tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59618184082553491012026-02-03T23:13:37.253-06:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger930125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-49158660568805228142025-10-29T12:13:00.005-05:002025-10-30T00:30:36.888-05:00<div style="text-align: justify;">By Ian C</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hey Slappers, take a look over there and down a bit, down a bit more, down, down. there. That number is how many visitors have visited this site since it began all those years ago. As you can see we are quickly approaching 2 million visitors. Just imagine if we were charging $1 admission, we could have retired on those earnings, but we decided that free speech should be free.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you happen to be reading this as our 2 millionth visitor, take a screen shot of the page, showing the counter, and leave a comment and we will see if we can get you a t-shirt or a balloon or something to celebrate that amazing milestone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We appreciate each and every one of our visitors, except for the AI bots ripping off our posts and the g**gle web crawlers. Also all those people that steal our hand crafted images and post them as their own on Pinterest without linking back to us. Tina told me that she does not appreciate a particular visitor named Michael H. who makes a nuisance of himself in her backyard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, yeah, thanks everyone. Lets get to 2M but before we do, let's party like it's 1999999.</div><div><br /></div><div><div> <div class="pw-widget pw-counter-vertical"> <a class="pw-button-facebook pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-twitter pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-googleplus pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-reddit pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-post-share"></a> </div> <script src="http://i.po.st/static/v3/post-widget.js#publisherKey=8jh3hf8ue8nagk91dqb1&amp;retina=true" type="text/javascript"></script></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-14671070860855705242025-10-26T22:18:00.000-05:002025-10-26T22:18:46.703-05:00By Ian C<div><br /></div><div>Not to be confused with other things that may sound like plugging, this is a blatant advertisement of one of the side hustles we have revived from many years ago.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGyc1Pprrj35jA4m02lnp9djPCSlW9FlYUGpHFbV5q66XaGnTiYD7URxVYNnNx6q5Y5-fWq2GgxYhXz9ok_DVGJEZRwJCRWLifJHLvcLYAs4bP-_xzDXl0FCHESX8cmYbrqNXR3O1rbN0GdBgnQEMEljeHsksxdn55lCVEsmqcZQ3PwyKaw71bqfQFU3h/s1520/Plugging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1520" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGyc1Pprrj35jA4m02lnp9djPCSlW9FlYUGpHFbV5q66XaGnTiYD7URxVYNnNx6q5Y5-fWq2GgxYhXz9ok_DVGJEZRwJCRWLifJHLvcLYAs4bP-_xzDXl0FCHESX8cmYbrqNXR3O1rbN0GdBgnQEMEljeHsksxdn55lCVEsmqcZQ3PwyKaw71bqfQFU3h/w400-h279/Plugging.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://reviews.slapthepenguin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shameless Plugging</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Click <a href="http://reviews.slapthepenguin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to go to our product review page, where we review products (duh) in order to let you people know what useless items you are missing out on, or what you should leave in your amazing.com cart.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We are required to let you know that we may earn commissions from anything that you buy from clicking links on the review portion of the site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's face it, we need to make money from something since we don't get paid for writing this. It's a hobby, a pastime, as well as a living resumé.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div> <div class="pw-widget pw-counter-vertical"> <a class="pw-button-facebook pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-twitter pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-googleplus pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-reddit pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-post-share"></a> </div> <script src="http://i.po.st/static/v3/post-widget.js#publisherKey=8jh3hf8ue8nagk91dqb1&amp;retina=true" type="text/javascript"></script></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-31660710928697244092025-10-26T20:08:00.004-05:002025-10-26T20:08:56.669-05:00By Ian C<div><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We have received a ridiculous number of emails from concerned readers regarding our lack of contribution to their daily life. Honestly we want to write satirical news stories to brighten your day and make you shake your head with disbelief until you remember that it is (mostly) all made up, but in the words of someone once, &quot;Truth is stranger than fiction&quot;, or &quot;You couldn&#39;t make that shit up&quot;, and there is no way we can write plausibly fake news stories to compete.