girls: what's the lamest pickup line u've got from a guy at robotics comp?

[team66t-money]

<psst.. Guys.. learn from these strange collection of words these females speak. When you are able to get inside their heads, you will either A) Learn a lot, and learn how to talk to them and thus lead to a relationship and/or a life long friendship, or.. B) Learn way to much, and end up running away screaming. - Either way, it'll be a learning experience. And if you learn nothing else in FIRST, at least learn how to interact socially. Because, even if you don't go into a Science, Technology, or Engineering career (as is the whole (original) basis if FIRST) when you grow up, you will still need to know how to socially interact.>

:cool: Trust me.

It's so funny u said that cause thats exactly what i am doing (B) taking to much in and running away it is amazing that somepeople would do stuff like this i have never used a pick up line in all the years i have been dating just the girls(not to sound big headed ) come to me for some odd reason. Travis

[team66t-money]

and number 2 it is amazing that this thread has been going for 3 years notice first date on the beginning of the thread. Travis

[Shu Song]

OMG! This thread is still going? Geez, the last time I checked was in 2003. whoa.....

I haven't had any learn-too-much-and-run-away-screaming experiences with any girl that I've ever talked to. The key is to have patience, gotta always listen to what they have to say.

[Petey]

Here is one I'd suggest using:

"Is your name Gillette? Because you look like the best a man can get!"

--Petey

[loudchick4706]

omg boys are so terrible at the competitions.they can be very iritating. one time these guys(i wont say any names)followed me and my best friend around the OCCRA competition all day.they were the biggest pains.but besides irritating boys at competitions i really enjoy being there.its a lot of fun and you meet some really great people.im really looking forward to my teams first event.im sure i will meet some cool people.hopefully i wont get harassed this year.LOL!!

[anna~marie]

okay, this happened to my pit-mate at buckeye this weekend:

while scouting, a guy asks for her name (which was acceptable and expected) and then goes "question number 15, whats your number?"
the sad part was, she gave it to him :rolleyes:

[Goobergunch]

The following content is taken from the Friarbot.com stories page (http://www.friarbot.com/stories.php). I wasn't on the team when it happened, but by all accounts it was quite horrifying. See for yourself.

The following is a sad, sad story about Dan Pall's attempt at a pickup line at the 2003 Chesapeake Regional, related to us by Dan himself.

At FIRST Regional Competitions, certain teams are known to send around the cool, hip members of their teams on activities I like to call "spy runs." A spy run entails these cool people walking from table to table and prying scouting information about other teams' robots out of their competing teams. Of course, we Malvern roboticists are always happy to provide information in the spirit of Gracious Professionalism. Sometimes, though, we like to have a little fun...as evidenced by this exchange which took place at the 2003 Annapolis Regional with a couple of female scouts from another, nameless team...

Female Scout #1: So, can you tell us what your robot does?
THE John Kelly (speaking like a redneck) : Well, this here bot uses two drill motors to drive four same-size wheels. Each motor runs a shaft on each side of the bot; we go fast and we go straight. We herd boxes using this here cow prod, and we lay down the law, girls.
Female Scout #2: Um...that's nice. I guess (sideways look at her friend). Anyway, how fast does your robot go at max speed?"
Dan Pall: Well, girls, let's just say this: if you hear a sonic boom...that's our robot. (winks at Female Scout #2, who proceeds to glance at her friend, giggle a bit, and then run like a bat out of hell)

With this incredibly dorky attempt at a pick-up line, Dan Pall became one of the dorkiest geek-nerds in the history of nerd-dom. Several onlookers, including the late, great Alex Raynor, died of shock and awe on the spot, after viewing this pithy attempt to woo a woman. Attempts to measure his level of nerdity resulted in infinite readings on the patented Dork-O-Meter 6000. Attempts to charm girls since this fiasco have resulted in slaps to the face far too numerous to count.

[Arrowsmith]

Well, at least he had the courage to try, and isn't that what counts?

[Simon Strauss]

at the NYC regional this year a bunch of us(actually just me and a programmer) decided that we were going to pick up a girl for one of the guys on the team. We actually got a girl on team 334 interested in him but when she came over to our pit he ran away.

[Jill1022]

I've never actually had a pickup line used on me at a competition, but that'd be cute. I think it would make my day. I know that at least with me, if you use a cheesy pickup line, but know its cheesy, thats really cute and a good starter.

[Dorienne]

Oh ew, I got one from some dude on a rookie team.

I was trying to tell everyone about VIP tours, because we needed people to give them at Chesapeake. So I was telling RAGE and this rookie team about it...and this guy looked up and said "Hey, where is the meeting being held?"
I pointed behind me at the table and said "Over there."
He said "I don't know that I'll be able to find it."
I said "You'll find your way don't worry."
He looked at me with this coy smile and said "Well, can I have your number just in case?"

Oy. >_<;

[TheShadow]

I'm just curious if anyone has ever tried this (as it seems so obvious): "You wanna be my alliance partner." Anyone who says that to me or one of my teammates in Atlanta gets a (theoretical and purely non-tangible) cookie :)

[Hick18]

I've never actually had a pickup line used on me at a competition, but that'd be cute. I think it would make my day. I know that at least with me, if you use a cheesy pickup line, but know its cheesy, thats really cute and a good starter.

Thats too bad but dont worry i will be at nationals. :cool:

[Sakura141]

I'm just curious if anyone has ever tried this (as it seems so obvious): "You wanna be my alliance partner." Anyone who says that to me or one of my teammates in Atlanta gets a (theoretical and purely non-tangible) cookie :)


I can get a cookie? SWEET!! wait... they're not real? FALSE ADVERTISING!!!! I had this person on team 229 who said his nickname was "Bubba." give me a sheet of paper with his phone number and address on it and then he actually did say, "You want to be my alliance partner?" I could've thrown him out the nearest window if they weren't on ground level at the Buckeye Regional... :ahh:

[TheShadow]

I can get a cookie? SWEET!! wait... they're not real? FALSE ADVERTISING!!!! I had this person on team 229 who said his nickname was "Bubba." give me a sheet of paper with his phone number and address on it and then he actually did say, "You want to be my alliance partner?" I could've thrown him out the nearest window if they weren't on ground level at the Buckeye Regional... :ahh:
Okay, if someone actually tries it on me...I'll see if there's somewhere at the site where I can buy them the cookie (a real one)

[CourtneyB]

I think its sometimes cute and funny when guys try to use there wierd unusual pickup lines to try to get girls. They might be really lame but hey..their trying lol

[anna~marie]

I can get a cookie? SWEET!! wait... they're not real? FALSE ADVERTISING!!!! I had this person on team 229 who said his nickname was "Bubba." give me a sheet of paper with his phone number and address on it and then he actually did say, "You want to be my alliance partner?" I could've thrown him out the nearest window if they weren't on ground level at the Buckeye Regional... :ahh:
That happened to everyone on my team.. he actually took the time to type, print, AND cut them up! His name, nickname, team, adresses, and number... *shakes head* pitiful

[1086Programmer]

Haha. Actually. I've got a couple stories. ^^;

I was surfing chiefdelphi (go figure) at VCU competition this year, when a guy (I've forgotten his name by now!) just randomly came and sat with me at our pit. We talked for a little bit, and he invited me to go shoot some pool. XD I didn't think they had pool tables at the Siegel Center.

Heh, and another guy from a pit across from us just came up and poked me in the shoulder. He actually pushed me around and kicked me once or twice during competition. He was a complete jerk though. -shakes head-

Weren't really pickup lines, but sad stories of lame guys. x.x

[Scythe]

I don't use pick up lines...Although I've had a lot of girls just ask to take pictures of me at competitions...must be the painted face and blue, red, and yellow hair.

[santosh]

I am stunned on how this thread is 52 pgs long.

But it was pretty funny last year when some of our guys on our team at VCU handed out these certificates with their names and numbers. They said "Congratulations on being one of the hottest girls at a robotics competition ever".

[Mirza95vx]

The best pick-up line from team 1511.

Hey there beautiful wanna see how bi my leadscrew is?

