What the ... mookishness?!?!?!?

I have had to be at an airport 3 days in the last week. In all 3 days I ran into a mook. Ok, I ran  into way too many mooks because people tend to forget everything and become a mook at an airport but these 3 stand out.

Three days in a row I ran into this behaviour. As I approached the first door to enter the airport someone (a woman in all 3 times) was standing in front of the door. I would make eye contact with them and wait. They would just stand there. I would open the door and wait. Nothing would happen. I would say "Excuse me." and they would blink and say "Oh, I didn't see you there,"

Seriously? You fucking stupid moron! You are BLOCKING the doorway to enter the airport! Yet you are surprised that someone wants to enter. Ok, I didn't say that. I sucked it in not to tell someone that she is a fucking mook and that will haunt me for a few days. Or minutes. Or fuck you.

As soon as I entered and passed them they went back to blocking the doorway. There is really nothing you can say to get a moron of that magnitude to change their ways.

Fucking mooks.

What the ... shooting?!?!?

This could also be called What the ,,, media whore?!?!?!? What the .... asshole got shot?!?!/

As I have droned on about before, people are morons and a lot of them are media whores, They will do anything to get attention. Case in point is an "Internet Sensation" by the name of Tyrone Jones.

Mr. Jones is one of many YouTubers who pull pranks or do "social experiments" and post them online. Mr. Jones type of prank is to go up to a couple and, aggressively, letting them know he is going to have intercourse with the wife/gf. In one of the videos I saw he walks up to a couple about to enter their building and shouts "I am Tyrone and I am gonna fuck your wife!" Wow. That is so funny. NOT!

This is entertainment?!?!?!?

It worries me when people refer to assholes like Tyrone Jones as "street performers". Seriously? Walking up to strangers and getting in their faces telling them you are going to fuck their wife is street performance? What the fuck?!?!?!

The fact he is considered an "internet sensation" is also disturbing.

So, a few days ago, Jonesy was doing his "street performance" to Darnell Williams and his wife in Houston. He was on Williams property. According to eyewitnesses Jones was his usual self, aggressive, profane, "I am going to fuck your wife". Williams told him to leave 3 times. Jones and his crew didn't so Williams pulled out a 9mm and shot Jones in the chest 3 times.

Then Jones "crew" ran up yelling it was just a prank. Just a prank. Yeah, right. 911 was called and hilarity ensued. What a great prank!

Fortunately?, Jones lived. Odds are he will learn nothing from this and continue his "street performance". Jones will be charged with Criminal Trespass when he is released.

Williams is under arrest and being charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. IF Jones approached him like he normally does and refused to leave the assault charge should be dropped. Hell, I hope the second charge gets dropped even though it is justified.

What the fuck is up with people? It is just a prank. I am doing a social experiment. No, you are being a fucktard. And this fucktard almost got killed.

What the ... fraudster?!?!?

Mike Duffy. Former CTV  Political reporter. Opinion man. Now a Senator for Prince Edward Island. And of course a liar who has defrauded the Government of over $40,000.

How? Well, Senators who live away from their home are allowed $21,000 a year to defray their living expenses in Ottawa. Even though Mikey lived in Ontario for decades before he was appointed a Senator for PEI. He has claimed his cottage in PEI as his home. However, that is just one of the many problems with his residency claim.

1) He lived in the Ottawa area for DECADES BEFORE he was appointed as a Senator for PEI. In fact, he lived in his current home there long before he was appointed.

2) He has NO health card for PEI. After being told to produce proof of residency he had a staffer contact the relevant PEI Minister's office to try and get the process to APPLY for a health card fast tracked. APPLY for one, NOT get one renewed!

3) He isn't even registered as a voter in PEI. Elections Canada confirmed he is on the rolls for where he lives in Ontario.

4) His driver's license ... Ontario.

5) PEI lists him as a non-resident making him ineligible for the Resident Tax Credit there.

On top of that he has claimed over $147,000 in travel expenses, allegedly to and from PEI, since September of 2010. Yet he isn't there enough during the span of a year to be considered a resident.

What a piece of shit. A Senate appointment is a ticket to the gravy train. You hold it for life. This liar then uses it to bilk more money out of the government. Any wonder why people have low opinions of politicians?

Out of the mouth of a moron.

