII who succeeded by right of conquest. The lack of horse skeletons in the burial area suggest that Shakespeare's version of Richard III's demise was accurate at least from an equine angle.

Sean Bean, insert meme or movie death joke here

What do we want for Christmas?

By +Ian C

Now that Thanksgiving is done, and the Black Friday battles have abated it's time for Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is when all of the 'best' online deals come around. It's all a big con as online retailers pump out their loss leaders and try to make you drop a bunch of other full margin items in your cart while you think you are getting the best deal.