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tz_oj1NTYXzoX5oTSDrxD8qKLRfLo_P4g1f0y1eQCr-yC-lwqVaIXTbPJULV5L_oWS56G-DWK9GyH0fLUnQwfg7Gu33Au8u7k62xFLLv3KGIDISm3mCRXS3R6KwMO85dlNW-1b_6uLqBX8HFDBDFzF15QaUv-tqTAcVip6DpLZUoiq13BwfIH2Mkt9ts/s1920/Fake%20News%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tz_oj1NTYXzoX5oTSDrxD8qKLRfLo_P4g1f0y1eQCr-yC-lwqVaIXTbPJULV5L_oWS56G-DWK9GyH0fLUnQwfg7Gu33Au8u7k62xFLLv3KGIDISm3mCRXS3R6KwMO85dlNW-1b_6uLqBX8HFDBDFzF15QaUv-tqTAcVip6DpLZUoiq13BwfIH2Mkt9ts/w400-h225/Fake%20News%20Logo.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fake news is indiscernible from real news</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span></span></div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2025/10/popular-satirical-news-blog-cannot.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-18347510643469987052024-04-11T21:11:00.001-05:002024-04-11T21:11:47.623-05:00<div style="text-align: justify;">It&#39;s time for our annual check in, see who is still around and who isn&#39;t. The good news is that all the old crew are still alive and kicking, although the kicks aren&#39;t as high as they used to be and the evening will be spent recovering with vodka and/or Aleve™. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjiMQLgcrl1zAUMMTOY7mD7BwDbvWYcJS54z6Fr6BkT64XHiHmgMceiS9FKF8l1V8rOoJfS4OfR8MLWbjspAvx2CmW0dwXNCE6EtXn1I5te-l7HTtkxNLYpCn7CnXmtt3lqJiR8Nds4JONWm5Uxct-tz9gz2NWxoVQFCCbQhk_K6kf8X7PmB1qVYpWoc8n" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Eclipse Glasses" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjiMQLgcrl1zAUMMTOY7mD7BwDbvWYcJS54z6Fr6BkT64XHiHmgMceiS9FKF8l1V8rOoJfS4OfR8MLWbjspAvx2CmW0dwXNCE6EtXn1I5te-l7HTtkxNLYpCn7CnXmtt3lqJiR8Nds4JONWm5Uxct-tz9gz2NWxoVQFCCbQhk_K6kf8X7PmB1qVYpWoc8n=w261-h320" title="Eclipse Glasses" width="261"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the kind of humor we need on this site <br>(source: Stolen from google search)</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><span></span><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2024/04/annual-check-in.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.0293088-20.900190745559229 126.3456912 90 47.595691200000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-19740765211084567312023-04-11T20:02:00.006-05:002023-05-24T19:51:04.694-05:00By Ian C<div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hi everyone, it&#39;s been a while, but I had to respond to a comment made on an <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2015/05/fbi-on-alert-another-king-found-dead.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">old post</a> from 2015 regarding the sad deaths of Ben E. King and B.B. King. The anonymous commenter directly blamed us for the subsequent deaths of Prince and, I assume, Queen Elizabeth II. They then followed up by suggesting we had a Dead Pool and that people should bet on Tina Turner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB44PzsYz4fDfY2Oc-KS6zu5TfLpqzDIZg_f95lux75cisHZ3EnN8VOwP9envWDGFp_yhmmMu_FKE3GXdXKdV8ilcxVfeVqTegUkpWiBiSri1p7UMOozS6bVruUb3jPuxmnmYjtfgfN2_6wZsb1ijmQ7ZZ-27FYD7cPCVsR6-0VAMjKQrDpUHrvekRcA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Tina Turner" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB44PzsYz4fDfY2Oc-KS6zu5TfLpqzDIZg_f95lux75cisHZ3EnN8VOwP9envWDGFp_yhmmMu_FKE3GXdXKdV8ilcxVfeVqTegUkpWiBiSri1p7UMOozS6bVruUb3jPuxmnmYjtfgfN2_6wZsb1ijmQ7ZZ-27FYD7cPCVsR6-0VAMjKQrDpUHrvekRcA=w400-h300" title="Tina Turner" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tina Turner, still alive at time of writing</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SLAPDATE: </b>As of 4/19/23, Tina Turner is not dead, and if she does die between now and some time in the future, then it&#39;s not our fault.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SLAPDATE 2: </b>Today is May 25th 2023 and we are sorry to say that Tina Turner has died. Since this post was written 44 days prior her death, we can not be held responsible for anything except maybe a touch of bad taste, but we are known for that anyway. RIP Tina.</div><div><br></div><span></span></div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2023/04/tina-turner-named-as-favorite-in-dead.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-81111332203536827022022-12-22T21:57:00.001-06:002023-04-11T21:30:34.712-05:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi, hello and howdy to our loyal band of penguin slappers, and any accidental visitors too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="pw-widget pw-counter-vertical"> <a class="pw-button-facebook pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-twitter pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-googleplus pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-reddit pw-look-native"></a><a class="pw-button-post-share"></a> </div> <script src="http://i.po.st/static/v3/post-widget.js#publisherKey=8jh3hf8ue8nagk91dqb1&amp;retina=true" type="text/javascript"></script><div style="text-align: justify;">Why yes, it has been a while since we posted anything and yes we are all still alive. I know some of you were probably getting concerned (please don&#39;t comment to the contrary, just leave this little fantasy alive) that you hadn&#39;t seen or heard or smelled anything from us, but honestly it got too tough to handle all this excitement, and have families and jobs and pets and all the other day to day stuff we have to do first.