Do they know it's Christmas?

By +Sue Casa

At Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid. Unless it's 1984 and you are about to be assaulted by one of the worst records of all time. Even co-writer and former Boomtown Rat, Bob Geldof admitted that the song was awful, and didn't matter. It was the concept behind the song that was important, and the concept was to raise 70,000 GBP and raise awareness for the plight of areas of Ethiopia where "millions" were dying because of one of the worst famines of all time.

Well do they? The song never answered the question

OED vs Urban Dictionary

By +Sue Casa

Every year the Oxford English Dictionary inducts new words into it's pages so that it can remain relevant and up to date with societal changes. However, this year the OED's online dictionary has gone way too far with it's new additions, lowering itself to the level of the other popular online word repository, urbandictionary.com.

Oxford vs Urban - not just a battle of shoes

Man charged for charging his iPhone

By +Sue Casa

A London man was arrested last week on suspicion of 'abstracting electricity' as he charged his iPhone while traveling on public transport. Robin Lee, an artist, plugged his iPhone into an electrical outlet on the overground train while travelling from Hackney to Camden last Friday.

Arrested and 98% charged...

Royal Baby News trumps everything else

By +Sue Casa

The news of the Royal Birth today is going to trump all other news in the UK for the next 48 hours, just as it has superseded all other cutting news stories on Slap the Penguin. But please don't be sad because in the words (almost) of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 'into every reign a little life must fall.' And it happened on my weekend off, so I can't escape the news by hiding in the stock room at work.

UK election polls show strong interest in labour

By +Sue Casa

With just 19 days to go before the United Kingdom elect a Prime Minister to a new term, we look at what William and Kate will name their new baby.

2015 Election News

Gone Direction

By +Sue Casa

Excuse me, guy hiding under a rock, did you hear that Zayn Malik has quit One Direction? One Direction? The biggest boy band of the decade? You know, "Na, na, na, na, beautiful", "Na, na, na, na-na, best song ever", ummm actually they are the only 1D songs I know.

Aaaargh... Not the ripped photo cliché again

KFC to test edible coffee cups in UK

By +Sue Casa

Fast food monster, KFC, celebrates it's 50th anniversary this year and as part of the palaver it is introducing a new, edible coffee cup made from cookie called the Scoff-ee Cup. Now people can dunk their coffee in their cookie.

KFC will introduce the Scoff-ee Cup later this year

Are you still proud to be 'Murcan?

By +Sue Casa

"Proud to be a 'murcan" is a phrase much overused by rednecks who yearn for the good ol' days when everything was made in 'murca. Sadly, for the southerners, everything is made in Asia; tools, cars, rocking chairs, porch swings and transistor radios. The only thing that is still made in 'murca is firearms, which is why every redneck is proud to own a gun.

Murca- Hell Yeah

Celebrity Busking (panhandling) - Susan Boyle

By +Sue Casa

Sorry for the transatlantic translation; you say tomato, I say tomato. You say moscato, I say yes please. Anyway, you get the idea these celebs are are playing music in the streets, begging for money.

Susan Boyle was discovered in 2009 on 'Britain's Got Talent' as she wowed Simon Cowell and the world with her rendition of 'I Dreamed a Dream'. She took the nation and the charts by storm with her first 3 albums going to #1 here in the UK, before the novelty wore of and people got bored of her.

Susan Boyle

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

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

The New Scottish Cabinet

By +Sue Casa

Here it is, my first official post for Slap the Penguin. My name is Sue Casa and I will be leading the charge on the British side of the Atlantic. Most of the posts found on STP are geared to an American audience so my job is to bring more international balance to the team.

People with no fashion sense making friends

Slap the Penguin goes bilingual

By +Ian C

I am very pleased to announce that the popular satirical news blog, Slap the Penguin (STP) is going bilingual. Our new writer, +Sue Casa, lives in the UK and will be contributing satirical news from her part of the world, in her own language.

Probability map of where Sue Casa lives

Guest Post Contest Winner

By +Tina Cruris

Many months ago, we held a guest post contest to try to find a new writer to join our team and now, finally, we have selected the winner. Actually we selected the winner a while ago, but we forgot all about it until we received an email from one of the entrants asking us if they had won. If you are reading this, S. Meyer, your writing sucks and you didn't win. The Winner is...

The Winner is...