I was walking the dog in the park as usual this morning when a dog came charging up the trail. Yeah, no surprise, another dog mook in the park.

My dog was ready to GO, large dog charging at him, so I stayed between the two. The moron's dog wouldn't listen to his demands to go to him. I told him to leash his dog and get him away. As he did that I had to chastise him.

"You realize this IS a fucking on leash park don't you?" I snarled.

"Ummm. Yeah. It is."

"Then keep your dog on a leash."

"He doesn't need to. He listens."

At that point I lost it. "You fucking stupid mook. You stood back there calling him and your dog NEVER listened. You had to come up here and leash him and force him away. And you have the fucking balls to say he listens? Mooks like you should never be allowed to have a dog."

He had that deer in the headlight look them sputtered. "What did you call me?"

"A mook. A fucking stupid mook." (Yeah, calling someone a stupid mook is redundant.)

He got an angry look and said "You are racist!"

At this point I had to start laughing at him. He reminded me of Anonyjohn. I laughed some more and said "A mook is a selfish, stupid, and rude person. What the fuck do you think I said?"

"I thought you said monkey."

"Yeah. M-o-o-k sounds like M-o-n-k-e-y. Fuck you are a moron. And you are white. If I wanted to make a racial slur about you it wouldn't be to call you a monkey."

At that point he decided leaving was the thing to do.


What a fucking mook.

What the ... textard?!?!?

So I am at Staples to get some ink and paper for the printer. There is one woman ahead of me. As she puts her credit card in to have the chip read she whips out her phone and starts reading and answering a text. Her transaction is complete and she is still typing away on her phone. The clerk removes her card from the machine and sets her stuff down in front of her and she is still on her phone. The clerk has to take my stuff from me because there is no space on the counter because this textard is STILL texting away on her phone. My stuff is rung through and the clerk can't set it down because this bimbo is STILL on her phone.

Finally I have enough and say "Do you mind doing that elsewhere? I would like to [pay for my stuff and leave."

The woman barely looks up, grabs her stuff, and leaves in a huff still texting away. What a fucktard.

Bottom of the fucking food chain.

One of the top stories right now is about the death of a man in Quebec. He was "couch surfing". My reaction was ... what the hell is couch surfing?

These brain trusts hook a couch up to their vehicle and pull it down the road. The stupider of the group will "surf" on it. I suppose it is the next illogical step for the morons who were into planking.

The fucktards in the article ended up causing an accident. A driver in the other lane ended up hitting the couch. Now one of the fucktards is dead. The fucktard who was driving is now being charged with hit and run causing death, dangerous driving, and criminal negligence causing death. He had fled the scene.

The person I feel sorry for is the driving of the car that ended up hitting the couch. He will have to live his life dealing with what happened, even though it was the stupidity of the morons who caused it all.

I hope the idiot who was driving gets the maximum penalty.

DoOks

I love walking the dog. He loves walking. Unfortunately, he gets aggressive when on leash. Aggressive or protective. Or some kind of combination. Off leash, at Camp Bow Wow he is fine. On leash he will be good nose to nose and then he gets a snappy (at the air by them not at them directly). Grizzly was really head shy when we first adopted him and although he has gotten better about it he is still defensive. So, I always warn other dog walkers and there has never been a problem ... with other dogs on leash.

It is the dog mooks who insist on letting their dogs off leash in areas that are NOT designated off leash that are a problem. It is nice that your dog is good off leash and you know he is friendly. MY dog gets upset when strange dogs rush into his space and face.

I had a run in with a DoOok the other day. His dog, a big shepherd, was off leash and came charging up the path. He yelled for it to come back and the dog didn't listen. My dog saw this big fella running at him and was ready to fight. I had to control Grizzly and at the same time get between the dogs, which isn't a good place to be.

Needless to say I yelled at the guy to get his dog under control ... or else. He managed to get his dog and back off. Then he made the mistake of getting chirpy with me. "My dog is friendly." "There was no harm." "Nothing would have happened." "No need to yell at me I know how to handle my dog." Stupid fucking mook.

I told him off in no uncertain terms. He didn't seem to appreciate that. When I pulled out my cell phone and called Animal Control he decided it was time to shut up and leave.