[LuckyDemon]

Comic Sans MS]look at the bright side girls, all we guys want is to give u attention, maybe it's the wrong kind of attention but still, :) :cool: plus in the end all we want to do is have some fun at the competition because it can indeed get pretty boring, we all just wana hang out ;) [/COLOR]

[1086Programmer]

Comic Sans MS]look at the bright side girls, all we guys want is to give u attention, maybe it's the wrong kind of attention but still, :) :cool: plus in the end all we want to do is have some fun at the competition because it can indeed get pretty boring, we all just wana hang out ;) [/COLOR]

:p Of course, Competitions get boring, but that doesn't mean you have to be be corny. ;)

[Jacqui]

Well, since I'm a mascot, I have had a few in my time...like for instance, this one time this year, I had like this litte group of guys like pounce on me where ever I went. And then there was this one guy who was kept asking me to 'dance' with him. Yea..really fun. I still think the stupidest pick up line at a comp. was something among the lines of "Hey, your lips are turning blue, can I kiss them to make them warmer?" I was eating a McFlurry, and he ended up taking it away from me and eating the rest himself. But eh, he is still one of my friends... :ahh:

[LuckyDemon]

:p Of course, Competitions get boring, but that doesn't mean you have to be be corny. ;)


good point, some dudes can really be pricks, but some can be nice so don't get it to your head that every dude that gives u the stupidest line u've ever heard cuz they are loosers, some can be cool with u :cool:

[CoconutKnight]

Well about pick up lines that I've use on guys. I was volunteering at the WMR, I took a year off from being on a team, and a bunch of guys from team 66 come up to pit support and they ask, "Who would we talk to if we want to go on the field and dance to this song call "The Time Warp" from the..." and I reply "Rocky Horror Picture Show!" I give them the info, and say, "Now you should be able to, but only under one condition, you have to let me do it with you." We went out between qualifying and finals, and danced to the song. Afterwards I gave my number to the guy who was the one that asked, he was pretty cute, smart, obviously outgoing and everything else. I ended up going out to lunch with the team, and I've been dating the guy for a little while now. ;)

[Jill1022]

Well about pick up lines that I've use on guys. I was volunteering at the WMR, I took a year off from being on a team, and a bunch of guys from team 66 come up to pit support and they ask, "Who would we talk to if we want to go on the field and dance to this song call "The Time Warp" from the..." and I reply "Rocky Horror Picture Show!" I give them the info, and say, "Now you should be able to, but only under one condition, you have to let me do it with you." We went out between qualifying and finals, and danced to the song. Afterwards I gave my number to the guy who was the one that asked, he was pretty cute, smart, obviously outgoing and everything else. I ended up going out to lunch with the team, and I've been dating the guy for a little while now. ;)


GAH!! I adore RHPS!!

[karinka13]

at nationals this year: "Is your father a gardener? Because you grew up to be a beautiful flower!" Haha, no names, but that made me laugh.

[Queen_of_Mascot]

at the NYC regional this year a bunch of us(actually just me and a programmer) decided that we were going to pick up a girl for one of the guys on the team. We actually got a girl on team 334 interested in him but when she came over to our pit he ran away.


Hehehe... I was going to post my story about the chewie mascot and the running away bit, but it seems like someone beat me to my own tale.

So that's what was occuring on the other side...

[Beth Sweet]

Yeah, so my boy students definately used the sumo suit to pick up girls this year. The worst part? Andy got two phone numbers out of it, Kyle got one or two... Girls, don't give your phone number to guys wearing sumo suits. Never a smart plan...

[nehalita]

anybody handed out the rejection hotline as their phone number?

[Kyle]

anybody handed out the rejection hotline as their phone number?

Some one on MOE got one,not me , it was really funny to.

[C.Roberts 1089]

i think i should keep the number for that handy. at the new jersey regional i was asked for my number so many times it became a running joke with quite a few people. it even went so far as for the times when i was asked to be labeled "awkward moment #1" and so on.. though this was halfway through the day on.. friday? i think?... after i was asked about three times in ten minutes.. so i think i only hit about 8 awkward moments. was interesting though. most of the time it was pretty straightforward, or after i'd been talking to someone for awhile, but i did get one that came over, started asking random questions about my team's bot... then in the middle of a question.. "okay so the real reason i came over here is because i think you're hot. can i have your number?". got a good laugh out of that one. let's see... random people that came up to me from one team saying this one kid on the team thought i was hot and wanted my number. i said tell him to come over himself and he could have it. a few minutes later another kid from the team walks over, "i'm sorry they told you i wanted your number, it was a dare between my friend and i,...::explains situation::. so we and the group of people i was standing with talk to the kid for a few minutes, and as he's leaving.. so, even though i didn't come over here for your number... you're really cute, and seem really cool... so can i have it anyway?" so i gave it to him, he walked back to his team, who'd been staring the entire time.. came back to talk a few minutes later. some kid from his team randomly walks by and yells "when you get a minute, tell me how you managed to get her number." lol, so random. i also had a cheering section on this one team (i was HP this year).. eventually walked over and asked how they knew my name, started talking to them.. they were pretty cool too. i apparently also had a fan club consisting of various guys from multiple teams, never caught a glimpse of them though.. they approached one of my teammates to ask about me. i also introduced myself to a few guys, from being bored, or whatever else... i still talk to most of them.

at nationals while walking through the pits with a friend from another team... a team mascot randomly ran over and gave me a hug. they had another person with them, who asked if i wanted my picture taken with the mascot. i consented, but it was a bit strange. what else to expect from FIRST though? =p. i got a few comments about my team's cart, which i was driving for awhile (basically a big box attached to a motor scooter type thing.. we're lazy and didn't want to have to push the bot)..but i don't recall what they were. oyy... i was asked to sign random items.. was lei-ed at least 4 times, and stopped and given random buttons and memorabilia from teams... idk. i'm sure i'm forgetting some interesting incidents. i have to say i've made quite a few new friends this year, and i'm glad to still be in touch with the majority of them =).

[NeedMoreEngines]

i think i should keep the number for that handy. at the new jersey regional i was asked for my number so many times it became a running joke with quite a few people. it even went so far as for the times when i was asked to be labeled "awkward moment #1" and so on.. though this was halfway through the day on.. friday? i think?... after i was asked about three times in ten minutes.. so i think i only hit about 8 awkward moments. was interesting though. most of the time it was pretty straightforward, or after i'd been talking to someone for awhile, but i did get one that came over, started asking random questions about my team's bot... then in the middle of a question.. "okay so the real reason i came over here is because i think you're hot. can i have your number?". got a good laugh out of that one. let's see... random people that came up to me from one team saying this one kid on the team thought i was hot and wanted my number. i said tell him to come over himself and he could have it. a few minutes later another kid from the team walks over, "i'm sorry they told you i wanted your number, it was a dare between my friend and i,...::explains situation::. so we and the group of people i was standing with talk to the kid for a few minutes, and as he's leaving.. so, even though i didn't come over here for your number... you're really cute, and seem really cool... so can i have it anyway?" so i gave it to him, he walked back to his team, who'd been staring the entire time.. came back to talk a few minutes later. some kid from his team randomly walks by and yells "when you get a minute, tell me how you managed to get her number." lol, so random. i also had a cheering section on this one team (i was HP this year).. eventually walked over and asked how they knew my name, started talking to them.. they were pretty cool too. i apparently also had a fan club consisting of various guys from multiple teams, never caught a glimpse of them though.. they approached one of my teammates to ask about me. i also introduced myself to a few guys, from being bored, or whatever else... i still talk to most of them.

at nationals while walking through the pits with a friend from another team... a team mascot randomly ran over and gave me a hug. they had another person with them, who asked if i wanted my picture taken with the mascot. i consented, but it was a bit strange. what else to expect from FIRST though? =p. i got a few comments about my team's cart, which i was driving for awhile (basically a big box attached to a motor scooter type thing.. we're lazy and didn't want to have to push the bot)..but i don't recall what they were. oyy... i was asked to sign random items.. was lei-ed at least 4 times, and stopped and given random buttons and memorabilia from teams... idk. i'm sure i'm forgetting some interesting incidents. i have to say i've made quite a few new friends this year, and i'm glad to still be in touch with the majority of them =).



YOU. CARLY. LAST YEAR. ANNAPOLIS. yeah i remeber you and a few other girls in our hotel room at the radisson. we were playing halo and we are all just sitting around. then you went to take a shower and came back with just a towel on. it was weird because you or no one else said anything. i thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[Nica F.]

i got one of the old ones used on me,

it was at LA regional last year, and it was team 22 and 188 cheering, and we got really warm cause it was beginning to crowd.. so one of the guys on our team started fanning the girls with a poster. this one guy from another team stood next to me and said, "is it hot in here, or is it just because im standing next to you?". it was soo cheesy!!

[Kyle Greer]

This is such a great thread.....A pickup line I came up with the other day was.
"I'm like a mastercard...everything you need"
lol
I find that just being yourself is always good....don't try to be something your not.

[anna~marie]

well mines kind of the opposite... at work friday this guy was hitting on me and somehow I ended up talking about FIRST and it turns out his school's starting a rookie team this year... how ironic!

