Do you know "Maori?"

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 12:29 PM

Half the people in my office have never heard of the Maori. This kind of stuff drives me batshit! Did everybody sleep through Social Studies but me? Shouldn't this be part of general, common knowledge?

lookout123 · 07-22-2008, 12:38 PM

I could google it, but it doesn't sound like something I'll use in day to day life so I'll just wait for someone here to explain it to me.

bluecuracao · 07-22-2008, 12:46 PM

Cloud, you should have made it a public poll. So we could make fun of people 'n' stuff.

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 01:03 PM

not that mean

SteveDallas · 07-22-2008, 01:22 PM

"Maori . . ... I've just met a girl named Maori . . .. ."

Griff · 07-22-2008, 01:31 PM

You need to quit that job Cloud. You'll be reading People Magazine and watching NASCAR next.

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 01:33 PM

ah, but where else could I be accepted in all my arrogant nerdiness, laughing along with the good-natured teasing of my friends aka co-workers?

wisdom and knowledge drop as pearls from my lips . . . I stamp out ignorance in my wake . . .

AHHH! TAKE THAT IGNORANCE! BE GONE!

glatt · 07-22-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Half the people in my office have never heard of the Maori. This kind of stuff drives me batshit! Did everybody sleep through Social Studies but me? Shouldn't this be part of general, common knowledge?

Yes, I do, but I never learned about them in school. I first learned of them from the movie "The Piano" and then later I learned a bit more when I visited New Zealand and visited a Maori church on the Otago Peninsula.

This is a tattoo question, isn't it?

classicman · 07-22-2008, 02:16 PM

So... Whats a maori? lol

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 02:17 PM

not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand.

Lookout's comment about not needing this knowledge in real life is typical of some of the responses I'm getting. This saddens me in a very personal way.

Shoulda been a social studies teacher. Do they even teach that anymore?

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 02:19 PM

Maoris are the indigenous people of New Zealand. (or, at least, they were there when the Europeans came)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=maori&gbv=2

barefoot serpent · 07-22-2008, 02:26 PM

oh yeah, the Jimi Hendrix song: The Wind Cries Maori

footfootfoot · 07-22-2008, 02:35 PM

Who are the Maori, not what.

SteveDallas · 07-22-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand.

Wait, hold on a minute... I'm all for edjumacation and stuff, but this sounds very random. If you had had a different teacher, from, say, Philadelphia, and he told stories about the Mummers, would you now know about the Maori? Would you care?

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 02:42 PM

A bit random, yeah. But yes, even if I had a different teacher I would know--that was not the only context in which they have appeared in my life. And I would care.

View Poll Results: Do you know "Maori"?
Sure, I know what the Maori are. Doesn't everyone?	35	89.74%
What? Is that someone's name? A singing group?	2	5.13%
Have some vague notion, but not too sure . . .	2	5.13%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

07-22-2008, 12:29 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Do you know "Maori?" Half the people in my office have never heard of the Maori. This kind of stuff drives me batshit! Did everybody sleep through Social Studies but me? Shouldn't this be part of general, common knowledge? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 12:38 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I could google it, but it doesn't sound like something I'll use in day to day life so I'll just wait for someone here to explain it to me. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-22-2008, 01:03 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not that mean __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 01:31 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You need to quit that job Cloud. You'll be reading People Magazine and watching NASCAR next. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-22-2008, 12:46 PM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Cloud, you should have made it a public poll. So we could make fun of people 'n' stuff.

07-22-2008, 01:22 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	"Maori . . ... I've just met a girl named Maori . . .. ."

07-22-2008, 01:33 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ah, but where else could I be accepted in all my arrogant nerdiness, laughing along with the good-natured teasing of my friends aka co-workers? wisdom and knowledge drop as pearls from my lips . . . I stamp out ignorance in my wake . . . AHHH! TAKE THAT IGNORANCE! BE GONE! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 02:16 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	So... Whats a maori? lol __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-22-2008, 02:17 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand. Lookout's comment about not needing this knowledge in real life is typical of some of the responses I'm getting. This saddens me in a very personal way. Shoulda been a social studies teacher. Do they even teach that anymore? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 02:19 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the answer Maoris are the indigenous people of New Zealand. (or, at least, they were there when the Europeans came) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=maori&gbv=2 __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 02:26 PM	#12
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	oh yeah, the Jimi Hendrix song: The Wind Cries Maori __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

07-22-2008, 02:35 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Who are the Maori, not what. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-22-2008, 02:42 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	A bit random, yeah. But yes, even if I had a different teacher I would know--that was not the only context in which they have appeared in my life. And I would care. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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