The West PacificBoard

Darkesia wrote:

Thank you for not calling me a forgetful lady.

He did, but you forgot :V

Thank you all for a great turnout in the TWP Valentines Day Secret Message event!

We had 32 messages go out to people in the region!

A fantastic turnout for a fantastic day!

The Holy Principality of Saint Mark wrote:

Thank you for putting the Valentine's Day event together, Dave!

One of the Valentine's that was sent anonymously to one of our female players was overly sexual and was not delivered.

Ah. Excuse me whilst I glare in no particular direction.

We are finally free from Britain! God Bless America!

Yy4u wrote:

That is more suited for the forums rather than here....

Right. Excuse me then.

TODAY IN THE WEST

World Hippo Day - Hippopotamuses, known as hippos, are celebrated today. Their name stems from Ancient Greece and means "water horse" or "river horse." However, their closest relatives are actually whales, porpoises, dolphins, and pigs. They are the third largest land mammal, only being surpassed by elephants and white rhinoceroses. On average, females weigh 3,000 pounds and males weigh 3,500 to 9,920 pounds. They range from 10.8 to 16.5 feet in length and stand about 5.2 feet in height at their shoulders.

Hippos are one of the most aggressive animals in the world. They sometimes attack humans and are seen by some as being the most deadly large land animal. They kill about 500 people each year. But, humans are a threat to them as well. They are poached for their meat and their canine teeth which are made of ivory. There are now between 125,000 and 148,000 wild hippos in the wild.

Karaoke Friday - Rock the region with your favorite songs. Post the lyrics and a video link so we can all sing along. Remember that your songs will be added to the official TWP Spotify Playlist at https://tinyurl.com/twp-playlist

Every Friday is Karaoke Friday.

Now I recall a game where Hippos fly, shoot rainbows that enemy footmen melt...

Elbow - One Day Like This

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3X-xTEJn4ks

The link is to the live version done for Children in Need a few years ago. Utterly brilliant.

Drinking in the morning sun
Blinking in the morning sun
Shaking off a heavy one
Yeah, heavy like a loaded gun

What made me behave that way?
Using words I never say
I can only think it must be love
Oh anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

Someone tell me how I feel
It's silly wrong, but vivid right
Oh, kiss me like a final meal
Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight

'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes
And only now I see the light
Yeah, lying with you half awake
Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

When my face is chamois creased
If you think I wink, I did
Laugh politely at repeats
Yeah, kiss me when my lips are thin

'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes
And only now I see the light
Yeah, lying with you half awake
Stumbling over what to say
Well, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

So throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right

Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right for life

Throw those curtains wide
'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes
One day like this a year would see me right
And only now I see the light
Throw those curtains wide
'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes
One day like this a year would see me right
And only now I see the light

Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right

Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right

Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right

Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year would see me right

Kirin J Callinan - Big Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrZJ5C_Nwg

I've lived in lonely cities
I've crossed deserts on camelback
And I've filled the halls of folklore
With things I'd rather we forget
I could sweep you off the street so saying this is goddamn tough
But this town might be big enough... (big enough... big enough...)

See, I reckon what you're saying
But this dog's run every course
I've roam without my boots on
I've raced without my horse
And then I ate my horse's meat straight from my horse's bones
'Cause this dog
Must roam alone

You could shoot me in the mountains
In the cold fat rain
We could do it in the countryside
As we walk the plain
It wouldn't give us any closure
All cowboys need to trust
That this town might be big enough
For both of us

Well, I'd be a doggamn liar
If I said this ain't a lonely town
And what I wouldn't give
To have a friend around

We could trade in all our silver bullets
And buy a patch of dust
This town might just be big enough
For all of us

From Australia

I'll catch you later
Christianity, Islam, Juuuudaaism
Let me out

So anyway I was in a restaurant and Noel Gallagher walks in and orders a bowl of soup. Nothing else, just soup.

I called across to him. “Hey Noel” I shouted. “You wanna roll with it?”

Oasis - Roll With It

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DrARl0dzd-0

You gotta roll with it
You gotta take your time
You gotta say what you say
Don't let anybody get in your way
'Cause it's all too much for me to take

Don't ever stand aside
Don't ever be denied
You wanna be who you'd be
If you're coming with me

I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I'm gonna take me away and hide
I'm thinking of things that I just can't abide

I know the roads down which your life will drive
I find the key that lets you slip inside
Kiss the girl, she's not behind the door
But you know I think I recognize your face
But I've never seen you before

You gotta roll with it
You gotta take your time
You gotta say what you say
Don't let anybody get in your way
'Cause it's all too much for me to take

I know the roads down which your life will drive
I find the key that lets you slip inside
Kiss the girl, she's not behind the door
But you know I think I recognize your face
But I've never seen you before

You gotta roll with it
You gotta take your time
You gotta say what you say
Don't let anybody get in your way
'Cause it's all too much for me to take

Don't ever stand aside
Don't ever be denied
You wanna be who you'd be
If you're coming with me

I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside

Time for some Manics.

Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bS-S-YSEpso

The primary role of the government is to protect property from the majority and so it remains"

Ahhh...

Hello it's us again
We're still so in love with you
And yes we mean it too
Yes we're so in love with you

Hello it's us again
You thought you were our friends
Success is an ugly word
Especially in your tiny world

The masses against the classes
We're tired of giving a reason
When the future is what we believe in
We love the winter, it brings us closer together

So can you hurt us anymore
Can you feel like it was before
Or are you lost forever more, messed up and dead on alcohol

Hello and fond farewell my dear
I hope you hear this nice and clear
Our love is unconditional
Our hate is yours to feed upon

The masses against the classes
We're tired of giving a reason
When the future is what we believe in
We love the winter, it brings us closer together

The masses against the classes
We're tired of giving a reason
When we're the only thing left to believe in
We love the winter, it brings us closer together

A slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown