I heard it was two utes!
Posted on 06/17/2005 8:11:08 AM PDT by sully777
A 73-year-old Victorian farmer was killed when his ute rolled over his head as he tried to retrieve a load of strawberries.
Police believe the man walked behind the vehicle to pick up some of the fruit that fell from a tray.
The accident happened near the corner of Wonga and Warranwood roads at Warranwood, near the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, shortly before noon (AEST).
When he got out to pick up the strawberries, the ute rolled backwards over him, a Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS) spokeswoman said.
"Our paramedics arrived and tried to revive him, but unfortunately he died at the scene ... from head injuries," she said.
The victim, from nearby Warrandyte, was the sole occupant of the ute. His name has not been released.
The accident took Victoria's road toll to 172, four fewer than at the same time last year.
Our native American Utes are a peaceful tribe and wouldn't hurt anybody.
Australia needs to try to get some of our Utes to immigrate.
I didn't know any American indians settled in Australia. I wonder how they get them to pick strawberries.
In a Yugo
In a Yugo
And they drove with pride
he was killed by a fat Indian?.......
Utes are Aussie for SUV.
"Two Utes!"
"What did you say Mr. Gambini?"
"Two Utes!"
"Ute? What's a Ute?"
Bribe them with fire water.
I heard it was two utes!
"Da utes your honor."
My Cousin Vinny is my wife's all-time favorite movie.
I thought that they were Australian pickup trucks.
The T.V. version isn't nearly as funny as the video tape version.
Don't ute hate when that happens?
http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/assets/images/xhvan12.jpg
If there is one Australian motoring legend, it is the ute.
The nickname for, and shortening of, the term ‘utility’, the Australian ute has been around since there were cars in Australia and the need to carry a hay bail or two around the farm. In 1934, Ford Australia were the first company in the world to offer a Coupe Utility vehicle, and are justifiably proud of the fact. These were never available in the U.K. and represent a lesser known and fascinating aspect of Ford products worldwide, the adaption of one country’s product to the market of another.
With the introduction of the Australian built Falcon, Ford offered a ute version from the outset and continue to offer ute versions of their Falcon cars right up until the present day. Every ute has been a version of the current car line, with the intriguing exception of the XG and XH.
Between 1988 and 1998, the Falcon car line consisted of the ‘E’ series, the EA, EB, ED, EF and EL, but the ute and van versions comprised the XG and XH series, which were mild styling and mechanical revisions of the XF ute. Ford indulged in this strange policy due to the evaporation of the local competition, the need to satisfy emission regulations for a car based ute rather than a commercial vehicle based ute, the availability of a spare plant which could continue producing the already developed chassis without affecting the new model car range and the inherent ‘rightness’ and popularity of the product. No doubt, there were sound commercial and money saving aspects too, but the XG and XH utes remain unique.
Ford also produced a range of vans based on the car. The initial vans of the XK - XP model were panelled in versions of the estate car, but all later versions became high top versions. In the mid seventies, with the popularity of sport and recreational vanning, Ford even sold customised vans with extending roofs and interior appointments with exciting names such as Surfsider or Sundowner...
Ute can be so fleeting.
Who keeps corruptin' the utes of australia?
Inner city slang for a youthful offender?
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