This is something that I have been wanting to talk about for literal years now and now that I'm back to a some sort of stable narrative rhythm, I figured that it was finally time to do so.
"El Rincón de Morondanga" is literally my favorite section of the --now defunct-- AZ-Diez Magazine. A section so insane and full of bad advise that it was the only one written under a pseudonym, probably because it was just too wild to believe and to put one's name under.
What was about? It was about the incredibly ill-advised practises of one "Juan Morondanga" ("Morondanga" being an Argentinean slang for "something untrustworthy and/or extremely bad quality"), a character that would add a myriad of titles to his name to try and sound more professional and that would only cause kids to get in a WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE if they were dumb enough to follow his recommendations.
I loved this section dearly, as it was one of the very few that caused me to beg my parents to get the magazine for me week after week (but unlike many of the others, it hasn't aged horrendously).
I'll be posting just ONE section for now, but I promise to keep adding more if you guys like it or are just curious enough on what's to follow.
"El Rincón de Morondanga" is literally my favorite section of the --now defunct-- AZ-Diez Magazine. A section so insane and full of bad advise that it was the only one written under a pseudonym, probably because it was just too wild to believe and to put one's name under.
What was about? It was about the incredibly ill-advised practises of one "Juan Morondanga" ("Morondanga" being an Argentinean slang for "something untrustworthy and/or extremely bad quality"), a character that would add a myriad of titles to his name to try and sound more professional and that would only cause kids to get in a WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE if they were dumb enough to follow his recommendations.
I loved this section dearly, as it was one of the very few that caused me to beg my parents to get the magazine for me week after week (but unlike many of the others, it hasn't aged horrendously).
I'll be posting just ONE section for now, but I promise to keep adding more if you guys like it or are just curious enough on what's to follow.
Quote:February 13, 1997:
SAD? WORRIED? DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THAT IS GOING TO IMPROVE BY READING THIS SECTION.
WAITINGS OF MORONDANGA:
How awful are waiting rooms on hospitals and clinics! You always have to wait an eternity to see your doctor or dentist. And what do you have to entertain yourself with? Some old magazines, usually so old and crumbly and so handled that you don't even wanna touch them anyway. But don't despair! The waiting can actually be quite entertaining. Try some of these tips:
1) Searching footies
Ask all of those who are waiting to get barefoot and then have them all (except one) put a blindfold on. For that last step, use whatever you happen to find in there: handkerchiefs, socks (you are shoeless anyway...) or even scraps of toilet paper from the bathroom.
Ask the one who's not blindfolded to scatter all the footwear around the room (on broken pairs) and all the rest to look for them. The bathroom is fair game too, but the toilet is not. The one who hid all the shoes has to put on a blindfold too after that and then spin around a few times to get disoriented.
Shout "GO!" and begin the search, feeling with your feet and putting on whatever you find.
Don't go around crashing into each other, because some of the players would not be as familiar with the environment as the rest and we don't want them headbutting walls or to be having doorknobs for lunch (hospital or not). Tell everyone when you are done. The last one to find shoes loses.
Remove all your blindfolds and look at your feet. It could turn into quite the spectacle! With old, fat businessmen sporting high heels, kids with giant shoes, teens pushing back tears because they ended up grabbing baby shoes, some very confused fella wearing an ashtray because reasons...
2) Magazine War!
Roll up all the magazines found in the waiting room. Form two teams and let the battle begin! Maybe some old person would refuse to play at first. Be democratic: vote and, if the majority still wants to play, he would have to put up with it. Target him a few times, he'll eventually have to defend himself.
~ Professor Juan Morondanga.
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