[karinka13]

well, not at a competition, buuut... me and alicia (looneylin) were at the mall the other day...

guy: can i help you?

me: we're just looking, thanks

guy: i don't work here anyway.

[Jevin H]

just curious if any of the rest of you have desperate robotics guy stories.
i got some funny one's i have heard. ((by the way it is great down here at ramp riot)thanks miss daisy)
For A girl"Is that a bannana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
For A guy"Do you have a mirror in your pocket" Girl replies"no why"guy replies because i can sure see me in your pants."
"Not that i would use any of these because i a christian" ;) Winking
"yeah sure"


It's not any like anyone from 306 sophmore or higher needs a pickup line!!!!
:rolleyes: :D :rolleyes:

[TheShadow]

Well about pick up lines that I've use on guys. I was volunteering at the WMR, I took a year off from being on a team, and a bunch of guys from team 66 come up to pit support and they ask, "Who would we talk to if we want to go on the field and dance to this song call "The Time Warp" from the..." and I reply "Rocky Horror Picture Show!" I give them the info, and say, "Now you should be able to, but only under one condition, you have to let me do it with you." We went out between qualifying and finals, and danced to the song. Afterwards I gave my number to the guy who was the one that asked, he was pretty cute, smart, obviously outgoing and everything else. I ended up going out to lunch with the team, and I've been dating the guy for a little while now. ;)
Never thought I'd hear a story that included me on CD, and I really can't believe this thread is still going!

[Denman]

bbc radio 1 here has an answerphone which you can give out the number for and they will play the funniest messages every day ... lol flirt divert they call it

[C.Roberts 1089]

lol since i noticed this thread was active the other day, i figured i'd post on it since i just thought of an incident from last year. this is from the jersey regional, and i apparently used a pickup line on a guy, not the other way around. i was actually talking to him about how we first met, because i'm still friends with him.. and i was like hey is that considered a pickup line? and he's like yes it iss. so yeah, the following: we were both human players for our teams, and really bored standing in queue. i was tired of standing, so i went and sat next to him (not close, just like.. same general area =p) on the table he was already sitting on. and since i'd noticed earlier in the day while watching a match that he was a great human player, i basically just said, "hey. you're a great human player." and we started talking. i ended up talking to him for awhile that day, and exchanging screen names with him, and like i said before, we still talk. i've only hung out with him once outside of robotics, since he lives like an hour and a half away, but he's a really cool kid, and always fun to talk to. so yeah, i'm not really sure what my point in this was when i started typing, but i think it was just that i'll have to agree with a lot of people that posted previously in saying that honesty is the easiest. just say what's on your mind, or a simple 'hi,' or something of the sort. never fails =).

note to reader: please excuse my terrible grammar in the above ridiculously long paragraph.

[kio_chan176]

The team is packed with a bunch of freshmen girls that, collectively, have the mechanical skills of a flippin' thumbtack and LESS INTELLIGENCE! The whole idea was, "Ohh, I'll join the robotics team because that's where all the smart guys are, and I need a date!"

I resent that. I, as a girl, wanted to join Robotix because I want to become a computer engineer. Not all of us girls are like that. Maybe some, but not all.

About the holding the door thing. I hold doors for EVERYONE, and I'm a girl. Does that mean something? Like good or bad?

[Michelle Celio]

anybody handed out the rejection hotline as their phone number?

I have but i have a story behind it, it was as heart-less as many people expect it to be. Im in my jr year and this male has been asking me out at least once a month since my freshman year. Last week he asked my for my diggits and said that he'd be joining robotics just to be with me.

As for pick up lines from robotics guys , I havent gotten any yet but I've had like half the team tell me they like me.

[CraigHickman]

"I was thinking, and I realized something... If you were a burger at McDonalsd's, you'd be the McHottie"

No idea if that'd result in a shutdown or not, but I thought I might as well share it...

[Ashley Christine]

Suprisingly I have never been given actual pick up lines yet from random robotics guys.
I still get random numbers tho :rolls eyes:

[Dan Petrovic]

Actually... in Cleveland, it was my sister getting guy's e-mails and phone numbers. Not the other way around.

[Li Jianliang]

Not a pick-up line, but two years ago at the National competition, I started talking to this guy who sat a few rows in front of me in the stands. Two hours later, he'd confessed his love for me, and I was like, "??!!!?!?!?!!??!?!" The worst part was that I'd given him my e-mail address *before* he confessed, so after I came back home, the "Confessions of True Love" e-mails started coming... Yeah. Thankfully, they've stopped by now.

Last year at the Sacramento Regional, I was going around and talking to other teams' animators and got onto pretty good terms with one guy who thankfully didn't have 'yellow fever' (I quote a friend here) and treated me to a sandwich lunch. ...I'm a sucker for free food. :D

I'm not all that popular at school... Maybe it's because of the imbalance of guy-girl ratio at the competition that's causing attraction? It'd be entertaining to continue the "one guy per comp" trend, but my conscience suggests otherwise. ;)

[MattD1Drift]

Some of those lines are terriblew, I hope to nevr have to say anything that stupid, but then again, that may be why i've never had a girlfriend, haha.

[Queen_of_Mascot]

Who needs lame pickup lines when you can just stalk your own team members? Don't need to worry about that long-distance stuff, either.

-snickers-

Though, I wonder, what percent of the robotics populace has had a girlfriend or boyfriend and kept them longer then a month? -wonders how you are even supposed to manage a girl/boyfriend and robotics at the same time, as the two both take up the same timeslots-

[sanddrag]

-wonders how you are even supposed to manage a girl/boyfriend and robotics at the same time, as the two both take up the same timeslots-Ah, the classic newbie question. See, the boyfriend/girlfriend IS the robot. :D

and just to be on the safe side, I'll add a "j/k" to that.

[nehalita]

Queen_of_Mascot, you might be surprised to find out that there are people in robotics that have gfs/bfs and have great relationships.

[Li Jianliang]

A good pickup line would be the generic "Hi, how are you?" as long as it's said when the girl is not busily working on the robot...

Though, I wonder, what percent of the robotics populace has had a girlfriend or boyfriend and kept them longer then a month? -wonders how you are even supposed to manage a girl/boyfriend and robotics at the same time, as the two both take up the same timeslots-And the other option is to date a member of your robotics team, which I have been doing for the past two years; we confessed to each other at the National competition in 2004 and have been together ever since. Hey, FIRST can be beneficial to your love life! :D

[riboSquirrel]

a guy on my robotics team said" hey, you look hot... want to meet your match?" him and i are awesome friends... but... he and i goof around ALOT :p

[riboSquirrel]

WOW! i found out that my ex liked me (along with the team presedents little brother...)at the BEST competition this fall we dated for like three months... then then i found out he was only on the team becaus ei was there... so... i can't be with someone who doesn't at least care a wee bit about the brain of a team.. not just the body of whos in it...

[EvilMonkyPirate]

Actually... in Cleveland, it was my sister getting guy's e-mails and phone numbers. Not the other way around.

Yeah and she also flirted her way into getting us picked at alliance pairings. lol. She told me that i have to take over on that part now. she's weird dude.

[EvilMonkyPirate]

Though, I wonder, what percent of the robotics populace has had a girlfriend or boyfriend and kept them longer then a month? -wonders how you are even supposed to manage a girl/boyfriend and robotics at the same time, as the two both take up the same timeslots-


And that is the reason I didn't complain much when a guy on my FIRST team and I made a bet for me to stay single until shipdate. 31 days to go...I'm kinda happy its not too far off anymore cuase we made this bet like 3 months ago when me and my bf broke up but then again. OMG SHIPDATE is in 31 days!! :eek:

[riboSquirrel]

lame but oh so sweet pick up line was "how can a girl look so beautiful but know so much about computers and robots? you are the rarest thing i have ever met... can i catch you?" :D

[cmurdoch]

ok here's two incredibly lame pickup lines from a guy on our team (Alex Hughes, delphi name: Excelsior).

1) I wish I were a derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves.
2) I wish I were an integral so I could fill the area beneath your curves.

Feel free to direct your comments to him directly :D

[VEN]

I'm one of those shy guys but I saw this girl there and my buddies found out I'm interested in her so they wrote on a piece of paper my name, my e-mail and my number on it and to who it is and taped to the robot and during the competition the MC read out my name and asked me to come forward LOL....i came backwards aka ran the heck out of the stadium

[MattD1Drift]

I'm definatly a shy person, I can't talk to girls at all. Yes, I am a faliure.

[CourtneyB]

'sometime during build season'

"i just wanted to say your really pretty." (5 seconds later) "So what is your robot design this year?"

bahhh lol

-Court-

[rarprrydude234]

"r u tired? cause u been running through my mind all day."

walk up to her with a cup of ice pull out a piece drop it on the ground and step on it. then say "now that we've broken the ice how bout we get onto the next step."