</div><span></span><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2022/12/we-are-still-alive-this-christmas.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-65891335772260357962021-02-02T03:00:00.010-06:002021-02-02T03:00:03.691-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/109079584433711545660" target="_blank">+Tina Cruris</a> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIMp8-U3FUK8bOoPvYNpmecHRC2dbaj47Hi6ohY6wmrCWyTUo2G87_VpOrIZ60WQayxhyphenhyphenc3DaPxHGNI-pe1dDHL5S2D58TA40JyzSN3Jslzae6vzAO76aZlHorAQc3ApoBzHRdDLoGBM/s1600/Advice.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIMp8-U3FUK8bOoPvYNpmecHRC2dbaj47Hi6ohY6wmrCWyTUo2G87_VpOrIZ60WQayxhyphenhyphenc3DaPxHGNI-pe1dDHL5S2D58TA40JyzSN3Jslzae6vzAO76aZlHorAQc3ApoBzHRdDLoGBM/s200/Advice.jpg" width="200"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Dear Tina, I am confused about the whole groundhog day thing. What does his shadow have to do with the weather? Can those guys in hats really speak groundhogese? Is Phil really 126 years old? It seems to me that those old farts in the hats are just trying to perpetuate a stupid tourist tradition so that they only have to work for 1 week per year.</i> </div> <i> </i> <em>Sincerely, Anti-Groundhog Girl</em> <br> <em><br> </em> <br> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2021/02/dear-tina-groundhog-day.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Tina Crurishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354090485048175408noreply@blogger.com0Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-59454834331465789122021-01-25T20:19:00.000-06:002021-01-25T20:19:00.308-06:00<div style="text-align: justify;">By Tina Cruris</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh boy do I have some cobwebs in places that I had forgotten about; and boy, do you have your mind in the gutter today. I was obviously talking about my roll top writing desk, which is actually just a desk with a jelly roll sitting on it. Who actually writes - pen and paper writing - these days? I usually just dick hate into my phone and hope that the spellchecker picks up any grandma errors. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGI0i2CuOCQ7imF5qmqwDK2e9QQKfbbfQTELxdtCVb0JxyRav2wh6s3bjiEQ6Q_QpA45ysIRXaZhNOojo33gktIWAwcpOM4d4N3hxSfoy32qglTVfqJI9NJnu_z1nek3fV8AHuan-AfI/s800/empty+plate.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jelly Roll Crumbs" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGI0i2CuOCQ7imF5qmqwDK2e9QQKfbbfQTELxdtCVb0JxyRav2wh6s3bjiEQ6Q_QpA45ysIRXaZhNOojo33gktIWAwcpOM4d4N3hxSfoy32qglTVfqJI9NJnu_z1nek3fV8AHuan-AfI/w400-h300/empty+plate.png" title="Jelly Roll Crumbs" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">There was a jelly roll here a moment ago</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2021/01/the-last-4-years.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Tina Crurishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354090485048175408noreply@blogger.com0Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-32503639565203591222021-01-23T00:32:00.002-06:002024-04-04T20:26:11.883-05:00<div style="text-align: justify;">By Brad Naylor</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many reddits full of fan theories regarding Disney&#39;s latest SWU hit, The Mandalorian. One of the latest and least believable is that &#39;Baby Yoda&#39; is actually baby Yoda. Confused? Keep reading and I will really mess with your mind...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AOKi7mYSfRKbobQ1jiU8865gVh5OrM7_x-k7fCK1UfT7Ia3s_N6-bci_fxGz7n-VnlY6KcXfKMhEy76NLB0-jbRkIflXkDQoKQIEpcqR8FYgE4J_FW56jaj1VTSnJcCXpwWyvv9RaccL/s712/Crazy+Yoda.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="mind your mess with your will I" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="712" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AOKi7mYSfRKbobQ1jiU8865gVh5OrM7_x-k7fCK1UfT7Ia3s_N6-bci_fxGz7n-VnlY6KcXfKMhEy76NLB0-jbRkIflXkDQoKQIEpcqR8FYgE4J_FW56jaj1VTSnJcCXpwWyvv9RaccL/w400-h225/Crazy+Yoda.png" title="mind your mess with your will I" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">mind your mess with will I really</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2021/01/mandalorian-writers-add-time-travel.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Brad Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546639732583159445noreply@blogger.com1Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-41450414884143308162021-01-20T00:01:00.165-06:002021-01-20T00:01:01.068-06:00By Ian C<div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today is January 20th 2021 and I know that our headline is not unique, clever or even barely amusing, but it feels good to write it anyway. Who would have thought that what started off as a joke would end so miserably for so many people. At this moment I should point out that as a serious news reporting service we have no political affiliation, we merely report the news as it unfolds with an unbiased eye and a neutral and independent mind.