All of this happened pretty much under one of the several signs in the park that say pets must be on leash at all times. Fucking DoOoks.

Nice gesture but ....

The picture below has been circulating on Facebook with feel good taglines like: There is still hope left in the world with stuff like this.

While I like to see it and applaud the Dry Cleaning store for their generosity to those in need the cynic in me starts shouting. I immediately think of the people who will abuse the generosity of the dry cleaner.

This isn't just based on conjecture. It is based on my own experiences helping those in need and the lengths fucktards will go to abuse the generosity of others. I used to help the outreach program at my Mother's church at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. They would provide food baskets for the dinners and in the case of Christmas presents for all of the family members. The number of people trying to take advantage of it, such as get more than they need/deserve or falsify their need, made me sick.

Some of the worst abusers were getting assistance from multiple sources. Seriously, how many fucking turkey dinners do the greedy fucktards really need? Some were discovered to be getting them from FOUR different sources. Each extra one they got meaning one less for families that really needed them.

One leech even went so far as to claim our next door neighbour as her parents and tried to use their address. She wanted to pick the stuff up and not have it delivered. Fortunately, we knew our neighbours. An elderly couple from Quebec who had NO kids living in Nova Scotia. Thei ONLY child being a son who lived in Montreal.

The fucktard actually tried arguing that the address was right and they were her parents. The argument ended when I took the phone and said fine, I will be at their house waiting for you to show up for the Christmas Basket. Bitch never showed. Turns out she was scamming my mother's church, the local food bank, and the Metro food bank.

Unfortunately, scum like that ruin it for those who want to help and those who need the help. People get scammed by them or hear about it and don't want to help anymore. Which screws over the families that really need and deserve the help.

I applaud the dry cleaner but I expect some fucktard will quickly take advantage of their generosity ruining things for those in need.

Water Mooks

I was going to write this up as a Mook of the Week post but it concerns things that happened a month or more back and more than one mook. It concerns a breed of Mooks I called Water Mooks. They take their stupidity to the water and often end up endangering others. Especially those would risk their lives to try and save such obvious morons.

In mid-August I took my Brother and his wife to Peggy's Cove. The waves at Peggy's Cove are notorious, even when there is no storm, for dragging idiots who get to close to the edge of the water out to sea. On a clear day some big waves crash in there. Even though there are warnings some idiots ignore them and go to the edge. These mooks actually take their kids within reach of the waves.

The Mooks in the picture below actually came pretty close to going for a swim. See where the rock that juts out into the water is dark and wet? They were there when the wave rolled in and if they had been a little slower they would have ended up smacked around by it. And the cunning stunt brought his kids!

In early September we caught the edge of a Hurricane. Waves in some areas were 5+ metres high. Even when the waves weren't present the storm surge created a nasty rip tide. Many people, myself included, went to see the waves. From a safe distance. Some idiots, Water Mooks, mainly surfers, actually went into the water.

The following pictures are from a group of these Mooks at Lawrencetown beach.

Then you have the following Mooks at Cow Bay the same evening. The idiot in the first few pictures was having a lot of trouble reaching the shore. He was still bobbing out there when we left.

He was part of a larger group and had gotten washed away from them.

The next day I heard that the RCMP water rescue team had to go out and rescue a surfer. I wouldn't be surprised if it was this idiot.

Fine, you want to put your own life in danger go for it. You are the bottom of the food chain and deserve what you get. Unfortunately, others will put their life in danger to try and rescue these idiots from a situation they shouldn't be in.

Maybe the guy who owns the restaurant at Peggy's Cove doesn't want to judge this type of idiots but I will. They are a bunch of fucking mooks!

Here comes another one ..... Nathan Kotylak

And another one mook from the Vancouver riot has been ID'd. Nathan Kotylak, future Olympian and World Class Mook. Nathan is 17 and was on Canada's junior water polo team. Word is he has been suspended pending a review.

According to CBC Newsworld Nathan's father said while it is him in the picture he didn't do it. Wow. That clears everything up then. His father also said;

"He added he wishes his older son had been there that night to look out for his 17-year-old and described the photo as "misleading."

He is on video and was photographed putting a rag into the police car gas tank and lighting it, as well as participating in the riot, but hey that is misleading. Nathan is innocent. Yet another parent with their head up their ass. We have already seen how your parenting has worked on Nathan. why should anyone expect his brother to act differently?

