User talk:UBX/supports the All Blacks

Name sorting
Is there any way we can change the template to list users by their names instead of putting them all under "U" for "User:Namehere" ? Blarneytherinosaur 01:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Ka mate
...means "it is dead", or "it is going to die", or "it just died" or "it is terminally ill", or "it will kill (sth.)", or just "it is death". I thought y'all had a right to know. Kripto 07:10, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Ka mate
I was taught by a Māori teacher that "Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora" means "I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm alive, I'm alive". It's about the story of a Māori chief who was almost captured and killed by his enemies, but then escaped death by concealing himself in an underground pit or something like that. JCIACHNE 18:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's true. But when you take the context away, suddently it doesn't mean that. It means you have a token of your fandom emblazoned with the words "it is death". That's all. Kripto 01:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair point, I see what you mean. In any case, the "Ka Mate" haka isn't the only haka performed by the ABs even if it's the most widely known one. Do you think the phrase should be removed from the template? Most people probably don't know what "ka mate" means... JCIACHNE 05:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but the new haka isn't as good, or cool or powerful. But, more than anything, I just wanted to say that the words emblazoned across the userbox are funny words in isolation. the rest is decisions for users to make. Kripto 05:55, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

PS: go the Highlanders.

Go the Chiefs! Haha. JCIACHNE 21:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I think your team has as much chance as mine, but hope springs eternal. Kripto 22:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey anything could happen - the Blues just won against a NZ side for the first time in two years and the Crusaders just lost to a NZ side for the first time in two years. This year's Chiefs are mostly the winning Waikato team from last year's Air NZ Cup so I like their chances :) JCIACHNE 04:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Just wait till Dan Carter and Richie McCaw gets back and then my money would be on the Crusaders--Cometstyles 17:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)