[BlackRoboDragon]

Never seen anything like this, or done it at a competition. Then again, I've only been to one. So yeah...

[irishninja]

I wasn't even aware that anything remotely romantic was going on at regionals. Must be my total lack of girl knowledge. I'm only shy around people I dont know, and I've never been on a date so I'm one of those afraid of rejection. How bout

Are you Jamaican because jamakin me crazy.
I heard some other geek ones but they are really dirty. Just enough to say they involve software, floppy disks, and paper copies.

[ThisGuyRight]

Is everyone ready for regionals? Who all is going to be in Houston, their predicting some majorly lame pickup lines.

[irishninja]

Couple things i'm still confused about.

Whats with the whole lei for the pineapple? I'm so confused.

neb84 i'll be at the NY regionall so thats someone you can meet

ziptie flowers are the coolest i gave one to my friend on v day. quite easy to make if i can get a pic ill put it up

so after finishing this entire thread (took me a week but oh well) couple more questions
Any one going to be at NY this year 06? Names Nathan bixler. I want to meet some other people at regionals becuase i didn't last year.

I can't believe some guys are so crude, and i'm a guy myself. And another question, does anyone actually use pickup lines seirously????

[MattD1Drift]

I don't use pickuplines, I've never used any like except, "I think your pretty" I don't use the word hot, its too degrading i think. that may also explain why ive never had a g.f, or gone on a dte, or anyone likeing me, haha.

[Winged Wonder]

I don't use pickuplines, I've never used any like except, "I think your pretty" I don't use the word hot, its too degrading i think. that may also explain why ive never had a g.f, or gone on a dte, or anyone likeing me, haha.
Personally i'm not fond of pickup lines, so good for you for not using them. :) And yes, i agree that the word "Hot" seems degrading. I'd never use that to describe anyone, whether it be a boy or girl, and i doubt that has anything to do with people liking you or you going on a date.


I've never really gotten any true 'pickup lines' at a competition, but since i tend to run around painted pink with a pink bikini top on with a couple of other girls and guys, we tend to get quite a bit of attention and lots of inquiries about "Hey can we take a picture with you?" I've gotten buttons and business cards and all the like, but i'd have to say that the most effective way to "pick up" a girl (if thats what you're interested in) is to just walk up to her and introduce yourself and start talking. Or you could just randomly join in a game of limbo or twister (the latter can work pretty well to break the ice) to meet new people. Just dont be afraid to say hi, and dont worry about acting stupid or dorky in front of a girl. Chances are, she'll probably think you're cute because of it. :) Actually, wear a "Free Hugs" sign, and you'll be surprised at how many hugs you get.

I wasn't even aware that anything remotely romantic was going on at regionals. Must be my total lack of girl knowledge.
yep... romantic stuff happens at regionals, and i dont think that has anything to do with lack or acquisition of "girl knowledge". i actually know of a couple of people (myself included) who have met their significant others through robotics somehow. :cool: Being at a Regional gives you plenty to talk about with a girl who's there (since often times i hear that boys never know what to say when they're with a girl)... the only downside is that if you meet someone from another team, theres a pretty likely chance that they live pretty far away from you... whether its across the state or across the nation. Just keep that in mind ;)

[irishninja]

By lack of girl knowledge i was refering to my shyness and unability to force myself to talk to girls.

[Dan Petrovic]

I'm not a girl, nor was I hit on by some guy, but a girl on my team last year was hit on at the Buckeye Regional

Guy: Hey do you like my truck? (it was a little powerwheels truck a team used to cart their robot to the field)
Girl: That's yours?
Guy: Yeah, it gets good gas mileage... just kidding we charge it
Girl: Okay...
Guy: So... you doing anything later tonight?
Girl: Yeah.. right!

And she walked off.

On top of that, she was a senior and he looked to be way younger than that.

[Zoheb N]

well im a guy but here is one of the lames lines i have heard a guy say....

"so how was your build season?"

[Cody Carey]

I'm sorry in advance, please don't be to harsh with my rep box :o ...


"Hey, Are you tired of running? 'Cuz I like your cans."

[irishninja]

What do cans have to do with running?

[MattD1Drift]

Dunno, but I didn't meet anyone this weekend, I hope I will in Maryland.

[fimmel]

our team stinks cuz we have apsolutly No girls on it. which is pretty sad considering were the only team from Vermont.:yikes:

[sheltie234]

We were handing out doughnuts at Phoenix and me and my friend Katie went to the Canadian team. This one guy got the last one, and I asked him if he wanted the box (people wanted the boxes) and he said ,"No, but your number would help!" I told him I was taken, and Katie just burst out laughing!

[prettycolors91]

"Your team is amazing and so are your eyes"

^that was an interesting one. But seriously, pickup lines can be funny and cute if done right...but just walking up to a girl and talking to her is an awesome way to get to know somebody. Guys, don't be scared to talk to a girl because shes going to talk back most of the time. and if she doesn't...then when are you ever going to see her again?

If your going to West Michigan regional or atlanta, then you can come talk to me :D if you want to so at least thats one girl you can talk to without being afraid!

[Li Jianliang]

I successfully made it past the Pacific Northwest Regional without being approached by any guy... Phew! Next up is the Davis-Sacramento Regional, and I hope that no one tries to flirt with me (like last year) again. At least one of my teammates will be crossdressing there; I can't wait to see what happens! ^_^

[SugaRaXie]

Well...this wasn't really a pick up line...but it was funny.

A friend of mine were walking around in the Pit Area at the Nats. last year -- a guy [I think he was his team's mascot...] approached my friend and I and said something like 'wanna give a dog a hug??' or something to that liking...it was funny, and pretty cute so we were like 'aww' and hugged him. We got a good laugh out of it...but it was pretty cute.

Haven't really had anyone else approach me...kinda hard because I'm almost always in my team's pit area...OR...maybe they're just...scared, because I'm one of the two girls on my robotics build team...

I agree with prettycolors91 -- pickup lines can be cute if done the right way. AND the best way to approach a girl IS to just talk to her. Especially the ones in robotics -- they're way cooler [and nicer...] than the other girls! I'm pretty easy going and wouldn't go run to one of the guys on the team if a guy were to approach me.

[Dan Richardson]

heh the funniest 2 appropriate ones i've ever heard at competition were.

" Hey hun you can chill with me cuz I'm duh Human playa. "

or

:: Guy walks up sheepishly ::

Guy- " Is that a watch. "
Girl- " Yes? "
Guy-" Ahh.... My friend has a watch. "



heh pickup lines are funny and even tho they are pointless and puerile often both parties involved get a laugh.

" Your really pretty and I like your bot. " always gets a double take too lol.

[Conor Delaney]

this one is pretty bad but it might work
"I only have three months to live."

[prettycolors91]

If any guy used "I have three months to live" as a pickup line I'd hit him...thats not cool.

But...I must admit..."Your really pretty and I like your bot" Is a good one...I know it would work on me.

[anna~marie]

It's sad when they don't even use pick up lines... just recently for me I've heard, can I have your number? ten minutes later, you know you can call me anytime you want...
Funniest, I think, was getting hit on in Latin (as in the language) by a guy who stickey noted his email to my back... that was great...

[prettycolors91]

Funniest, I think, was getting hit on in Latin by a guy who stickey noted his email to my back... that was great...

haha when did that happen?

[anna~marie]

Just recently :D (I'll IM you meg)

[ArmoredFairy698]

Well, I can't say I've ever had a pick-up line used on me, but I've had plenty of looks and eyes made at me during competitions. Then again, maybe those looks were because they boys thought I was crazy. This little 5 foot 1 inch girl running around with pink and lime green hair, yelling and screaming and dancing to music with tools hanging out of every pocket...it gets some strange looks.

Anyway, I will say that my first boyfriend got me into robotics. He hated it, I loved it. He quit before the end of his first year and I said bye bye to him and stuck around robotics. My second boyfriend was a product of robotics, and when I told him to get lost, he seemed to lose his love of robotics. It was around that time that I had two dating offers from other boys on my team. I turned them both down, and third time being the charm, accepted my third offer. He's still my boyfriend today, over a year later, and we are happy together, and he even mentors for my team while I run it as president.

Guess you could say I just can't get enough of robotics, and the robo boys can't get enough of me! I find it all amusing. :D

I don't think I permanently damaged any of the boys on my team...but a few of them did require some small tweeks in their programming so I could keep them away from me long enough to get my work done. ;)

It's great to be a FIRST girl!

[114Klutz]

One of our guys taped his email on some battery before handing it back.