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5fX17TmuKkUkpv2GncnQkL46gWk4B2IiYQYKm1FTmX1rzbTEJh8DXrqGilFYwg5Y94EqZwE9th7lmyD_IqmKS7xzmA4s-RmA4epc7qRSqDhz8HcjJ_ngaVUrRajATMejOXK6Gips2Y5d/s1024/Marty+Feldman+Eyes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Marty Feldman Eyes" border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5fX17TmuKkUkpv2GncnQkL46gWk4B2IiYQYKm1FTmX1rzbTEJh8DXrqGilFYwg5Y94EqZwE9th7lmyD_IqmKS7xzmA4s-RmA4epc7qRSqDhz8HcjJ_ngaVUrRajATMejOXK6Gips2Y5d/w400-h266/Marty+Feldman+Eyes.png" title="A biased eye" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Has anyone given Marty Feldman Steve Buscemi eyes yet?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2021/01/youre-fired-and-were-back.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-24181797697554542542020-07-22T00:36:00.048-05:002020-07-22T00:36:00.994-05:00By Ian C.<div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Hey penguin slappers, it has been a while since I have posted anything new here. Since our last outing they have revamped the Blogger interface and it took me about 88 seconds to figure out where I was and how to do what I wanted to do.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, I know I said we wold not be posting anything until the current sitting POTUS and hater of fake news is ousted from power, but something has happened in this world which is more important than out political stance. I am of course talking about <s>COVID 19</s> our 10th birthday/anniversary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoWMaVtfb7BSJhzZ77lQtZyuCjT-DXw6GERZAg92bxd3FFWxvhlApdyYNVUigtMcuxS1rl1GKMoZFz42kPBXTpOjDU1ct37amuz5GqLYDwFX628hfLr4LWIfFDSI-P0W5oPvEXnL1r9Z_/s1280/Covid+10.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoWMaVtfb7BSJhzZ77lQtZyuCjT-DXw6GERZAg92bxd3FFWxvhlApdyYNVUigtMcuxS1rl1GKMoZFz42kPBXTpOjDU1ct37amuz5GqLYDwFX628hfLr4LWIfFDSI-P0W5oPvEXnL1r9Z_/w500-h281/Covid+10.png" width="500"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><font face="verdana" size="2">STP 10 - Viral Comedy</font></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span></span></div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2020/07/happy-10th-birthday-to-slap-penguin.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Pigs Eye Lake, St Paul, MN 55119, USA44.9147212 -93.029308816.604487363821157 -128.1855588 73.224955036178841 -57.873058799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-27302542478982593252018-03-11T18:41:00.000-05:002018-03-11T18:41:31.174-05:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/114061445776393810878" target="_blank">+Ian C</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hi. How are you? Haven&#39;t seen you for a while.<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvZ0EoVJQm33Re5FXfkURCfjPy9KmU-DeuagM6hspkPFT7xZts4f1bo-xYsD8p0W9t8cpf5WNi9G8wLYN0Cje7tpBU-yQociEzWU_6qZyCpKZD-IHI0_ZV-nlmNvi5VH8X2ChM943f7W8/s1600/stp+header+fake+news.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Slap the Penguin Banner" border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="1029" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvZ0EoVJQm33Re5FXfkURCfjPy9KmU-DeuagM6hspkPFT7xZts4f1bo-xYsD8p0W9t8cpf5WNi9G8wLYN0Cje7tpBU-yQociEzWU_6qZyCpKZD-IHI0_ZV-nlmNvi5VH8X2ChM943f7W8/s400/stp+header+fake+news.png" title="Slap the Penguin Banner" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">The original and the best</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> Remember that <i>Satirical News Blog</i> called <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/" target="_blank">Slap the Penguin</a>? It was really popular a couple of years ago, before fake news became a mainstream professional thing. Things started to fall apart as the Trump political era dawned. News stories were scrutinized and fact checked, and things looked bleak for non-factual news. It was at that time we decided to take a break from Slapping Penguins.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2018/03/where-are-they-now-slap-penguin.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-59509202898522750582017-02-16T10:56:00.001-06:002017-02-16T10:56:48.223-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108858745618562264862" target="_blank">+Brad Naylor</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is going to look like we are Walmart bashing, but this news story is trending, and the headline jumped into my head so I figured I would exploit my position as a reporter and share it with you guys. Super giant retailer of everything (including <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/walmart-take-up-slack-on-ivanka-trump.html" target="_blank">Ivanka Trumps clothing</a>) has been caught supposedly selling it&#39;s mass produced, mass market beer as a craft brew.