The following letter was mailed out to these nice people this morning. Let's see what they make of it. I'll edit any response back into the post to keep everything together... it might get a little busy around here!
Dear Trebor Mint People
Last week I was taking a walk in the woods with my girlfriend when we decided to take a detour off the path and explore the woods for real - actually, it's probably best if I stop right there about that part of the story...
Anyway, we had not gone two hundred yards when we came to a clearing where somebody had begun to make a small woodland dwelling. The man - at least I assume it to be a man - was not there but he had already put together somewhere to sleep and appeared to be in the process of making a lounge out of a wigwam type structure, there were also the remnants of a fire that had been used a few times already and various other types of "branch scaffolding" where "construction" work was already underway.
I digress. At the foot of what was possibly his proposed kitchen type structure, he had left a rune stone. It was the rune stone for Dagaz - which is two triangles with the pointed ends facing each other. A quick search on the internet will reveal its meaning but basically Dagaz refers to a shamanic state in which polarities of energy come together. This may be a time of enlightenment and awakening. It means not only the harnessing of the powerful fire energy that gets things done, but the wisdom to best use these energies...
Being somewhat of a pagan type, I saw the rune for what it was, and as I too am currently rebuilding my life, thought the rune could be used for my own purposes, so I took it.
I then felt quite bad about taking it, so I returned to put it back where I found it. Putting my hand in my pocket, I pulled out the runestone only to find that it was a renegade Softmint (spearmint) that must have fallen out of the packet.
I rummaged out the rune as well and stood perplexed with the rune in one hand and a Softmint in the other, wondering which one the homeless man would be most pleased to see.
I chose to leave him the Softmint - and I even considered drawing a Dagaz symbol on there for him so he had the best of both worlds but didn't. I didn't think he would eat a Softmint that had been drawn on. Mind you, thinking about it now, I don't suppose he would eat a Softmint that he found on a leaf where his rune used to either. Drawn on or not.
Don't you think this would make an excellent advert? If it's not too controversial for you, maybe you could release a limited edition RuneMint - obviously with runic symbols on board.
Letting these great mints sit on shelves and fend for themselves up and down the country next to Extra Strong Mints, gum of varying standards and pretenders to the Mint Throne, is a crying shame. Why not give them a boost - even just for a little while. The RuneMint is a killer idea and well you know it!
You don't even have to stop there. You could invade other sweets' territories and do a limited edition run of, say, LoveMints - each with a different loving message on such as "Suck Me"...
Thanks for your time. I hope you enjoyed my story. It's all true.
Best regards
Sion Smith
P.S. Who came up with that "minty bit stronger" tagline? I hope he no longer works there. He probably had a degree didn't he - and earned £40k+ a year. A six year old child could have thought of that. It's truly awful and uninspired to say the least.
Maybe he got the sack and lost his home and now has to live in the woods...