I'm wondering if he'll recieve anything.

[Pavan Dave]

I love this thread. My first regional (LSR) started thurs and im a rookie and I know what to say and what not due to this thread... Anyways I started with, "Hey, im Pavan, Welcome to LoneStar, What's your name?"....Says name..."Would you like to go...?" and as soon as i was gonna say "...catch a match?" some guy from another team came up and I was bummed until I saw my team's bot perform with some frineds of mine. :)

Pavan

[DaveA412]

I have a girlfriend and don't use pick up lines cause they are corny but i liek to share teh ones i know with everyone and my favorite is
"are your parents retarded?"
she then says no why
"cause your one special lady"
yeah i love it

[Pavan Dave]

I have a girlfriend and don't use pick up lines cause they are corny but i liek to share teh ones i know with everyone and my favorite is
"are your parents retarded?"
she then says no why
"cause your one special lady"
yeah i love it
Oooh I wonder if it works.....
*Calls number*
Welcome to the Rejection hotline...
lol


Pavan

[jessrothy]

"check out the stack on that one!" (in reference to the robot from 2003 STACK ATTACK)

[anna~marie]

well we came up with a funny one, even though it hasn't happened...

Can I get your dimensions?
....

[Packmon's_girl]

Ok you guys want Lame, Two guys had t-shirts that said "Put your name and phone number on here" and had permanat markers, one girl put on it though "Cinderella, 1-800-you-wish"

[GlitterRave113]

Ok, so most of us gals have had someone try a corny pickup line on us, but i'm wondering how many have had stalkers? I had two stalkers on myspace...and my friend had a real stalker at the philly regionals (as in a guy that wouldn't leave her alone even though she has a boyfriend!)
:D

[thatphotochick]

Ok, so most of us gals have had someone try a corny pickup line on us, but i'm wondering how many have had stalkers? I had two stalkers on myspace...and my friend had a real stalker at the philly regionals (as in a guy that wouldn't leave her alone even though she has a boyfriend!)
:D
we have a few "stalkers" on our team. (ahem, any girl from 1038 can verify this) all the girls have had at least one stalker, and a few of the guys have been subjects for the stalkers. it's kinda creepy, but a swift kick somewhere will work wonders.

[Rick TYler]

we have a few "stalkers" on our team. (ahem, any girl from 1038 can verify this) all the girls have had at least one stalker, and a few of the guys have been subjects for the stalkers. it's kinda creepy, but a swift kick somewhere will work wonders.

Normal "I like you" actions or comments in a persistent way does not really strike me as stalking. You might want to talk a look at the Wikipedia article on stalking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking. Someone might, in fact, have been stalking you and your teammates, but it seems far more likely to me to be normal "I like you and want you to pay attention to me" behavior. Just because you have to tell a guy "no" ten times, doesn't mean it's stalking. (Heck, there was this one girl I pursued with mixed luck for a year before she really got with the program. We have now been married 27 years...) I am not minimizing genuinely dangerous behavior -- just suggesting that we be careful to differentiate between normal attraction and creepy, psychologically defective stalking.

[Madison]

Normal "I like you" actions or comments in a persistent way does not really strike me as stalking. You might want to talk a look at the Wikipedia article on stalking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking. Someone might, in fact, have been stalking you and your teammates, but it seems far more likely to me to be normal "I like you and want you to pay attention to me" behavior. Just because you have to tell a guy "no" ten times, doesn't mean it's stalking. (Heck, there was this one girl I pursued with mixed luck for a year before she really got with the program. We have now been married 27 years...) I am not minimizing genuinely dangerous behavior -- just suggesting that we be careful to differentiate between normal attraction and creepy, psychologically defective stalking.


In a professional environment, however, it most certainly is sexual harassment. The rule of thumb as I've been told is that you're allowed one pass at someone, for better or for worse. If they turn you down, any further pursuit can be construed as harassment.

[Nica F.]

Oh geez, its that time of the year again, when us girls in robotics have to be hit on with cheesy robotics pick up lines.... : ]




the most awkward one that ive gotten so far this season was from someone in a Tiger mascot suit. I was going up the escalator near him and he was like, "Do you wanna pet the kitty? Im the only one!"



i walked away... very very quickly. lol

[thatphotochick]

Normal "I like you" actions or comments in a persistent way does not really strike me as stalking. You might want to talk a look at the Wikipedia article on stalking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking. Someone might, in fact, have been stalking you and your teammates, but it seems far more likely to me to be normal "I like you and want you to pay attention to me" behavior. Just because you have to tell a guy "no" ten times, doesn't mean it's stalking. (Heck, there was this one girl I pursued with mixed luck for a year before she really got with the program. We have now been married 27 years...) I am not minimizing genuinely dangerous behavior -- just suggesting that we be careful to differentiate between normal attraction and creepy, psychologically defective stalking.

actually none of them ever ask the girl..or guy in certain cases..out. they just follow you and sometimes one might think they are determined to do more. they're (all guys by the way) just creepy and you have no idea what they'll do next. it's taking the "i like you" to extreme.

[Rick TYler]

I had a private message on this from a mentor who reminded me of something that we should all heed:

1. Treat each other with respect. This includes understanding that "no" means "no."

2. Having a crush on someone is a normal part of adolescent (and, dare I say, adult life). Taking "no" for an answer is the correct, mature response.

3. The rules are different in a professional environment than in life outside work. Trust me on this. Nothing will brand you as a loser faster than "hitting on" people at work.

4. If your mother wouldn't approve of your behavior, you shouldn't do it.

Thank you to the mentor who suggested that my comment might be misunderstood. I was trying to say that just because someone says, "Do you want to come over to our pit and see my engineering drawings?," doesn't necessarily mean that you are being stalked.

Amusing observation: I once worked for a 30-person software company that only had a couple of single, unattached women working there. Both of them usually had several visits a day from confused asocial programmers who didn't even seem to know why they were walking out of their way to say hi. As an old married guy, I thought it was kind of cute. (No, none of them ever did anything weird. They just seemed to understand in a sort of confused programmer way that girls and boys are different.) (Note: this anecdote is a humorous overstatement. Some of my best friends are software engineers who are every bit as socially sophisticated as the average 14-year-old boy.)

[anna~marie]

Yeah I've gotten a few other-team stalkers... ugh.

[VEN]

the best pick up line by far is when a girl stands near you and you really want to meet her but you don't even say hi to her....


bummer...oh well :)

[Arefin Bari]

I know I know I am not a girl... but I am tempted to post this already... its been over an year.

About an year ago I had the WORST pickup line used on me by this girl...

After using this line she started talking to me.

"Hey, You were suppose to post about me and after me... NOT before me."

[nehalita]

"Hey, You were suppose to post about me and after me... NOT before me."Folks, keep in mind this actually worked.
Lesson: It isn't the "line" that works, it's the conversation.

[hallk]

"Do you wanna check out my robot while I check out you"

From Keith "I'm in charge of special functions"

[negfrequency]

ive never used line on a girl @ robotics, considering how few there are actually there, and i am usually too busy picking up the robot....ahem...... but at whenever my school goes to math team competitions its a good way to burn time. When my turn rolled around i used

"are you a derivative?, cause i'd like to get under your curves!"

ok so she was quite talkative for the rest of the meet but that was about it

[dooleyistheman]

Well most of girls that are at the robotics comps are a bit wacky. Most of the ones that i have met have been a bit odd and i wouldnt think twice about inviting them to my hotel. Although there are some extremely good looking females at the comps. Come visit me in team #1 Pit my name is corey come give me a shout.

[vic burg]

On the subject of door-holding: I am a feminist but i do not mind when a guy holds a door or pulls out a chair for me. Not all feminsts are flaming independance-screaming freaks that you seem to think they are. ((((sigh)))) Ok, i'm done yelling.

Anyway, as a feminist i am just aware that i can survive on my own. But i don't reject pleasantries from guys.

Sorry if i sounded witchy (w/ a b) :) i'm just used to speaking my mind.....

lauren


Well, it is nice when a guy holds open a door or something similar. In fact, chivalry would be nice to be lived again.

And on another note, i have meet some pretty decent guys at competitions. In fact I did get a pick up line which was actually really kind of cute:
"Well hello, you must be the third beautiful stooge, but by far the most beautiful one." The guy actually said it a couple of times throughtout the day. Made me feel a bit special.
We were at the Palmetto Regional and only had 3 girls from the team come. I was the only mechanical one, the other two were "S.O.A.P. Bubbles" or "S.O.A.P. girls". But, I was pulled into tattooing everyone, with on eof the other girls, Whitney. Yes, tattooing, but don't worry everyone, they are only temporary. It is now a tradition for us to go up to random people and say: "Hey, want a tattoo?" It actually I think, was taken as a pick up line a few times. Ah well, such is life. We will have plenty more for the Champsionship Event! lol

[Liz Smith]

Well most of girls that are at the robotics comps are a bit wacky. Most of the ones that i have met have been a bit odd and i wouldnt think twice about inviting them to my hotel. Although there are some extremely good looking females at the comps. Come visit me in team #1 Pit my name is corey come give me a shout.


