WorkingClassRuler

Congrats and all the best to our Pirate friends in the Parrot Order

All the best to Argent and your new Government members.

I'm so happy that our friendship continues to grow with Apparatus, they are stand out allies and remarkable friends. MHAil o/

[quote name='Gopherbashi' timestamp='1330215563' post='2928322'] I, for one, would like to know what's going on over at the [color=#48D1CC][b]Mostly Harmless Alliance[/b][/color]. A combined drop of 18 nations and a third of a point in score isn't something that can be ignored easily. They lose 8th place to [color=maroon][b]Non Grata[/b][/color] on account of that. [/quote] I hear that ghosts and inactives are no longer welcome in the MHA.

[quote name='Wishywashy' timestamp='1329615069' post='2923692'] I have set unrealistically high expectations for this, Roq. [/quote] Spoiler alert, MK is a secret NPO colony.

Thanks for all the salutations, glad you enjoyed the edition. There's some questionable caption contest entries though.

I just talked about Fight Club.

[center][img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/ILoveMHA.gif[/img][/center] [center][i]The Mostly Harmless Newsletter Edition #48[/i][/center] [color=#FF0040][b][size=6]Dear Planet Bob,[/size][/b][/color] Um I've noticed you're around And I find you very attractive I've noticed you're around Um I find you very attractive I find you very attractive Um Would you go to bed with me? [center][b][size=5]Happy Valentines Day[/size][/b][/center] [color=#BF0040][b][size=6]Mostly Harmless News[/size][/b][/color] [color=#FF0040][b][size=5]Elections[/size][/b][/color] [color=#FF0000]Triumvir[/color] elections threatened to be a little beige this month with the self-styled Dictator Doc (nee Doctor, nee Tik Tok) running for reelection initially unopposed.Luckily, everyone's favorite northern Australian, Qldvespanut, stood up against the forces of predictability and ran against him. After a sometimes feisty campaign, Doc was returned as Triumvir for another term. Meanwhile, everyone's favorite Harry Potter fan and [color=#0000FF]Minister of Hitchhikers[/color], Anysound, departed our shores and was replaced by Working Class Ruler, otherwise known as everyone's favorite southern Australian who isn't Crushtania. And the Courts are back! Having spent a few months in the shop getting a tune up and spit-polish, the MHA successfully re-adopted our independent judicial body and elected three shiny new Court Officers. In a narrow race, the successful first officers are Akbar, Belari and Umbra. So after all that, you can check out our current Government line-up below. [color=#FF0000]Triumvirate: gasgiant405, Julia Rose Vicious, Doctor Doc[/color] [color=#0000FF]Minister of Hitchhikers (Members): WorkingClassRuler Deputy: RoyalGuard[/color] [color=#00FF00]Minister of Towels (Economy): Dynasty Deputy: Nath1194[/color] [color=#FF8000]Minister of BabelFish (Diplomacy): Nishiyoshi Deputy: Kapamilya [/color] [color=#8000FF]Minister of Bad Poetry (Communications): Loki Grim Deputy: wolfbrother[/color] [color=#FFFF00]Minister of Destructor Fleets (War): Mr_Subliminal Deputy: AndyDe[/color] [color=#00FFFF]Speaker of the HHA: EarlOfSandon[/color] Court Officers: Akbar, Belari, Umbra [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Whitney.gif[/img] [color=#FF0040][i]By: Working Class Ruler[/i][/color] When the MHA was in it's infancy, the term "hoopy froody" was a source of pride for Hitchhikers. It was the completely gibberish, completely perfect description of who were during the first three years of our existence. It was the definition of that era. You could sass that hoopy Hitchhiker, he was one frood that always knew where his towel was. You don't get that kind of pride and history through just a few individuals - there is a whole list of people throughout MHA's many years who were the perfect definition of a hoopy frood. Hitchhikers that many of you outside of the MHA may also remember. (And some of you [i]are[/i] those people - just in new homes, doing new things.) Indeed, even those people were the tip of the iceberg; the MHA had a culture of good-hearted diplomacy and hard-working alliance-building that raised this little group of Douglas Adams fans into a sanctioned alliance. It wasn't always fun and easy, but we got there. However, over the past few years, the term "hoopy froody" had become as overloaded and weighted as the MHA itself. It became an [i]excuse[/i] to allow for laziness, apathy, and inactivity. It was the reason why nothing got done; the justification for eating that extra slice of cake when we should have said "NO SIR!" Along the way, we also lost respect for ourselves and each other. We started treating each other like enemies. The term and the alliance with it, became the antithesis for what it should have been. Now, I've spoken before about the coming of a New MHA. I wish I could say we were close to emerging from this dark period, but there is still work to be done. A large part of that work will be putting the pride and love back into who we are. We have to remember what it means to be a Hitchhiker; we need to reignite that passion for building the alliance, improving ourselves, and loving who we are. Some alliances who have been in this position before have used revenge or statistics as their motivation. For myself personally, I'm looking forward to the day when MHA can truly call itself hoopy froody again; when I see the respect and love has returned; when we get back to being that hard working, tight-knit and still fun-loving community