Then you have this;

A family member told The Province that the media should be cautious about feeding into the lynch-mob mentality which is occurring on Internet sites as a result of the astonishing pictures.

The person said the youth was egged on by the crowd and noted that the young man is currently under a great deal of pressure.

Poor baby, he is currently under pressure ... and who exactly created the pressure?

According to the latest reports in the news, from the father, Nathan is going to "do the right thing" and turn himself in. Do the right thing? Not being a fucking mook and rioting would have been doing the right thing. And how about "going to turn himself in"? Are we supposed to believe he would have done the right things if the photos hadn't surfaced? They make it sound like like turning himself in now, well after the fact, is some great act of nobility. While at teh same time they try to deny he did anything wrong.

To Nathan and his family I say this. I understand he is your kin and you feel you have to defend him and try to protect him, but take some fucking responsibility and quit making excuses!

I remember when I was 17 and what my father would have done if I had torched a car and rioted. I would have been turning myself in rather than facing him! Luckily, my parents raised me better than Nathan's so I never had to go through that.

There are a couple of sites I have found that are working on bringing as many of these mooks into the public light as they can. Public Shaming Eternus and Name That Criminal. Both are worth a look.

Don't you hate it when ...

Don't you hate it when your friend acts like a mook?

I was going to meet some friends for coffee tonight, one of them was picking me up. Long story short, my mother had a health related incident and I would rather make sure she is ok tonight than go out. So, I call my friend who is picking me up, get voice mail, and leave him a message explaining things around 2PM.

He calls while I am out mowing the lawn after supper so I call him back when I am done. Voice mail again. I leave a message that I am going to hop in the shower and call in 30+ minutes. Of course he calls while I am in the shower. Mind you I knew he would, as Koreans would say, that is his style. He leaves a message saying his phone will be on, call when I can.

I call, and get his fucking voice mail again. I leave a message AGAIN retsating what happened and that I am not going. End of the tale? No.

He calls me at 8PM to say he will be on his way to pick me up in a few minutes. He hadn't even listened to his fucking voice mail! He had no clue I wasn't going. He hadn't even listened to the message I left him SIX hours earlier! Why even have voice mail if you don't check it? Then again why say "call my phone will be on and you won't get sent to voice mail" when you obviously didn't do that?

It has been a stressful day and I really didn't need the extra stupidity.

Mook of the Week

Today seems to be the day to do Mooks and Mutts. Last week on the way to my brother's we encountered one of the most mooktastic fucktards I have ever seen with a dog.

This stupid piece of shit we will call Black Tacoma EPS 586, was driving along in his black Tacoma pick up with his German Shepherd IN BACK. Not only is it illegal here it is fucking insane! If he took a sharp turn , stopped quickly, or got into an accident the dog is at the least hurt.

As if that wasn't bad enough, and it doesn't show up in the pictures, the asshole had the dog TIED to the left side of the truck! So, if something happened, the dog would be thrown and have his neck snapped by the god damn rope! What a complete fucking idiot.

I could see a cunning stunt like this driving around with his kids in the back of the truck too. Wouldn't be surprised if he tied a rope around their neck convinced it would make for a safer ride.

EPS 586 you aren't just a mook of the highest order you are someone I hope to find when I am driving the car. Some people should not have pets.

What the ... things you don't say 3?!?!?!?

I was walking the dog yesterday which is nothing new. We walk 3 times a day, sometimes 4. Lately we have been going for even longer walks. The tumour on his leg is getting bigger but it still doesn't inhibit him. He still has a good quality of life and until the tumour starts to ulcerate or he doesn't want to walk any more, life goes on. He is a happy dog and loved. But I digress.

We ended up running into a friend of my mom's on the way home last night. An older man, who saw the tumour and just felt he had to say

"The tumour is a lot bigger. I would have had him put down by now."

Why the fuck would you say something like that? Fine it is bigger than the last time you saw it but you have to say you would have the dog put down? Luckily, it isn't your decision. Here you have an old man, whose mobility is limited due to age and arthritis. A man who could kick off at any time and he feels he has to chime in and say he would have the dog put down. My reply

"Good thing you aren't my grandfather. I would have had you put down by now."