Well I don't know about the other girls, but if you don't like us the way we are, we probably won't like you either.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Well most of girls that are at the robotics comps are a bit wacky. Most of the ones that i have met have been a bit odd and i wouldnt think twice about inviting them to my hotel. Although there are some extremely good looking females at the comps. Come visit me in team #1 Pit my name is corey come give me a shout.


Facepaint Corey??

I've got some stories of guys on our team hitting on other girls. In 2004, one of our now alum had special interest in practically the entire 292 team in Chicago. In Atlanta, one of our members dropped a condom out of his wallet and jumped on it to hide it. He happened to be next to one of our louder and more humiliating team mates. Suffice it to say... he went back to the stands a little redfaced and everyone on the team new about it within the hour... including our bus driver.

[GlitterRave113]

Well most of girls that are at the robotics comps are a bit wacky. Most of the ones that i have met have been a bit odd and i wouldnt think twice about inviting them to my hotel. Although there are some extremely good looking females at the comps. Come visit me in team #1 Pit my name is corey come give me a shout.

Actually, your kinda right! Lol, most gals in robotics are indeed a tad wacky, but wacky isn't bad, it adds some flavor! Of course, i'm not speaking for all girls in robotics, just about girls i know or have seen...

This whole pick up line thing is strange, it seems like a lot of guys at robotics are scared of girls or something, well, not scared, but super shy! So far, I've had to blab for a while before they start talking, or maybe its just me... :D

[vic burg]

This whole pick up line thing is strange, it seems like a lot of guys at robotics are scared of girls or something, well, not scared, but super shy! So far, I've had to blab for a while before they start talking, or maybe its just me... :D
I totally, uttererly and completely concur with that one, my friend. I have had the same thing happen to me a couple of times. Are guys scared of the girls in robotics? I mean, I understand my case, since I am on mechanical, and well, the guys on my team see me as an engineer, not female but not all guys are like that, are they?

[dooleyistheman]

Facepaint Corey??

I've got some stories of guys on our team hitting on other girls. In 2004, one of our now alum had special interest in practically the entire 292 team in Chicago. In Atlanta, one of our members dropped a condom out of his wallet and jumped on it to hide it. He happened to be next to one of our louder and more humiliating team mates. Suffice it to say... he went back to the stands a little redfaced and everyone on the team new about it within the hour... including our bus driver.


Yeah this is the facepaint corey

[dooleyistheman]

It me again. Im not saying that your wacky in a bad way im just saying that your a bit odd but like someone said it just adds a little flava. Some of the girls that i met were really cool a little strange but overall werre pretty cool. ;) I am lookin forward to seein all the ladies again. Maybe you might get lucky and get a whirl with the dooley man. This is corey signing out... Peace!!!

[anna~marie]

walking back from the pits some guys just started whistling at me and my teammate, asking us to come back... that was rude
but I must say that the most successful 'pick up line' was, hey youre on chief delphi... :rolleyes:

[Stacie]

Well, this was my first year in robotics, and wow...I was shocked at some of the lines that I heard.
One experience that happened to me at Championships was when I was just wandering around, looking at different team's robots and this guy comes up to me, and says

"Hey, so umm...my friend thinks you're hot, but he's too scared to talk to you in person...will you talk to him over this?" and hands a walkie-talkie to me.
I thought it was just the funniest thing in the world.

There were a few more pick-up lines that were used on me, just can't remember them at the moment. :(
However, I did meet this cool guy, and he didn't use any lines whatsoever, just started a regular conversation with me. And I ended up hanging out with him all three days, and we became pretty good friends.

I love how you can meet all kinds of new people just walking around, its so much fun. :D

[brainonska]

I actually don't know if someone already mentioned this (this isn't my story: Im a guy but I watched it happen)

At the Nationals one guy and one girl were giving out free hugs. My friend and I both get hugs and my friend said to the girl: "if you give me a hug for free, what will you do if I gave you a dollar?" It was the single funniest thing I've heard all competition.

[prettycolors91]

Me: is your team going to the party?
Guy: I don't know...they haven't decided yet. Where is it?
Me: Um...Centennial Park
Guy: Well...umm...
Me: What?
Guy: canihaveyourphonenumbersoicancallyouifwego?
Me: Huh?
Guy: can...ummm...i..umm...have your phone number?
Me: Sure! (I was almost laughing at this point)
Guy: Umm...thanks...umm...I have to go back to my pit...umm...bye...

It was adorable...he was incredibly sweet about it. But then I found out he was an eighth grader ( :eek: :yikes: :eek: ) and hes called me about a million times. *sigh* oh well at least hes not a creepy stalker...just a nice stalker...if that makes any sense at all...hmmm...

[freshman777]

evil, I tell you, they're all evil.


i agree totaly. but wat can we do about it?? :confused:

[technoL]

We were at the Palmetto Regional and only had 3 girls from the team come. I was the only mechanical one, the other two were "S.O.A.P. Bubbles" or "S.O.A.P. girls". But, I was pulled into tattooing everyone, with on eof the other girls, Whitney. Yes, tattooing, but don't worry everyone, they are only temporary. It is now a tradition for us to go up to random people and say: "Hey, want a tattoo?" It actually I think, was taken as a pick up line a few times. Ah well, such is life. We will have plenty more for the Champsionship Event! lol

Well I think that randomly walking up to people, slapping a tattoo on their face, and after doing it say "You've just been face raped" might seem a bit offensive to some, although the expressions we got from some guys were to die for.

Now thinking about it, I would have been pretty freaked out too if some random person came up to me and put something on my cheek with a wet napkin.

BTW...I was girl #3.

[freshman777]

well i really dont use lines. i normally just come up and start a conversation. this would be my first year in robotics. and a nationals i herd some crazy stuff. but there was actualy one that happened to me and a friend. we were working in the pits on our robot wen 2 gurls from one of the temas(dont remember wich team) came up and asked abput r robot. then some how it started into a general conversation. that was my inlightenment fror the day. :D

[AmayaSaria]

Haha in Atlanta some guy came over to me and my friend and gave us a 'Redeem for One Kiss' ticket for some kissing booth...we were in a hurry though, so we didn't get to check it out...^^;

[Pavan Dave]

RoflCopter these are good. Bad thing is none of them work lol (Except freshman's).. at our regional I asked a girl about her robot and she told me and giggled and we talked and hung out for a while.. until my team needed me in the pits.

[prettycolors91]

and we talked and hung out for a while.. until my team needed me in the pits.

yeah it always sucks when they have to go back to their pits :(

Oh well....Hall of Fame duty got pretty crazy sometimes with guys, because the Chairman subteam manned it and it was ALL girls this year. All of them except me are graduating. *sigh* oh well. ANYWAY....

Lots of guys would just walk up and start talking to us. It was awesome. I met so many people that way. Like this guy from isreal (can't remember then name at the moment) taught me and jen how to make balloon teddy bears (our community robot blows up balloons). It was really cute. But then guys from our team came over and ended up scaring all the cute boys away :mad: :mad: :mad: . No fun at all I tell you.

[Nica F.]

i just remembered this pickupline /convo starter that was used on me at a reg.

i was at the LA regional doing some pit scouting , when this one boy from one of the teams said,


" sooooo, youre a robotics girl eh?"


and i was like, noooooooooooo im a football boy. :rolleyes:

[Voodoo Guy]

Hey!!!!

That works!!! Last year we didn't do so hot during the competition and were trying to find ways to pick up our spirits. Well one of the adults had the idea to have one of our guys pose with as many girls as he could on Sunday. It seemed like every girl who came through the tunnel under the main seating area for Einstein was stopped. I think we blew like 4 or 5 rolls of film that way. That was awesome!

When we got to the airport we tried to continue the tradition but found out that airline travelers are more reserved than FIRSTers when it comes to having thier picture taken.:rolleyes: :D :p

this is from voodoo Guy from team 968. goodjob and keep on doing it and maybe you will get a smack in the face.