we once were. And to that end, I dedicate this edition of [i]Don't Panic[/i] to my fellow Hitchhikers - my true love. Always. [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Bobchelor.gif[/img] Are you single this Valentines Day? Are you looking for love? Are you often perturbed by the apparent over-abundance of males on Planet Bob in comparison to the apparent lack of females? No really have a think about it - how is it even physically possible to sustain the human race with a ratio like ours? Anyway, here at [i]Don't Panic[/i] we like to celebrate love and give every single person out there a shot at love this Valentine's Day. And we're going to do it 90's Dating Show style with six mystery men straight out of Planet Bob! They are hidden behind a screen with a few key details given about each Bobchelor. If any single folks (ladies or men, we don't judge) out there like what they hear, feel free to contact them for a date. Without further adieu, we bring you the 2012 Bobchelors: [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Date1.gif[/img] [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Date2.gif[/img] [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Date5.gif[/img] [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Date3.gif[/img] [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Date4.gif[/img][img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/DontPanic/Date6.gif[/img] [color=#BF0040][b][size=6]Just for Fun[/size][/b][/color] [color=#FF0040][b][size=5]Previous Caption Competition Winner[/size][/b][/color] Here's last month's Caption Contest image: [spoiler][img]http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x345/Tormented_Donut/soon.png[/img][/spoiler] And here's the entries that were fit to print: "The things I could do...." [b]Maximillian [/b] "Santa had misgivings about hiring the reindeer's cousin Basher, fresh out of a long stretch in prison for burglary. But Rudolph assured him Basher wouldn't be tempted again..." [b]WCR[/b] "mom? why is your head poking out of the wall?" [b]Systemfailure[/b] DON'T WASTE, YOUR TIME, ON ME, YOU'RE AL,READY, THE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD, I MISS YOU, MISS YOU... (requires http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ZPd1KB-AiYs for context) [b]Avakael[/b] Soon. [b]Chaoshawk[/b] "To think, those 3 were my first......." [b]Laserwolf[/b] [b][color=#BF8000]Runners Up:[/color][/b] "The Doe of the Woods watches you masturbate" [b]DragonKnight1000[/b] [b][color=#40BF00]WINNER:[/color][/b] You're now conscious of the possibility that somebody is looking in through your window. Turn and check. [b]Blacky[/b] [color=#FF0040][b][size=5]New Caption Competition![/size][/b][/color] This month's image is: [img]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j172/billtemple/food-fight-1.jpg[/img] [b][u]Go On And Post Your Entries Below![/b][/u] [color=#FF0040][b][size=5]Love Poetry[/size][/b][/color] [i]By: Dynasty[/i] I love you, you love me that’s why: flying fish flap flanderously flashing flacking furious faces fainting farting fractures famously faming farms facing false falcons flopping forty five fickle forests frolicking freely flamboyantly floating floatation foaming fantastic fantasies falsifying flocculating flexible fluctuations fearing fast fasteners faking faster fobs fasting fastening flashes flowing flam from far flung flags failing fifty frocking frog freezing fascists forming faintly falling felled fellows fairing ferries for fairies ferrying fulvous fillers filling fondue fountains flap flailing forever feeling feed freeing feeders feeding feathers fervidly forcing fevers from fantasizing fishing flies frying French fries full from fermentation for fine Finland follies faking fruity fruits following frivolous faucets. Make it no surprise that condensation condenses collisions colliding contractions conning condescending cons conspiring cones caking calluses caring cars caned capes coining corporate cash canning coupled corncobs calling cows counting carpets casing crows calibrating countless candles collecting coconuts claiming companies coming with considerate grapes mapping million mile mousse moose milking massive multitudes mailing measly measles motivating multicasting mangos mightily mooning merry muddles mining mills mooring miniature milliliter mountains fishily loving all fours! [color=#FF0040][b][size=5]Dear El Presidente[/size][/b][/color] [img]http://fittquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chocolate-box-cake-03-600x400.jpg[/img] They're waiting for you. [i]Come home.[/i] [color=#BF0040][b][size=6]The Last Word[/size][/b][/color] [i]By: Working Class Ruler [/i] A disclaimer: Here at [i]Don't Panic[/i], we may from time to time print something that is the complete opposite of truth or fact. However, as this is the official MHA publication, any incorrect information is therefore the official incorrect information and thus [i]becomes[/i] truth and fact. Anything written here that is wrong is henceforth wrong for good and we don't give a dingoes kidneys if it is completely contradictory with reality. [i]Don't Panic[/i] isn't wrong, reality is. We're just making it right again. [color=#FF0040][b][size=5]Staff Listing[/size][/b][/color] Working Class Ruler Dynasty Loki Grim [center][b][size=5]Want More Don't Panic? [url=http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?app=blog&module=display&section=blog&blogid=613&showentry=2545][color=#BF0040]Click Here[/color][/url] to read previous editions![/size][/b][/center]