And we went home. I expect bitching from my mother but stand by what I said. Fucking mooks.

What the ... Things You Don't Say 2 ??!?!?

My dog is dying. He has cancer. It is inoperable. It is just a matter of time. He has a huge growth on one leg but it doesn't hurt and he still loves to walk. If he doesn't get 3 walks a day he lets you know he isn't happy.

The other day we were out for a walk and ran into a couple. They seemed nice and he LOVES attention. He is an attention whore. Can't get enough. One of the friendliest dogs we have ever had.

They saw the growth and asked about it. That is when the crazy comes out. Now, I don't care what religion a person is or what they believe in. My belief is that if it makes you a good person it is good. If it makes you a bad person it is bad. If it tells you to sacrifice babies or shit like that you have serious problems. I understand people believe in faith healing, shakras, and different kinds of stuff. More power to them. But when you meet someone you don't know and their dog is terminal don't start peddling faith healing.

The woman started going on about how she wished she had her crystals with her and could do a cleansing ceremony for the dog. Then she went on about some other new age mumbo jumbo. What the hell?!?!?

If someone I knew started going off like that I would probably tell them off. Politely, but tell them off nonetheless. They might mean well, they might believe in it, but that doesn't mean everyone does.

So here is someone I don't know peddling their version of crazy. Maybe it was something in my face that warned them it was time to leave. I was trying hard not to tell her off. She wasn't trying to be mean, I don't think. In her mind I am sure she thought she was being nice and helpful. One of my friends always said that when I am truly pissed off I get a "Charles Manson" look that just says "life as you know it is about to end". He has seen it, towards others, a couple of times. Maybe I got that look. Whatever it was, they quickly said bye and left.

You would think common sense would tell a person not to peddle crazy to strangers. When did common sense become so uncommmon?

What the ... Things You Don't Say??!?!?

I was talking some friends about the idiot making the weight comment Saturday morning. We started talking about some of the stupid things we have heard people say that they didn't need to. Whether they were right or just rude they should have kept it to themselves.

One friend, S, was at a funeral Friday. A friend's son had committed suicide. S's mother died 4 weeks ago and was buried 3 weeks ago so that is still raw with her. Someone she knew at the funeral looked at her and said "At least your mother was 78 when she died." What a mook. I know what they meant, "Your mother lived a full life." because the funeral was for a 16 year old ... BUT ... you just don't need to say it, especially there and that close to her mother's death.

S went on to relate an incident at the hospital while her mother was comatose just before the end. She comes from a big Italian family so there were kids, grandkids, uncles, aunts, cousins visiting. A group of them were there to sit by her bed and a nurse walks in. She says "What? There is a party and I wasn't invited?"

S said her one of her brothers lost it and kicked the nurse out of the room. Then complained to the head nurse and said he didn't want that woman near his mother again. I can't say that I blame him.

It reminded me of the morning my father died. He died in his bed with family around him. A nurse was around for nights just in case. Dad wasn't dead a minute when this ditz says "What a beautiful death." I know what she meant, he died surrounding by family that loved him, but you just don't need to say that at taht moment. One of my sister-in-laws got her out of the room and the house.

Kind of like my Korean friend who walked up to a guy and said "You are black. You are a nigger." Leaving the racist aspect of it out do you really have to tell someone what colour their skin is?

When young kids make similar comments it easy to excuse them, and use at as a chance to teach them something, because at their age they don't know any better. These kind of mooks are adults and SHOULD know better.

Some people just don't think. They are mooks and stupidity is universal. They might have meant well. It might have seemed funny to them. But they just don't need to make their comments and 9 times out of 10 it was only funny to them.

Mook of the Week

Actually this should be Mooks of the Week.

My mother and I had to go into Halifax. Actually, the other side of Halifax. On the way back we came upon a garbage truck making pick ups. The street was windy and going down a hill to the Bedford Highway. Visibility wasn't good because of the turns in the street. Add to that the solid line indicating no passing.

Mom decides to wait for the truck to move a bit since she can see cars coming up the hill. This caused the mooks behind us to get pissed off.

This stupid cocksucker actually blasted his horn at us while heading INTO oncoming traffic! Unfortunately I couldn't get liscence plates because of the glare. If we could see the car coming you know the moron in the truck could.