[Auveh]

i was new at this robotics thing this year and i went to Purdue to watch my brother........well these guys had a lil kid come up and give me their number which also had their room number on it.........i was so shocked.......it was sick....and of course the boys from my team were plannin on beating them up....hehe....but i made my friend calll and she still talks to them....wierd (i would have been more interested if they would have just come up and talked to me!)

also at the same competition a like 23-year-old came up and starting hitting on me and my buddy, asking about what sports we play because i had my letter jacket on..........so the boys on my team came up and made him go away..i felt loved!

[Booger]

The dumbest one i've heard @ a competition is this guy was talking to my friend and he was like your cute ,ya know if you were a booger i'd pick you!

Isn't that sick?????????
the best one I've heard is: Can I have your pic? I wanna show Santa what I want for Christmas.

$@#$@#$@#$@# straight booger.
boogers for life

[nparikh]

i was new at this robotics thing this year and i went to Purdue to watch my brother........well these guys had a lil kid come up and give me their number which also had their room number on it.........i was so shocked.......it was sick....and of course the boys from my team were plannin on beating them up....hehe....but i made my friend calll and she still talks to them....wierd (i would have been more interested if they would have just come up and talked to me!)

also at the same competition a like 23-year-old came up and starting hitting on me and my buddy, asking about what sports we play because i had my letter jacket on..........so the boys on my team came up and made him go away..i felt loved!

*lucky girl* :p

[Loki1989]

next year im goign to wear a sign that said hugs 5 cents

[Cuog]

naah gotta give them away free.


(would you beleive it took me 3 days to read through this thread


"Your hotter than a prescott"(for those that don't know its a CPU core that runs hotter than most) the problem with this one is that i would have to know she is into computers alot not to mention i dont like it :rolleyes:

And the good old"Hey i know you on CD im[insert name here]"

One that i always wanted but isnt likely to happen
"hey so you like this song?"
-Something positive for a reply
"I wrote it" followed but some long conversation started by talking about music. too bad my music is very popular yet tho :(

[Loki1989]

I believe the three days of reading its huge on here. that and I guess i will wear a shirt saying free hugs and then i will have a sign at our area for the hugs to be 5 cents

[Jessica!]

one of the freshmen on our team told a bunch of us that he says things that he knows will make girls mad in hopes that they will slap him because it is the only physical contact he ever gets with girls.

[prettycolors91]

one of the freshmen on our team told a bunch of us that he says things that he knows will make girls mad in hopes that they will slap him because it is the only physical contact he ever gets with girls.

wow. just wow. thats kind of depressing

[sanddrag]

one of the freshmen on our team told a bunch of us that he says things that he knows will make girls mad in hopes that they will slap him because it is the only physical contact he ever gets with girls.I hope your joking. Otherwise that guy needs some help.

[carla_rose]

i have one!!! (its not really lame...it was accually pretty good but i figured it would be ok to post it.) i was at the 2006 nationals (in atlanta duh) and team 233-the pink team-was one of our alliance partners. we were all trading buttons and such to show support for our alliance when a girl came up to me and tappen me on the shoulder. she was from pink team and he handed me a button upside-down. she then says "that guy over there (pointing to another member of the pink team) wanted me to give this to you." so i flipped the button over and it said "233 Hottie" it was so sweet i just started to blush. nothing like that had ever happened to me before! it was my favorite button i had ever gotten...........but i left it in my hotel room down there!!!!!!! :(

[prettycolors91]

I was manning the Hall of Fame display and this guy walked up and talked to me for an hour about chairman's stuff. Then I found out from a friend that he worked on mechanical and had nothing to do with their chairmans subgroup :ahh: . I kind of figured something was up before that....it was rather funny :o

[GaryVoshol]

one of the freshmen on our team told a bunch of us that he says things that he knows will make girls mad in hopes that they will slap him because it is the only physical contact he ever gets with girls.
I've known guys like that, but generally they're not bright enough to be doing it on purpose ...

[Wigginsgame]

While we were doing Pit scout sheets, one team asked us if we wanted their numbers on our pit scout sheets as well. :P

[Mitch1525]

Our team's favorite pick up line is great... you carry a screw in your pocket and give it someone saying "Wanna screw??" thats my FAVORITE!!!!!! i haven't used it.... but I've thought about it!!!! if you try it... let me know how it goes!!!!

[Jack Jones]

Our team's favorite pick up line is great... you carry a screw in your pocket and give it someone saying "Wanna screw??" thats my FAVORITE!!!!!! i haven't used it.... but I've thought about it!!!! if you try it... let me know how it goes!!!!

With lines like that, the girls your team encounters should arm themselves with the appropriate response – if only they could figure how to get a ten foot pole in their pocket.

[smurfgirl]

Towards the end of the qualifying rounds at the Championship this year, we were in second place in our field, so a lot of teams came over to our pit to talk to us, in hopes of becoming an alliance partner in the elimination rounds. Everyone got forwarded to me, as I was the drive team coach and I was going to be the team representative for alliance selections. I have a lot of good memories from talking to everyone, but there's one moment that stands out in my head. A member of a rookie team was telling me about his team's robot and what they could do to be a great alliance partner. Then all of a sudden he stopped and put his arm around my shoulder, and he says, "and if I may add, you're looking quite nice... I know we'd make good partners." As funny as it was at the time (although I don't think it was intended to be), that definitely crossed their team off our list of potential alliance partners.

[Cooley744]

I was doing surveys at nationals and I asked this guy if his robot could pick up another robot. He said, "let's put the robots aside, i could pick up you" and then he started doing all these "muscle man" posses. I just said WOW and walked away hehe.;)

[whytheheckme]

How about someone handing you a keeper, and saying "You're a keeper!"
(I tried this one at Champs without too much success)

Jacob

[taylort]

How about someone handing you a keeper, and saying "You're a keeper!"
(I tried this one at Champs without too much success)
A girl on my team was wearing a keeper-skirt, and I told her "I guess you're a keeper."
(It wasn't a pickup line; it was actually an attempted witty response. I'm not one for pickup lines...)
We also threw a spoiler on one of our mentors, I believe, and said he was spoiled. :p

[Nica F.]

"If you were an alliance, I'd graciously accept"


:D

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Hypothetical Situation:

Say you're talking to a girl and she's standing right in your line of sight to say, 1023's rack (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26521). Then you proceed to notice how well built the rack is... and say, without thinking, "WOWZERS! Nice Rack!!!!"


Would she (a.) slap you or (b.) say "Why, thank you... only took us 15 hours to build!"

[Franchesca]

Allright, I'll bite.

It was my team's first competition EVER, @ the Peachtree Regional - 2004 - and we were standing by the playing field, me and some guys from my team. These guys came up to us and one of the guys walks up to me all suave and trying to be cool and then says ... "Sooo, you are team Manure, huh?" At that point the guys behind me just bust out laughing and I'm like "Noo, its Minotaur." His face got so red and he disapeared so quickly. The funny thing is that those guys didn't even look like they were in a team, it seems like they were just visiting. And I guess they mistook the name Minotaur which was in very big letters in our shirt for "Minoaur?" :confused: **Man, that must have been some badly designed t-shirts** But I do have to give this to them, my hair is long and was covering part of the name ... maybe that was what threw him off.

Anyway, that one single line became the joke of our team for years. Even our mentors joked around with it for a long time ... oh yeah team Manure ... yeeehaaa!!! I do have to say to whoever was that delivered that jaw-dropping line ... rest assured you delievered many laughs for many people. Thanks!

Ahh! Great robotics competitions!!!

[Pavan Dave]

Wow, us guys need to hold some sort of robo-geek-guys convention on how to speak to women. Maybe we can get some guest speakers?

[whytheheckme]

Wow, us guys need to hold some sort of robo-geek-guys convention on how to speak to women. Maybe we can get some guest speakers?

I support this

[cooker52]

Truthfully, I find it awkward when the ladies go "Can we go on a bike ride with you?" Especially when they are serious:eek:

[Nica F.]

I forgot to post one.


I was Coach in Las Vegas Reg and i was standing there after being called up and this guy was like,
"Hey were you just um.. checking me out?"
...



Yeah boys, please dont use that one, its rather egotistic, lol

[CraigHickman]

It might have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but during the finals a year or so ago, we turned our pit into a battery station for our alliance. We basically filled it with chargers and batteries from our three teams, as we were the closest to the entrance. One of the teams on our alliance was Castelleja, an all girls school.