If that's the only part you didn't understand, I suspect you didnt read the Vogon Poetry.

We followed the defensive part actually, against any bandwagoners. Our treaty obligations were tipped completely to the Karma side and our ROK MDP was clearly activated. Still, me saying that won't prevent certain people from carrying on about it like it was only yesterday. The second was that MHA didn't cancel the treaty, it was part of NPO's surrender terms. If the formerly Karma alliances have such a problem with that treaty being cancelled, they shouldn't have made NPO do it. I'm not following the thread very well but I'm not sure what this has to do with IRON becoming the #1 alliance.

Great edition and I say that with totally no bias whatsoever. Caption: "Santa had misgivings about hiring the reindeer's cousin Basher, fresh out of a long stretch in prison for burglary. But Rudolph assured him Basher wouldn't be tempted again..."

[quote name='janax' timestamp='1324304305' post='2881847'] We are objectively terrible. [/quote] Well despite that, I certainly didn't mean Argent.

[quote name='Alfred von Tirpitz' timestamp='1324327901' post='2882026'] Would not have worked man, you read the wrong books. [/quote] VE don't read Douglas Adams? To hell with them, then.

[quote name='flak attack' timestamp='1324188035' post='2880995'] WE had pretty much already told you guys this was going to happen in your embassy on our forums. [/quote] Well I've never had the pleasure of visiting but I don't doubt your statement. MK have been fairly obvious with their intentions for a while, which is why I found hiding under the ODN AA to hit us rather strange. Still, it's all out now.

[quote name='flak attack' timestamp='1324192272' post='2881053'] The MHA AA is large enough to make two sanctioned alliances once Fark and RnR get beat down a bit more. Go big or go home. [/quote] All [i]12[/i] of them? You're gonna have to beat down a few more alliances for that to happen. May I suggest starting with GPA? I hear they're not neutral again. Still, our POW's would probably make a better splinter alliance than some we've had.