We moved a bit before the truck stopped again. Even being behind the truck we could see more cars coming up the other side.

This idiot actually started passing the cars behind us, he wasn't the one right behind us he was about 3 cars back, while everyone was moving. The garbage truck had just stopped.

Even though they could see the cars coming these assholes decided to tromp on the gas and pass.

The truck on the left actually had to pull to the side and stop because assholes like this mook decided it was their right to pass in the no pass zone while traffic was coming.

It was mooks on parade in Halifax. A parade I wish I had missed. I also wish the glare hadn't been so bad then I would have had some tags to put up too. Morons like that shouldn't be allowed on the road.

Don't you hate it when ...

... you run into stupid people and don't have our camera?

Today is a good example of that. I was out walking the dogs with my mom. We are coming up to a crosswalk and there is woman, kids in the car, yapping on her cell phone as she makes a turn.

I was just commenting on it to my mom, and the fact that I didn't have my camera, when another car pulls up. The guy driving is yapping on his cell phone and his dog is half out the back passenger window. He also makes the turn yapping away. I said to my mom"He is on a bloody cellphone. Jackass."

He heard and took offence. He slammed on his brakes, just out of the intersection, and shouts "What did you say?"

"I glared at him and said "I said 'He is on a cellphone. What a jackass.' Why?"

He huffed and drove off. I don't know why he was upset. It isn't like I lied or called him a racial epithet. I called him for what he is, a jackass. He is lucky my mom was with me or I would have told him he was a fucking moron. (I try not to swear around mom.) If he is that sensitive to jackass his head would have exploded at that.

He proved just how much of a jackass he is by slamming on his brakes and stopping where he did. His dog could have gone flying out the window or he could have caused an accident.

I guess my answer satisfied him. He didn't lip off. He just drove off. Truth hurts eh? Jackass.

Moronic Drivers

There are some glaring differences between drivers in Korea and those in Canada. One aspect is how they deal with stop lights.

Many Koreans will simply ignore them. If there is nothing coming they will simply drive through. some drivers will go through even if something is coming. They won't even try to slow down let alone stop for the red. Usually, they will beep their horn as they speed toward the read light. Waiting is not in their play book.

If you are stopped for the red that can lead to problems. Drivers behind you, especially taxi drivers, will often start blasting their horn because they want you to run the red light. Or they want you to at least pull out into the intersection so they can go around you or make a right hand turn. If you ignore them the honking will continue. Sometimes it is accompanied by yelling and screaming. I have even seen them follow through the light when it goes green and then cut off the person who waited. All the while screaming at them.

Here it seems to be the opposite. Some drivers are SO damn slow to move when the light turns green. This isn't so bad when you are going straight through or making a right hand turn. When you have to make a left on a flashing green it can be frustrating. Especially at rush hour.

It is like they are in their own little world when the light changes. They sit there. No one beeps. Then they move after a few seconds. Mind you this doesn't happen with just the first driver. Often drivers behind are just as slow.

Now I am not saying everyone should nail the gas and tear out as soon as the light changes. However, if only 2-3 cars get through a flashing light that 7-8 SHOULD have been able to easily get through then there are some class A mooks screwing everyone else over.

A part of me wants to see what would happen when you get the two types of drivers together. A Korean driver behind one of these snail like Canadian idiots. I wonder who`s head would explode first? My money would be on the Korean driver but you never know.

What is a mook?

A friend recently asked me what exactly a mook is. When I first heard the term mook I thought it was short for monkey. I didn't like it that much. It seemed like a racist and pejorative term.

Then I remembered that I had heard the word before in older movies and period books. Especially the old gangster movies. It wasn't uncommon to hear people referred to as mooks or stupid mooks. In my mind it meant someone who was stupid and lacked manners. "Wipe your shoes before entering you mook." "Look at those mooks causing trouble."

Last year I found myself wondering about the precise definition of mook. Being the victim of a PC culture I worried that it might actually be racist or nasty. Thanks to the internet age I didn't have to open a dictionary I went to their website.

Merriam Webster defines mook as a slang term from the 1930's. It refers to a foolish, insignificant, or contemptible person. Wiktionary defined it as a disagreeable or incompetent person. Pretty close to what i thought it meant.