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNwY0jIj-nOZWJBVV5krbkoGp6d39akp4aKUxllBFWbEwlf0351dn_4putST4Pcsml2ZwlTp3lwN7bgSr5L9cOBWfADyZE_jataviP1hwb9ak7V1IRu6sgQgyMzM4qpFrQC96fG4fj4GW/s1600/Trouble+beer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Trouble in Walmart" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNwY0jIj-nOZWJBVV5krbkoGp6d39akp4aKUxllBFWbEwlf0351dn_4putST4Pcsml2ZwlTp3lwN7bgSr5L9cOBWfADyZE_jataviP1hwb9ak7V1IRu6sgQgyMzM4qpFrQC96fG4fj4GW/s400/Trouble+beer.png" title="Trouble in Walmart" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Trouble in Walmart = Walmart in Trouble</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/real-news-about-fake-brews-at-walmart.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Brad Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546639732583159445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-16549365830849920672017-02-15T21:37:00.000-06:002017-02-15T22:05:02.112-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/109079584433711545660" target="_blank">+Tina Cruris</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;">Ivanka Trump&#39;s foray into fashion has almost been derailed as a number of key retailers dropped her clothing lines from their stores. Nordstrom led the charge, much to the chagrin of Donald Trump, who went as far as using his position of power to slam them for treating her &quot;so unfairly&quot;. The list of stores who have removed at least some Trump lines from their portfolio now includes Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Belk, Jet, ShopStyle, Burlington, Sears, and Kmart.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaTBASKPb9sRvwqesvw1x8sRK0JAX9BTBFztGEuPmKyjU2Ny7FTWV_wZKX6yEIdIubZ8CZwVtqKdMxFuOI6DVy5Nv-1Ph0kVIk169BIgp2mNbvpDN72F2uflM62PP4zY5yoDIcFlNXjqn/s1600/Ivanka+Walmart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Ivanka Trump clothing at Walmart Stores" border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaTBASKPb9sRvwqesvw1x8sRK0JAX9BTBFztGEuPmKyjU2Ny7FTWV_wZKX6yEIdIubZ8CZwVtqKdMxFuOI6DVy5Nv-1Ph0kVIk169BIgp2mNbvpDN72F2uflM62PP4zY5yoDIcFlNXjqn/s400/Ivanka+Walmart.png" title="Ivanka Trump clothing at Walmart Stores" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Ivanka Trump clothing at Walmart Stores</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/walmart-take-up-slack-on-ivanka-trump.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Tina Crurishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354090485048175408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-49052530886027442822017-02-13T16:45:00.000-06:002017-02-13T16:45:26.841-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/114061445776393810878" target="_blank">+Ian C</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Last night The Grammys were in town, and so were some of the planet&#39;s finest musical talents. A long list of celebrities were presenting and receiving awards, but the world&#39;s greatest celebrity musician was conspicuously absent. No I don&#39;t mean David Bowie, who had a good reason to not collect his 5 awards in person.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bDDnxuQ4744fFHD8y4mzCEi9AFB5ZmDvJur2nxiLlQTaIyUXh0YnGErz7OEfpbmL0eeWBsm_k7Wv1XjL8Lkl1ArfKhILsIMLeG4KQRoROilFhFYISxtHE7eW5XF7CsFT_NsVntOPypmW/s1600/Kanye+Bum+of+the+Year.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Kanye West, not at the 2017 Grammys" border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bDDnxuQ4744fFHD8y4mzCEi9AFB5ZmDvJur2nxiLlQTaIyUXh0YnGErz7OEfpbmL0eeWBsm_k7Wv1XjL8Lkl1ArfKhILsIMLeG4KQRoROilFhFYISxtHE7eW5XF7CsFT_NsVntOPypmW/s400/Kanye+Bum+of+the+Year.png" title="Kanye West, not at the 2017 Grammys" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">How not to crop an image for publishing</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/kanye-kept-on-leash-for-2017-grammys.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-53811601539415043142017-02-08T23:13:00.000-06:002017-02-09T10:52:09.034-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/105066123427744039951" target="_blank">+Titan Young</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;courier new&quot; , &quot;courier&quot; , monospace;">This is Brad and I don&#39;t know a lot about sports, but I do know someone who does, and he has written a guest post for us. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of my friend and work colleague Titan Young.</span></div><br> <div style="text-align: justify;">Last Sunday, we saw one of the most exciting, one of the most unexpected, and one of the most heartbreaking Superbowl games of all time as Tom Brady&#39;s Patriots came back from a 25 point deficit to tie the game and claim an overtime victory. The result was so unbelievable that even Marty McFly thought that there was a typo in his Sports Almanac as the teams went in at half time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Facts are starting to come about that President Trump tweeted to the Falcons at half time using one or more of his alternate accounts, with news that gave them a big enough reason to not score many more points in the second half.