Ladies & Gentlemen,

Allow us to introduce a new mintrubbing e-card, courtesy of Andrea at andreaferrer.ro. This one has a very modern mintrubbing feel to it - check it out. Says Andrea:

"here's an e-card you can post on ur site, to be sent by many not in week-ends, not only in the mornings, but always, at any time, being a story about doing nothing all the time. except coffee, tv and of course spending the last cent on your mobile phone bill."

Click here or on the thumbnail to open. E-card opens in new window. Enjoy!



Romania's ancient popular wisdom has been a guiding force for generations of Romanians. As we believe in the practical applications of popular widom, we here at the association have presented ancient sayings and expressions in each issue of our monthly publication.

So it is in this time-honored tradition that we present to you another wonderful gem of popular wisdom - a business strategy that has been used by Romanians for centuries. Click here or on the thumbnail (page opens in new window).



do you think you are targetted by psycho-electronic harassment? - fill out this form and find out before it's too late. are people slipping in front of you in line at the grocery checkout? are you seeing vivid 3-d images while awake? these may not be normal occurances. you might be a target of neuro-electromagnetic weapons.

gigel.org - good stuff. In the author's own words: "Adica sa nu intri daca esti slab de inger, te adresezi parintilor cu dumneavoastra, esti fata si nu porti cercei, te uiti la balet si gimnastica, ti-a placut Titanic sau esti fan Sandra Bullock". don't miss this page on the site.

HumanDescent is a page where you can find a squirrel with a dog's head, a sparrow with a cat's head, and many other bizarre creatures. most of the pictures are absolutely stunning. we've linked to a random page on this site, but be sure to check out the entire gallery. It's time well spent.

zerosexlife.com - Mike is a 24 year-old guy that has never had sex in his entire life. What's remarkable about Mike is that he has created a website in which he tells the world about his adventures and about his so far unsuccessful attempts to get laid. his journal is funny as hell. and don't laugh - when was the last time you got any?

Ghost Town. Elena has a bike and likes to ride it around the Chernobyl area and take pictures. Which is just fine as long as she has her radiation detector with her. There's an eerie feeling to the pictures and the entire site. Real life horror.

Icepick.com - A wired house. What's remarkable about this house in Apeldorn, the Netherlands, is that you can use the web to find out in real time a lot of info about what goes on inside, from what goes into the microwave and what items are thrown in the trashbin, to the number of times the doorbell was rung and what the cat had for dinner. Hi-tech stuff.

bash.org - if you think there's just junk on IRC, think again. the folks at bash.org have created a database with some of the funniest comments ever posted on IRC. There's some seriously neat stuff in there, for sure. Just click the "Random" link, get some mint and start rubbing.

www.ceamaivizitatapagina.go.ro - the most visited site on the web. This guy makes a good point, and when people come up with neat little ideas, we reward them by linking to their sites. Page sent by razhore.

SouthParkStudios.com - SouthPark. Enough Said.




More people linked to us in the past weeks. And as usual we link back to them in an eternal cycle of online mint rubbing. Here they are:

- http://www.my-chaos.ro/link.htm
- http://www.livejournal.com/users/alagbon/28628.html - says alagbon: "I list [the main mintrubbing.org site] separately because they'll mention me in their next journal if I include a link. Spiffy, eh?". damn straight, brother
- http://mgs.aliat.net/index.html - this site's name is kind of cool: "masina de generat sculi".
- http://www.glocktalk.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=32612
- http://suntroman.com/memberlist.php?sid=6f8ff9309399fbfb5253b4618fa9f64f - RSi's web site in the list.
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/dan411d
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/tibu_bogdan - this guy mentioned mintrubbing.org in all three cool link slots in his yahoo profile. learn from him.
New threads on forums:
- http://www.fanclub.ro/showthread.php?t=10961
- http://www.fanclub.ro/showthread.php?t=1861&page=678&pp=20
- http://forum.cs.tuiasi.ro/viewtopic.php?t=47805&start=102
- http://www.bik.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?t=244
- http://indebara.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=916

The kind people at the "Jurnalul National" newspaper selected mintrubbing.org as site of the week in their April 7, 2004 issue. This is what they had to say:
Site-ul saptamanii: www.mintrubbing.org - Freaca menta on-line

Niste baieti cu imaginatie au infiintat un site dedicat „frecatului mentei“ – „mintrubbing“ (in traducere libera). Mai mult decat un simplu site, avem de-a face cu „Asociatia romana de frecat menta“, care ofera celor interesati posibilitatea de a-si satisface o indeletnicire individuala, practicata in masa, prin intermediul Internetului. Aceasta oferta de exceptie este valabila pentru oricine, fara discriminare, fara limite si fara restrictii. Site-ul pune la dispozitie mai multe sectiuni in care se poate „freca menta“ on-line. Pentru a nu se cadea in monotonie, conducerea site-ului asteapta oameni care sa se ocupe si de alte zone de larg interes, cum ar fi „arderea gazului de pomana“ („gas burning“) sau „taiatul de frunze la caini“ („cutting leaves to dogs“). Membrii site-ului sunt niste idealisti, ei visand la ziua in care omenirea va „freca menta“ in liniste si pace.
Thanks to Alexandru Radescu for this article. The people at taifas.ro selected mintrubing.org as link of the day. This is what they had to say - there is so much truth in their words:

"Dintre toate modalitatile de a freca menta, una se evidentiaza transant :) Taifasul --- > www.taifas.ro ---> www.forum.taifas.ro. Romanul se pricepe frecat menta. Frecatul mentei fara taifas ajunge sa fie ca berea fara alune si tuica fara prune :) Taifas.ro este site-ul canalului de chat #TAIFAS si un loc perfect pentru activitati mai mult sau mai putin productive. In plus, este banner free aka "de-a moaka" !!
We thank all of these mint rubbing visionaries. By the way, don't you think you should be taking the example of these wonderful people and start doing something yourself to promote the mintrubbing movement? Check out our new & improved collection of mint rubbing banners on page 2 and do something.




- "i would like to rub some mint, that's all i'm a romanian from mangalia and if your the experts why don't you reply and tell me what could i do i think i'm in for everything" (jean)

- "hey, don't know how long ago you did that snake document, i'm really bored doing an assingment. my top score on a 3310 is 4164 is that any good on an international scale, i've never met anyone who's beaten it, my friend has 4120 man, i really am a loser for writing this........." (geoff)
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