I also found reference to it as a movie/game term. It is a slang term for the hordes of standard-issue, disposable bad guys whom the hero mows down with impunity. Also called "goons," "scrubs," "drones," "flunkies," "pawns," "crunchies," "popcorn," "grunts," "minions," "lackeys," "underlings," "henchpersons," and "Cannon Fodder;" in Japanese, the word is "zako." Sometimes, Mooks will act more as comic relief than an actual menace, having their jeeps flipped in the air, tripping back into their own traps, etc. (The Trade Federation droids in the Star Wars prequels are a good example here.) Still kind of close to what I thought mook meant.

Urban Dictionary gave some interesting definitions too. The most popular definition of it on UD is:

A term coined by Douglas Rushkoff in an episode of PBS's "Frontline" entitled "The Merchants of Cool." Mooks are archetypal young males(teens-early 20s) who act like moronic boneheads. They are self centered simpletons who live a drunken frat-boy lifestyle(or are frat-boys). Examples can be found anytime someone watches "Jackass." Rushkoff claimed that the media glorifies this ideal and stifles natural self expression, however, some people might argue teenage boys have always acted like morons(its actually a long-standing stereotype). Nonetheless, standardized conformist dumbass-culture behind a veneer of exhuberance is a scary notion indeed. Opposite of Mooks areMidriffs; oxymoronic innocent skanks who are modeled after Britney Spears.

The second most common UD definition is:

Coined in the Scorsese film, 'Mean Streets', meaning an arsehole or loser.

The third definition on UD was the most familiar:

(noun) 1: A male adolescent or young adult exhibiting an unpleasant, self-centered attitude, formed during a sheltered upbringing. 2: One who revels in their own ignorance.

All of those definitions have something in common. They refer to someone who is stupid,or acts stupidly, and tends to be rude.That is what I base the use of the term mook on. It is someone who acts stupidly and rudely. Someone who by their words and actions shows themself to be a fool. Especially someone who seems to take pride in their ignorance.

Mooks are universal. It doesn't matter what country you are in you WILL find mooks. You may run into more mooks in one place than another but you will find them.

Mook of the Week

A first for this Blog but not for my Korean Blog. I would be remiss if I didn't point out Canadian Mooks when I encounter them. There seem to be less than in South Korea for some reason though.

As mentioned in a previous post I recently went on a road trip. The going was pretty smooth on the way down to Digby but on the way back I ran into, not literally, 3 of the same kind of mook.

The speed limit was 100 to 110 KPH. The mooks in front of me were doing from 80-90 KPH, usually 80ish, and no more. That is until you had the chance to pass them. A lot of the highway is 2 lane. There are passing lanes along the way and of course the old dotted line down the center. Whenever the opportunity arose to pass the asshole (and the other 2) would speed up as soon as you got close. As soon as the opportunity to pass ended they would slow down again. Thus forcing you to REALLY speed to get past them at the next opportunity, or run them off the road and kick the shit out of them if the survived. I choose the former as there is not usually jail time involved. The first two mooks I was only behind for 10-15 minutes. Bad enough but no THAT bad.

Now this mook , Mr. (or Mrs. or Ms.) Nova Scotia license plate CED 559 in his (or her) piece of shit red Hyundai Sonata, was the worst of the three mooketeers. I was behind him the longest. Probably 25 minutes. At one point I was up to 130 to pass and the asshole matched it. Then slowed down.

I saw a turn off for Kentville and had wanted to stop there for coffee. My luck seemed to be changing for the better. This idiot would drive off and I would get coffee. Nope! At the last minute the piece of shit cut in front of to use the exit. Not only did the mook almost cause accidents when people tried to pass they had to try and cause one at the exit. When we got to the stop light I got my digital camera from my Uncle (who already turned it on) and snapped this picture. (And forgot about it until looking at some of the pictures from the trip today.)

The mook is actually lucky. 10 years ago I would have followed them from the light until they stopped and confronted them. I guess I have mellowed a bit over time.

You, the driver of the piece of shit Hyundai Sonata license plate CED 559 ... you are a fucking mook and a menace to all who drive in Nova Scotia. Just like the mookette in South Korea whose stupidity and selfishness caused the death of 12 people and injury of 12 more. I hope you stop driving or smarten up before YOU kill someone.