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOG_7YLqFt25LE9vQaNAHrHDKaRUFjXp8iZUpxvktn2Kute1sYoxr_aL1rPe6DWJXF1chQ6Xta1uPqbe9ZwFdL_lLBWTOpDaYRBun28H2EY1FIZT4oJxH5pnjIiDxwUMT63XAWRvlmmRBv/s1600/Barron+Tweet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOG_7YLqFt25LE9vQaNAHrHDKaRUFjXp8iZUpxvktn2Kute1sYoxr_aL1rPe6DWJXF1chQ6Xta1uPqbe9ZwFdL_lLBWTOpDaYRBun28H2EY1FIZT4oJxH5pnjIiDxwUMT63XAWRvlmmRBv/s400/Barron+Tweet.png" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Donald Trump tweets as John Barron to the Atlanta Falcons</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table></div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/how-trump-fixed-super-bowl.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Brad Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546639732583159445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-43415741380772349912017-02-05T14:39:00.001-06:002017-02-05T14:39:10.745-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115364245461056555007" target="_blank">+Alexa Rankin</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The New Celebrity Apprentice has already seen it&#39;s lowest viewing figures since records began 14 seasons ago, but tonight could mark an all time low in viewership numbers thanks to Super Bowl LI. With at least 100 million people tuning in to see Tom Brady&#39;s Patriots <strike>lose to</strike> playing America&#39;s favorite Atlanta Falcons it is possible that Arnie&#39;s Apprentice could actually have less than 1 million viewers tonight.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIO5NBJn_zikGQ6pyOAPIqv7QsIkBA_kYrbwbXnzocZWlDByfSQgz0RVau1E8qVwtB5Be1SkYMW4V3602rSmxYDsQNHl1K9CIB5O4yL191bmPjHrD5zyDenRmuSFQSjoa-Nh5qaxbwG7yJ/s1600/Arnie%2527s+Apprentice.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Arnie&#39;s Apprentice" border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIO5NBJn_zikGQ6pyOAPIqv7QsIkBA_kYrbwbXnzocZWlDByfSQgz0RVau1E8qVwtB5Be1SkYMW4V3602rSmxYDsQNHl1K9CIB5O4yL191bmPjHrD5zyDenRmuSFQSjoa-Nh5qaxbwG7yJ/s400/Arnie%2527s+Apprentice.png" title="Arnie&#39;s Apprentice" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">You&#39;re Terminated/Get to da Chopper/I&#39;ll be back, you wont/Consider this a divorce<br>Pick your cliché</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/super-bowl-li-kills-celebrity-apprentice.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Alexa Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12390542294033332950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-69273537009822254252017-02-04T09:51:00.000-06:002017-02-04T09:51:19.715-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108858745618562264862" target="_blank">+Brad Naylor</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Electronics giant Sony have announced that they will be launching a new TV known as the Portrait TV this Spring. The large 9:16 ratio screen comes in response to the number of people making videos on their cellphones in portrait or vertical mode rather than using the traditional landscape orientation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhQHPBMc4N0O4WFYqRBhwpqztInxsM1maiw2nd5ejEu63rtlI30z5T9hKUYrjbG4bstHqRohJ12AFNf2uhKlYAanQ79xXaYpzAiAeET1_b5cHKlU63kx0CrBxaBhhK0B_32OdzA-nvQoE/s1600/Portrait+TV.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><img alt="Sony&#39;s new &quot;Portrait&quot; TV" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhQHPBMc4N0O4WFYqRBhwpqztInxsM1maiw2nd5ejEu63rtlI30z5T9hKUYrjbG4bstHqRohJ12AFNf2uhKlYAanQ79xXaYpzAiAeET1_b5cHKlU63kx0CrBxaBhhK0B_32OdzA-nvQoE/s400/Portrait+TV.png" title="Sony&#39;s new &quot;Portrait&quot; TV" width="238"></span></i></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">The new Portrait TV from Sony</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/sony-launch-new-portrait-tv.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Brad Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546639732583159445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-8965665537864833252017-02-02T08:00:00.000-06:002017-02-02T15:58:15.736-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/109079584433711545660" target="_blank">+Tina Cruris</a> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIMp8-U3FUK8bOoPvYNpmecHRC2dbaj47Hi6ohY6wmrCWyTUo2G87_VpOrIZ60WQayxhyphenhyphenc3DaPxHGNI-pe1dDHL5S2D58TA40JyzSN3Jslzae6vzAO76aZlHorAQc3ApoBzHRdDLoGBM/s1600/Advice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIMp8-U3FUK8bOoPvYNpmecHRC2dbaj47Hi6ohY6wmrCWyTUo2G87_VpOrIZ60WQayxhyphenhyphenc3DaPxHGNI-pe1dDHL5S2D58TA40JyzSN3Jslzae6vzAO76aZlHorAQc3ApoBzHRdDLoGBM/s200/Advice.jpg" width="200"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Dear Tina, I am confused about the whole groundhog day thing. What does his shadow have to do with the weather? Can those guys in hats really speak groundhogese? Is Phil really 126 years old? It seems to me that those old farts in the hats are just trying to perpetuate a stupid tourist tradition so that they only have to work for 1 week per year.</i> </div> <i> </i> <em>Sincerely, Anti-Groundhog Girl</em> <br> <em><br> </em> <br> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/dear-tina-groundhog-day.