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| ~ No 8 / July 2001 / Page 5 ~ | ~ I'm green and I say it loud: I rub mint and I am proud" ~ |
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 I intend to write down some thoughts I have had on the process and the phenomenon of mint rubbing. This idea already takes us to the first observation of what mint rubbing actually is. For, my dear friends, we are here in the presence of an extremely tangible process as well as in the more untouchable presence of a highly slippery phenomenon. We all have experienced mint rubbing. It is a process described usually with ,doing nothing" although the better description would be doing something without a certain reason and without concerns or needs for the outcome. I am not satisfied with the first definition because "doing nothing" is only a form of mint rubbing. The second definition allows us to embrace a larger field of activities. Gas burning, for example, is in my opinion a form of mint rubbing, not only a related activity (as I heard some fellows consider it). It is actually a higher form of mint rubbing because it implies economical waste. We could define gas burning as the perfect combination of mint rubbing and the old romanian way of relating to somebody else's property: the (not very fortunate) goat of Ion. But this is already a specific case, which, if we will have the time, will be discussed later here. Getting back to the process of mint rubbing here is how I see its first step of division the so-called summa divisio : doing nothing and doing something. Doing nothing is the first experience that turns a simple person in a mint rubber. This stage of development is a so-called unconscious stage, the mint rubber is not aware of the specific difference of his "doing nothing". On the mint rubbing intensity scale, this stage is also the first. Even professional and experienced mint rubbers start their mint rubbing sessions occasionally by doing nothing. The other category, the "doing something", is the largest of this first division. It is very hard to classify all the activities, which could be considered to belong to this category. Mainly because almost everything a human being does can turn into mint rubbing if a certain condition is fulfilled, I refer here to the lack of any certain reason and of the concerns or needs for an outcome. Whatever you do can become mint rubbing, even learning, dancing, talking and yes, dear fellows, even making love. (I'll get back to that). A description of the mint rubbing categories can become very boring and long, so, with your excuse, I will try to show those categories by concentrating on the subject i.e. on the mint rubber. Besides, right now I'm getting a little lazy and my brain becomes similar to mashed potatoes. Thinking is something you shouldn't do when you are lazy and you want to lean on your big soft pillow. So, let us take a brake and enjoy doing nothing. It is also the first lesson of teaching mint rubbing. The power of example is never to be underestimated. Enjoy! This having said I'll turn away, although I have more words to say, but next time is as good as this, you rub your mints, I need my peace. V.D.A.M Conash, Professional field kicker   This month we have three sites featured in the Mint Rubbing Journal. All of them should be reviewd with maximum attention - if we submit them for your review, it means they definitely need attention:  Dan Harlow's Gimme Back My God - featuring daily strips of twisted philosophy about the twisted world we live in. Very addictive, a must see. Use Internet Explorer to view. Site submitted by Calin.  Cadaver Inc - puts you in control of the murder. Another interesting site in the lines of manbeef.com we featured last month. If you liked that one, you'll like this one too. Site submitted by Toni. This is what he had to say: "I saw www.manbeef.com, the featured site this month and thought you might also enjoy visiting www.cadaverinc.com. Somehow I believe the two of them are related, or at least they could collaborate since they share a common "work object" (obiect al muncii :)".  Gandacu - a humorous site about a one-person group of "eckers" that hacked their own site, and more. Also some thoughts on why really stupid people are allowed on chats. Worth checking out. Thanks to everyone that submitted sites for our review. If you know a site that you feel we should review, just let us know. 
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