[Closed] Mint Sauce to Singletrack Petition

Ah, "the eternal reek of damp wool". A classic MS quote if ever there was one 😉

I'd forgotten how much I loved MS, pity I threw out all my old MBUKs when I moved out from my folks.

A book would be great.

I actually cried when they did the strip with Mint getting shot.

I seem to remember if you could spot which song the lyrics in the cartoon came from you used to win a prize too.

SFB, if you don't get Mint that's fair enough but you must realise comments like:

those who claim to are just pretending?

...do tend to get people's backs up.

Anyway, this is one of my favourites:

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Why are so many people trying to explain MS to Simon? It doesn't float his boat, so what.

you must realise comments like...
...do tend to get people's backs up.

Apparently it's all based on Blade Runner anyway.

Why are so many people trying to explain MS to Simon?

because I asked them to ?

you must realise comments like...
...do tend to get people's backs up.

I posed it as a question because I don't know.

If M.S is not to his liking maybe my 5 page article on the Montane Kielder 100 in this month's MBUK might be more to his taste!

(Have trumpet: will play)

Are there people who still buy What is effectively the Worst cycling publication on earth, just for a single page cartoon?

I couldn’t give a shit where, or even If it gets published anymore , Mint sauce is what it is, a page of wistful Navel gazing for people who like to think they can see the profound in the Mundane…
It used to “Speak to me” then I turned 15…
It belongs in the “Comic” where it currently resides IMHO…

wistful Navel gazing for people who like to think they can see the profound in the Mundane…
It used to “Speak to me” then I turned 15…
It belongs in the “Comic” where it currently resides IMHO…

Enough of the bitterness, it's blinding you.

not the slightest flicker of comprehension

Simon, you're not that dumb.

[i]"It's not mother nature, it's her 18 year old daughter"[/i]

Do you really need me to strip it down to a basic explanation a primary school child can understand?
You, of all people, should see the sentiment in that. Which is partly why I chose that strip as an example.

what intrigues me is that many seem to have found MS iconic and to epitomise MTB, yet others like me just turned the page, regretfully unmoved.

Next issue - Mint gets his camera out and takes pictures of women's arses.
Would you [i]get[/i] that one SFB?

I feel on many days I live in a Mint Sauce world, Devon by the way. Always thought it was great, I will buy the poster .... please. I had to go out and buy a few copies of the mag at the time, a number of clip frames and hand them out to select few, inc LBS! My daughter did an A1 framed collage of Mint for the LBS, it has been up years and they love it. When the book comes out --JO!!! - I will buy a number of copies for special Xmas pressies. Long live Mint and what he stands for. And thank you Jo for many many smiles.

Yeah Devon, Somerset...it has that sort of patchwork field vibe to it. With colours like you were riding on LSD.

"It's not mother nature, it's her 18 year old daughter"

ageism, mixed metaphors ? It sounds snappy but doesn't appear to mean anything.

ahem;

[i]I think that Simon's adopted one of his 'I don't get it and nothing you can say will make me' stances[/i]

@sfb

what intrigues me is that many seem to have found X* iconic and to epitomise Y, yet others like me just turned the page

*Insert cultural touchstone here.

That's just life, innit.

@aracer

Of course he does - why do you think he makes them?

🙄

New round here?

No.

simonfbarnes - Member
ageism, mixed metaphors ? It sounds snappy but doesn't appear to mean anything.

At a guess, in the context of the strip it means that the view's so good it's like looking at a young attractive lady rather than an older, not quite so attractive one. I don't see what's particularly hard to get about that, unless one is being deliberately obtuse.

Critics eh!

It's easier to shoot something down than actually produce something.

Good work Mr Burt, not too many iconic sheep in the world.

At a guess, in the context of the strip it means that the view's so good it's like looking at a young attractive lady rather than an older, not quite so attractive one

but "Mother Nature" isn't about attraction but fecundity, which doesn't relate to beauty at all.

what intrigues me is that many seem to have found MS iconic and to epitomise MTB, yet others like me just turned the page, regretfully unmoved.

I don't feel regretful about turning the page. It's just a cartoon sheep. I never read 'em. Find it all a bit guff too be honest.

Is that the first use of 'Fecundity' on STW?

Trust sfb 🙄

It's easier to shoot something down than actually produce something.

which is why I've not said it was bad, only that I don't get it. If you hold it far enough away it looks vividly graphic.

a sheep riding a bicycle doesn't stand a chance against sfb's relentless logic

I love Mint Sauce, always have (even when it was black and white). I've kept loads of them. Thanks Jo, the South Downs always remind me of Mint/Mint reminds me of the South Downs - so does Moby for some reason?