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Tina Crurishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354090485048175408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-48211551476664864322017-02-01T10:51:00.000-06:002017-02-01T10:51:54.528-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/114061445776393810878" target="_blank">+Ian C</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some would say that the title of this post is purely metaphorical since penguins can&#39;t fly, [<a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/p/random-penguin-facts_17.html" target="_blank">proof</a>] and that we needed something eye-catching in this clickbait world of alternate facts. However there is a small group of Adélie penguins who have (re)gained the power of flight. When the extreme weather in the Antarctic becomes too harsh even for these hardy little birds, they take flight and head north to the southern tip of South America until the weather becomes livable again.<br> <br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQl_OQJQL3SRdqzC28r8zk3ta13calJmVK4aP_RkjlU1p0-lyG-MdSB8cRnbHQhP28PXE-i_bf4j2dGx4HK0qnLKcruOajhsemaf7byOVTSTMirITq65NZCPWdAfcZc-UWfY1uh2NFoNZm/s1600/Flying+Penguins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Flying Adélie Penguins filmed by the BBC" border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQl_OQJQL3SRdqzC28r8zk3ta13calJmVK4aP_RkjlU1p0-lyG-MdSB8cRnbHQhP28PXE-i_bf4j2dGx4HK0qnLKcruOajhsemaf7byOVTSTMirITq65NZCPWdAfcZc-UWfY1uh2NFoNZm/s400/Flying+Penguins.png" title="Flying Adélie Penguins filmed by the BBC" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Flying Adélie Penguins filmed by the BBC</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/02/the-penguin-flies-again.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-61214009307185296912017-01-29T12:15:00.000-06:002017-01-29T12:18:21.385-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/114061445776393810878" target="_blank">+Ian C</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Welcome to the 7th Annual Slap The Penguin Awards, or The Slappys™ as they are rapidly becoming known. This year&#39;s event will be short and sweet since we only published nine posts in 2016 and four of those were recap/review posts, so sit down, relax, and enjoy the next 3½ minutes.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRg2lYe_7D-CP2e6ZvaYy-Q7j8AlUV1C_a8FCqgRkiHzQXNIWhL4K-KQO87gKAoNav4xFrVAIdcWXqNGBLH5z5D2VhmbP5CUykXJkn_5BmaOl4mwZgpE4CdrDqS-sLVGhAx_ID-HjuWw5/s1600/Slappy+7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Seventh Annual Slap The Penguin Awards" border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRg2lYe_7D-CP2e6ZvaYy-Q7j8AlUV1C_a8FCqgRkiHzQXNIWhL4K-KQO87gKAoNav4xFrVAIdcWXqNGBLH5z5D2VhmbP5CUykXJkn_5BmaOl4mwZgpE4CdrDqS-sLVGhAx_ID-HjuWw5/s400/Slappy+7.png" title="The Seventh Annual Slap The Penguin Awards" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>The remake was awful so we borrowed this image instead</i></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2017/01/the-7th-annual-slap-penguin-awards.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-64857143280166230042016-02-21T21:20:00.001-06:002016-04-07T22:45:46.129-05:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/114061445776393810878" target="_blank">+Ian C</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I have just watched the best movie of the year so far. Yes I know it&#39;s only February, but I doubt that anything else released during the remainder of 2016 will be better than Deadpool. If you think that is a bold statement, let me tell you this; <b>Deadpool is the #1 contender for movie of the decade</b>, and I am aware that there are still 3+ years left to go, with yet another Star Wars sequel on the horizon.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gOrLgM95INBa0i01u24mwbacfB4dOjUuxJD2Sv_-XexQVHwkV7Cp7F1DbKM49ngmY5suqNTfkoJKf20OQQyxwvN_x9Id9H7SXokHjmDUwLnwgSSnRekERlcymVzRyd9PaNDZzeF-hjVS/s1600/Deadpool+-+a+croppers+worst+nightmare.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" taregt="_blank"><img alt="Deadpool - a photo cropper&#39;s worst nightmare" border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gOrLgM95INBa0i01u24mwbacfB4dOjUuxJD2Sv_-XexQVHwkV7Cp7F1DbKM49ngmY5suqNTfkoJKf20OQQyxwvN_x9Id9H7SXokHjmDUwLnwgSSnRekERlcymVzRyd9PaNDZzeF-hjVS/s400/Deadpool+-+a+croppers+worst+nightmare.png" title="Deadpool - a photo cropper&#39;s worst nightmare" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">A photo cropper&#39;s worst nightmare</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2016/02/deadpool-movie-of-decade.