Date:         Sun, 20 May 2001 15:04:32 -0700
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From:         "Umar A. Hassan" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: "Save the ' Utes' ..."
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It wasn't Joe Piscopo; it was Joe Pesci.  Fred Gwynne was the judge and
Marisa Tomei the expert witness.
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From: "JOHN BARRY" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 10:41 AM
Subject: "Save the ' Utes' ..."


> The recent origin of the fame of the term "Ute"...is the movei, "My Cousin
> Vinnie"...
>
> Joe Piscopo is a Brooklyn lawyer who goes down south to "Mississippi"(?)to
> defend his 16 year old cousin and the cousin's buddy, who were mistaken
for
> murderers and who are facing dire consequences....   (( This is a 'fit'
> script for today's sequel, wherin today's "Utes" are wrongfully charged
with
> "Being a 'Ute' imposting as "an authority figure" (what nerve!), and are,
> therefore, held to a much higher standard than would be the average
'adult'
> rec. ref....
>
> So: "Save the 'Utes'....and do not use them as an outlet for pent-up
> frustrations of the week prior....!
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Peter, (Arlo's "love child") Guthrie had  written..:
>
> No wonder we are losing refs from the Salt Lake City area when
> University of Utah Utes can be found refereeing in MA, OH, MD, and FL
> (and everywhere else, as I read the various responses :-)
>
> pbg
> --
>  (hooker, scrum half, oops, wrong sport;-)
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