Customer Rating: 
Summary: Fun awesome magazine for the thinking minority
Comment: Ok I admit some maybe even most people either wont get it or wont like this magazine, but thats actually a plus since its my belief that less than 20% (if I am generous) of Americans even care to strain their brain while also having a good laugh.
In the May June 2006 issue there is a cool article on how to sell a kidney on the black market. Its cool because it shows what a kidney goes for in places like the Philiipines, Iraq, and some place like Bosnia-Herzegovina. 2k, 1k and 68k respectfully. Wow who knew Iraq would provide cheap kineys for transplants?
On page 48 theres a step by step guide for How to Shrink a Human Head. Not that I want to or suggest anyone want to. But it is timely since I saw a show on cable (think it was the Discovery channel) on how this was done in the past.
The Quiz section is better than the NYTime crossword puzzle and is something fun to do with other family members no matter their age, as long as they want working grey matter and have a Monty Python style sense of humor.
Did you know that Subway has more fast food restaurants in the USA than Burger King, KFC, or McDonalds? That's good because at least Subway has healthy food.
Or how many black keys are on a standard piano? Heck I wonder who thought making different coloured keys would be better than having them all the same colour.
Worth every penny this magazine is!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Mental Edge
Comment: This is a magazine for anyone who seeks stimulation, entertainment, and edification. The variety and scope of the articles will surprise and astound you. The writing is great, the pictures are excellent, and the tone of the magazine overall is unique.
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Summary: A little trepidation at first
Comment: I am a brain fitness fanatic, performing daily strengthening, stretching, focusing, and cleaning rituals to keep the old noodle in top shape. I saw this title "Mental Floss" while browsing the magazine section of Amazon.com and immediately panicked, because here was a brain-improvement technique I was unfamiliar with that seemed to be well-reviewed by the cognoscenti.
The more I thought about mental floss, the more I realized it just made sense. Sure, polishing and buffing helps keep the convolutions shiny and smooth, but what about all the fissures and sulci? And what better way is there to get into all those folds and ridges than to use floss? Thus I was determined that the next time I cleaned out my head I would floss my brain.
After carefully removing my skull-cap and peeling back the arachnoid membrane, I stared at the gleaming beige-grey mass of my exposed brain, pulled out about two feet of floss, and got to work on the great longitudinal fissure that divides the hemispheres of my brain. I figured this was the best place to start since it was relatively straight and would therefore more easily accommodate the floss. I gently scraped the internal surface of first my left, and then my right cerebral hemisphere, being careful not to scrape too deeply, lest I sever my corpus callosum and give myself an inadvertent hemispherectomy! Unlike tooth flossing, where sensitive gums serve as a warning from flossing too deeply, the brain, having no sensory apparatus, feels nothing, so a light touch is a must. Next I tackled the right superior frontal sulcus above my right eye and carefully worked the floss into the curved groove. I must have used a little too much pressure because the left side of my face became slack and I began cursing uncontrollably. I shifted the floss to better accommodate the curves and the swearing stopped, but I must have pinched a long-term memory engram because I suddenly started screaming "Mary had a little lamb", something I haven't recited since preschool.
I finished off the rest of my brain using strategically positioned mirrors to get clear views of my parietal and occipital lobes, although adjusting to the reversed mirror images required some practice; I lost my vision more than once cleaning out the occipital gyri--not a good thing to happen when cleaning out ones brain.
My brain felt refreshed after that thorough cleaning, but the difficulty in flossing such a convoluted and delicate surface would make everyday flossing impractical. At most, I would only be able to floss once every few days. Imagine my surprise, then, when I received my first issue of "Mental Floss" and found nothing in it whatsoever about flossing ones brain. Instead, I found articles and informational tidbits ranging from the very topical to the curious to the "haven't you always wondered" variety. Though chagrined at my own misunderstanding, I came to enjoy and anticipate each eclectic and oddly informative issue. I also came to realize that my brain cleaning was probably not needed and potentially harmful. I can therefore give my fullest recommendations to "Mind Floss" and at the same time caution against actual brain flossing.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Smart and entertaining
Comment: Mental Floss is a very entertaining magazine. It's full of interesting little facts and good articles presented in a way that's fun to read. I felt it took little jabs at conservatives now and then, but it wasn't enough to make me stop reading (I read the whole thing in one sitting).
Customer Rating:
Summary: As advertised...
Comment: This magazine is just what it says: Where information junkies get their fix. Great (almost always useless) information...
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