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"Did you just say utes? What's a ute?
Posted by: Braniff | July 09, 2009 at 03:06 PM
i hope i wasn't the only one who didn't know what "hooning" meant!
Posted by: Macy | July 09, 2009 at 03:06 PM
A ute, in this case, is a sport utility vehicle.
In the fair state of Utah, a Ute is a Native American. Also, the name of the U of U mascot.
Don't ask me why I know all that.
Posted by: Telecomdropout | July 09, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Utes are the University of Utah students. They are quite common in Australia, which is south of Salt Lake City. Orrin Hatch held a hearing the other day to protest their exclusion from the BCS. Hoons are followers of Geof Hoon, the former UK government minister. They are a rowdy lot of louts.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 09, 2009 at 03:23 PM
I never hoon with an ute.
Posted by: Siouxie | July 09, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Horace, I'm completely impressed by your body of knowledge. *awed*
Posted by: Diva | July 09, 2009 at 03:28 PM
Is 'ratbag' approximately equal to 'knuckle head', or does it have some special meaning in the hooning context?
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | July 09, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Because we had another Aussie "ute" story on the blog a while ago...but "hooning" was a new one.
SAMUEL JOHNSON: This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language.
EDMUND BLACKADDER: Every single one, sir?
SAMUEL JOHNSON: (confidently) Every single word, sir!
EDMUND BLACKADDER: (to Prince) Oh, well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafribblarities.
SAMUEL JOHNSON: What?
EDMUND BLACKADDER: `Contrafribblarites', sir? It is a common word down our way.
SAMUEL JOHNSON: Damn! (writes in the book)
EDMUND BLACKADDER: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anus-peptic, phrasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericombobulation.
Posted by: Allen at Division | July 09, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Allen - all of those words are perfectly cromulent.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | July 09, 2009 at 03:37 PM
*Doesn't give an ute*
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 09, 2009 at 03:40 PM
I love Blackadder, Allen. And it's where I first learned to like 'House'.
Posted by: NotSherly | July 09, 2009 at 03:44 PM
I learn so much on this blog.
Posted by: NotSherly | July 09, 2009 at 04:00 PM
My ute just hooned after trying to decipher Allen's post.
Drink, please?
Posted by: Siouxie | July 09, 2009 at 04:00 PM
a Ute is a hoomin being under age 21...according to fred gwynne, in my cousin vinny.
Posted by: queensbee | July 09, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Siouxie, if I buy you a drink, can I hoon your ute this weekend?...
Posted by: Allen at Division | July 09, 2009 at 04:16 PM
You're gonna have to do better than ONE drink, Allen. Are you joining us this weekend?? Apparently, ms. judi has started the festivities without the rest of us.
Posted by: Siouxie | July 09, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Why thanks, Siouxie. I think I will.
Posted by: Diva | July 09, 2009 at 04:20 PM
More bad news for the for the former Secretary of State for Transport.
Posted by: oneblankspace | July 09, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Well I had no idea hooning could kill. Good to know.
Posted by: Margaritaville | July 09, 2009 at 04:27 PM
Ah, Siouxie, would that I could! Raise a pint for me...and let me know just how many more drinks it would take! *wink*
Posted by: Allen at Division | July 09, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Braniff beat me to the obvious line.
Two Utes WBAGNFARB.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 09, 2009 at 04:31 PM
Thank you queensbee for recognizing my tribute to My Cousin Vinnie.
Posted by: Braniff | July 09, 2009 at 04:31 PM
As per below, it looks like hooning is any behaviour which appears to be unwarranted by the viewer.
Urban Dictionary: hoonhoon - 31 definitions - 1. To travel at speed in a confined area, or do burnouts on a public road in traffic .. 2. To show off in a dagerous manner...
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoon - Cached - Similar
Urban Dictionary: hooninghooning - 1 definition - to have sex with somebody.
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hooning - Cached - Similar
Hoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaHoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to a person who engages in loutish, anti-social behaviour. In particular, it is used to ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoon - Cached - Similar
Posted by: somedude | July 09, 2009 at 05:07 PM
I wonder why the English Language never caught on in Australia?
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 09, 2009 at 05:49 PM
To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, "Australia and America are two countries separated by a common language."
Posted by: frodolives | July 09, 2009 at 08:51 PM
*drops drawers, bends over, and hoons Insp Goddard*
*goes to bar for another beer*
Posted by: djtonyb | July 09, 2009 at 10:59 PM
"Hooning," illustrated, courtesy of rally driver Ken Block and the Subaru from hell.
The bit with the guy on the Segway is hilarious.
Posted by: Wes S. | July 10, 2009 at 01:00 AM
So doing circle work in your ute at a Batchelor and Spinisters after downing a bottle of Bundy wouldn't meam much to you Seppos.
Posted by: Regional NSW | July 10, 2009 at 02:35 AM
That's fair to say, yes.
I think.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 10, 2009 at 07:49 AM