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-54287744693825375932016-02-18T11:20:00.000-06:002016-02-18T11:20:11.190-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108858745618562264862" target="_blank">+Brad Naylor</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Can you remember which movie you saw last week? Well I doubt you can remember what was in theaters 25 years ago. For those of you that read the title of this post, I put a big clue up there, for everyone else, the answer is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MGB6N2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000MGB6N2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=slapthepeng0d-20&amp;linkId=PT34J5DDNZ6IFHTB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Silence of the Lambs</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MGB6N2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000MGB6N2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=slapthepeng0d-20&amp;linkId=PT34J5DDNZ6IFHTB" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Silence of the Lambs" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox4b9WoE8HAF3IfBxy7auI6j74CdXO4_TnyttX9BMuvzISwte9Bjf2_bX5XPuRWY2E6zesyY8vgj-ObMEg2IZOT81H4vERp5xFDJSSbGlopt38Km3sDDPZDqSqp77x-bkp5RxaFA2EQdq/s400/The+Silence+of+the+Lambs+Cover.png" title="The Silence of the Lambs" width="317"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">25 years later, that moth is still freaky</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2016/02/where-are-they-now-silence-of-lambs.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Brad Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546639732583159445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-79778095975719993572016-02-07T19:14:00.000-06:002016-02-07T19:14:13.146-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115364245461056555007" target="_blank">+Alexa Rankin</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While the title may be self explanatory and rather obvious, the meaning behind it is not known to anywhere near enough people yet. A very large percentage of the human race is familiar with the ominous date of Friday 13th. A day where many vow to stay away from black cats and ladders at least until noon when the superstitions can no longer hurt you. My colleague, Tina, came up with a great idea in <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2013/09/friday-13th-part-3.html" target="_blank">September 2103</a> to balance out all that potential bad luck. </div> <br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFAm5pLNhBdg1ZphfpXTYmKpFYtIl1oYyxZ6U-pqjssi8V_PuZv6RiQhsBn8_-nqmYxqOSsvXATXkPpcCESq7kp3k8OV5Y8fh4LzCMbedfhf3ad_b5vnIbacGKhr0C3zJMOfEgRvRSaEp/s1600/Lucky+7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Lucky Sunday 7th" border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFAm5pLNhBdg1ZphfpXTYmKpFYtIl1oYyxZ6U-pqjssi8V_PuZv6RiQhsBn8_-nqmYxqOSsvXATXkPpcCESq7kp3k8OV5Y8fh4LzCMbedfhf3ad_b5vnIbacGKhr0C3zJMOfEgRvRSaEp/s400/Lucky+7.png" title="Lucky Sunday 7th" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Sunday 7th - luckiest day of the year</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2016/02/today-is-sunday-7th.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Alexa Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12390542294033332950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961818408255349101.post-7038798224402851712016-02-06T10:18:00.000-06:002016-02-08T19:41:29.713-06:00By <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/109079584433711545660" target="_blank">+Tina Cruris</a><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopFQcCMOot_xsEc2AtJIk3Cd2PFpKLutsNy-roUiDrmBFzm6WrFNWPQXx7hM86qI5Z4WhM16nR4oe1fpkdRujnx4NkpKKVUqgyr-qFrWnm63LUhcqf1ThfTbymvwk2L8IA77yuQ0JairU/s1600/flip+calendar+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopFQcCMOot_xsEc2AtJIk3Cd2PFpKLutsNy-roUiDrmBFzm6WrFNWPQXx7hM86qI5Z4WhM16nR4oe1fpkdRujnx4NkpKKVUqgyr-qFrWnm63LUhcqf1ThfTbymvwk2L8IA77yuQ0JairU/s1600/flip+calendar+small.jpg"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I got to sleep in this year and skip the January reslap, so this February addition should be fresh, fun and lively. Read on to find out if that is actually the case. For those who are new to our monthly reslap, it is our chance to showcase the best of what we were doing 12 months ago.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For those who are familiar with &quot;What got slapped&quot; posts, you know that it is nothing more than an exercise in cross linking pages to increase page hits and improve our Google Search scores. Either way you get to see how Slap The Penguin has degraded over the last few years.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5-mAVdjF18CNc03cwu4qBrxFtcnLr7prARN1JRbB-N8zO-XhoEz1gFm5D_eoYMcCLe9gzSyhAAvtDuGwzrOW29AnM708aEZ-L-Pa5Mb4GtlMwMBpdncX-p3ApbBSOTAJblLTHWQ9PeQ1/s1600/February+2016+reslap+montage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="February 2015 Reslap Montage" border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5-mAVdjF18CNc03cwu4qBrxFtcnLr7prARN1JRbB-N8zO-XhoEz1gFm5D_eoYMcCLe9gzSyhAAvtDuGwzrOW29AnM708aEZ-L-Pa5Mb4GtlMwMBpdncX-p3ApbBSOTAJblLTHWQ9PeQ1/s400/February+2016+reslap+montage.png" title="February 2015 Reslap Montage" width="600"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">How things have changed in 12 months</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <a href="http://www.slapthepenguin.com/2016/02/what-got-slapped-12-months-ago-february.html#more">Click HERE for details</a>Tina Crurishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354090485048175408noreply@blogger.com0