EDIT: Thats unfair and removed. Sorry SFB!

I'd love to ride in Mint Sauce world, it would be a colouful day out.

But you can; and isn't [i]that[/i] what it's about really?

sfb: but "Mother Nature" isn't about attraction but fecundity, which doesn't relate to beauty at all.

Unrelated to Mint, but surely nature is beautiful, although through happy accident, or maybe because of our longterm exposure to her. Ooo er!

Maybe this all stems from the fact that you live and ride in the heartland of off road cycling, and your mundane is an escape for others. Maybe you are so in tune to your cycling world, and the absolute, harsh and astounding nature of nature, that observations generically rendered through the medium of a wooly mammal with very wiry limbs present themselves as the straw that fell onto the camels back, after that particular mammal, with a very grumpy demeanour, had already collapsed under the weight of the previous length of sun dried grass?

And my friends ride through it with big bright lights

Brilliant. That's a fantastic strip. I think that's just become my favourite Mint Sauce.

I used to love it and used to spend hours as a kid attempting to copy the toons.

I used to read MBUK every now and again but a few articles were published with a fair few fibs in so decided against it. Plus it was never that well written.

I really like MS, and do 'get' it. I think Jo captures the subtle culture of mountain biking (or some mountain biking) and the South Downs landscape in the same way that Helms captured all the subtleties of club road riding. I dare say some people don't 'get' Helms, but again I thought his cartoons were great, and he'll be sadly missed by many.

Oh and Jo, I'd certainly buy a book of Mint.

a sheep riding a bicycle

I did once see a sheep steal a bicycle! We were lunching at Martindale church, and a sheep came up to get a bit of discarded sandwich under a bike. When the owner shouted, it jumped up and ran away with the bike on its back 🙂 Absolutely hilarious, but in those days I didn't carry a camera 🙁

but "Mother Nature" isn't about attraction but fecundity, which doesn't relate to beauty at all.

The cliffs and rocks down here in Cornwall give a sense of toughness, a hard beauty that could be mother natures old miner husband who shows the toil of his life on his face.

The Alps stand high and in their strength and size there is great age and wisdom, you may only spend a short time with them but they will teach you many things, like an evening of stories with mother nature herself.

And the rolling hills of England are lush and green, their soft shape inviting you to carefree, playful days. There's no sharp edges to snag on, just a youth and vibrance that may remind you of breezy summers with mother natures 18 year old daughter 🙂

Feeling relaxed delusional? 🙂

And the rolling hills of England are lush and green, their soft shape inviting you to carefree, playful days

nicely lyrical, but that's only part of the landscape, natural or engineered, and I revel in the whole of it, whether lush or stark, rolling or precipitous, warm or piercingly frigid.

SFB I agree with you on this, which is why I'm miffed my response to your logic was placed at the base of page 3!

i liked the one where a dropped ball bearing bounces high and low across country and ended up under the fridge. think it was on a large poster way back. would look good in the shed if anyone knows where it can be found?

I also remember these words from a strip from a looong way back "if i didn't know there wasn't a reason for all this, i'd be crying"

Maybe you are so in tune to your cycling world, and the absolute, harsh and astounding nature of nature

well, I'm certainly immersed in biking, though not overly fond of harsh - though I do particularly cherish those moments (frequent recently) when I've been out in the bitter cold yet been too hot myself, as the effort of riding raises you above such vulnerability (so long as you can keep moving). I feel a continuous awareness of rocks, jutting hills, glinting water, silhouetted trees, secretive mist that makes routine urban life seem more like a dream.

what [i]are[/i] you on about sfb, i just don't get it
🙂

what are you on about sfb

beats the hell out of me 🙂

nicely lyrical, but that's only part of the landscape, natural or engineered, and I revel in the whole of it, whether lush or stark, rolling or precipitous, warm or piercingly frigid.

so there we have it, SFB. You actually enjoy the things a fair number of us all enjoy about our lifestyle choice (can't diminish it to hobby), but you're more of an umami than a menthol kind of chap eh?

Fair do's.

Now you've been nudged, maybe the sheep and his crew will grow on you.......

The only cartoon that comes near MS in terms of escapism is Bill Patersons Calvin and Hobbes. They both have that touch of the surreal that's grounded in situations we've all been in. Summer leaving answer machine messages like an old girlfriend. who's not wished that They could buy a summer backdrop?

if anyone knows where it can be found?

under the fridge. you just said.

:p