Anywhoo, the guy manning the battery station ended up putting a sticky note with his email under one of the batteries before giving it back to Castelleja. Apparently he never got anything...:(

[cgredalertcc]

My girlfriend of ten months as of January 10th 2008 wanted me to post how I picked her up. We were on our way home to Greenwood(Indiana) from our regional in Milwaukee(Wisconsin) a five hour drive. She is sitting behind me on the minibus. I took out a sheet of paper and wrote on it (in sharpie),"Do you have a boyfriend". She replies, "No, why". I reply "Just wondering. Do you want one?". She replies, "Maybe". Now any guy at this point knows I'm in dangerous territory. This could easily go either way, at least thats what I thought. She has since told me that there pretty much wasn't any way that she would have gone out with me after that because she thought it was the cutest thing ever. She also told me that she initially thought about replying to me asking if she wanted a boyfriend by saying, "Why, got one in your pocket". As I said before we have been dating for nearly ten months now and I couldn't be happier.

I'd just like to say good luck to those Robotics guys out there (and I know they exist) who wonder if they'll ever find a girlfriend.

-Charlie
Co-Captain 1741
Red Alert Robotics

[Stephi Rae]

OK, I just have to ask. Any girls out there been hit on by an older guy at a FIRST competition? I mean like, much older. Clearly, definitely, older, like there's no way that he could have mistaken you to be his age.

I was volunteering at an FLL regional and was running the teams to their presentation. There was this team of a bunch of like 6 year old little boys and one little girl. The team was definitely father-run, but the kids were little so what can you do. One of them grabs one of the kids, puts it on his lap, and then winks at me. I was like, O.K. that's cool, that could mean anything, he could just be one of those guys that winks at people. Well we started walking to the presentation area. He comes up and starts talking to me, and asking me all of these questions, like how old am I and stuff. We got there and I had to stand there and wait with them until their judges were ready. It seemed like forever. Eventually all of other dads came over too and were interested in FRC, so I got to explain that for a while, and then I booked out of there as soon as I could to get the next team. He winked at me as I turned to walk away. I passed him in the hall again later and he winked again and tried to start talking to me again. I think I murmered some excuse and made it look like I had something official to go do. I'm pretty shy, and I only flirt with people that I really know, if at all (weird, I know), so that was all really awkward and creepy for me.

[sporno]

ive personally known a few girls before hand from a bunch of different teams , ive gotten the number on the back of a button thing before ( very cool btw )

Idk , i dont use lines and never have

[Tim Delles]

Wow this is actually a really funny thread..

and unfortunately i must admit i have tried a few lines or 2 on some girls at competition when i was in high school (whether it was at competition or in our hotel... meaning they stayed at the same place as us)

but i've long stopped doing that now...

[steadfasttuna]

We were at a Texas only robotics competition (BEST Robotics) in the pit and anna (girl on my team) was hack sawing some aluminum and some random kid came up and said "If you were in leather and had a whip, you would be my kind of girl" and walked away. I was like Holy Crap! He did not just say that!?!? :ahh: Now she is known as anna with the whip... :D

[rachal]

Someone left me a heart shaped box of chocolate and a note with creepy stalker song lyrics taped to the inside of the door when I came to robotics today. It wasn't there when security locked the doors at 11 last night. We still don't know who it is and everyone on the team denies putting it there.

I'm scared.

(on topic, I have never received nor given a pickup line at competition, I...prefer to check out the robots >.>)

btw we're wearing scary black stalker clothing for Valentine's day

[647techangel]

pickup lines are pointless if you have to use one it just shows how you cannot come up with ur own "stuff",just be urself and just have fun at the comps:cool:

[feliks_rosenber]

That is the funniest thread in ChiefDelphi!

:)

[mrbob1000]

this is a guy speaking (MRbob1000)

me to a girl on 1111- "your robots got some hot pneumatic lines."
her-*laughter*
me - you a sophomore?
her- junior.
Me-you single?
her *laughter* yes
me-*uncomfortable...* me too...
*acward silence*
i then kept looking at her in the pits and i guess thats why some pwm cables came out.
later...
Me-you want my number? my team has to go now.
Her-will you be at regionals?
me-yep.
her- im sure we will see each other there.

sad thing is that i can remember her name

[Danny McC]

lo i just wanna say that thats hillarious

[redtide]

thats actually prety godd nice work

I went through that last year

I dont know if anyone could think this is a pick up but I asked someone where they where in the rankings

[Mr. Paradise]

how about this one
Are you from Memphis, cause' you're the only "ten-i-see"

[Mr. Paradise]

How about this one
Are you from Memphis, becasue you're the only "ten-i-see"

[Rachel2177]

at the 2007 regional a random guy came up and asked me if I wanted to climb his ramp... it was a reference to the 2007 game but still creepy

[Danny McC]

What kind of loser would use that pick up line? Actually I know a kid on my team who would probably say that.

[Zyik]

What kind of loser would use that pick up line? Actually I know a kid on my team who would probably say that.
Every team has someone who would say something like that... we have a few. This is FIRST, higher percentage of smart yet "weird" kids then any other place I know. :D

[Danny McC]

My friend in the pits last year used to some pretty weird pick up lines. Can't remember them but they were really weird. But the funny thing is they worked. And i was all like :ahh:

[xxpingphuongxx]

haha, these are all pretty funny. This is gonna be my first year at any regionals so we'll see how things goes.

[Geek_Girl]

I generally don't see the really geeky or "lame" ones as lame, because I'm a geek with no social skills myself.

But I did get two that were kinda sad.

I felt really bad for this guy, and I hope against hope he doesn't read this:
He came up to me and said "Hey. Do you know what I'm bad at?"
Me- "No, what?"
Him - "Talking to amazing people like you."


The other one was after this whole line of people at the social had fallen into each other, domino-style. I was the second to the last, and fell into the last guy. He came up to me a few minutes later and said "Hey, I was just looking for this beautiful girl that fell into me a few minutes ago..."

Other than that, nothing.

Guy always seem to think they are about to cause an awkward silence when they talk to me. Rarely are they correct. They'll start talking about LOTR or something and expect me not to follow, and are amazed when I do.

[Katie_UPS]

On my team, some of us wear tube skirts (from last year) over our jeans,
so I was walking around and then one guy was like; Hey, you're a keeper!


It was a good referance to last years game
and it wasn't half bad
and he was joking, so its all cool
=]

[prettycolors91]

Regionals this year were rather disappointing...I got landed with head scout so my butt was glued to the seats the whole time. However, the underclassmen on the team more than made up for it....:rolleyes:

Atlanta will be interesting since I'm in the Hall of Fame all the time and all you do is talk to people......

On the back of my HOT sweatshirt this year I put HOT CHAIRMAN (because I'm on the chairmans subteam) and a guy at school is always like "you're one hot chairman;) " -- does it count if hes not on the team? lol

[taylort]

I didn't try this...but theoretically, it would be pretty lame.

"Hey, baby, I'd love to shift YOU into OverDrive..."

(Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of pickup lines. I can barely bring myself to say hello to a member of the opposite sex let alone use an embarassing pickup line on one...)

[Torboticsmember]

Last year, our head scout was you know scouting the other teams for a match talking to them and such, and a guy from another team asked if she wanted to lick barbecue off of him; she was rather disgusted obviously. This year though we saw him around at the regional and we were thinking about going up to him and make the two biggest guys on our team ask him the same question. We never did though.

[SaraBailey]

Fortunately, I've never been the subject of any pickup lines at a regional or otherwise. I don't think they're very original or flattering.
On the flattery note, it's a complete turn off when a guy is like 'you're beautiful/amazing' when he first meets you. In my opinion, of course.

BUT I do have to say I met my current boyfriend at this year's Regional. :rolleyes: So, it's not like you have to use lines.

[Pavan Dave]

Wow, us guys need to hold some sort of robo-geek-guys convention on how to speak to women. Maybe we can get some guest speakers?

After much deliberation, we are no longer "sarcastic" but "desperate."

[whytheheckme]

After much deliberation, we are no longer "sarcastic" but "desperate."

The motion has been approved by the board and passed the votes. We are now looking for volunteers!

(Except for me, of course. I'm very happy with my girlfriend, thankyouverymuch! :D )

[Danny McC]

After much deliberation, we are no longer "sarcastic" but "desperate."

Haha. I didnt have to use a pickup line. My girl just kind of came to me. That's also because we had been talking for a while before the regional.

[Gboehm]

Ive never had enough time to be intrested in the opposite sex at a competition...

[65_Xero_Huskie]

The pickup line thats most used on our team would have to be

"Hey, wanna trade shirts?"

Or some reference to getting another teams shirt.
Its a few of our's goal is to get every teams shirt. :)

[mrbob1000]

I have a pretty solid one... its more of a move... its too epic to type. mainly because i dont want any guys to steal my move. its worked well to this day and only failed 2 out of the 72 times i have used it... thats 97 percent!

[Kersten]

Honesty, why do you guys try to use pick up lines? Isnt it a known fact by now that most of them do not work? Your just embarrassing yourself. Just say hello, make small talk, If the a girl is interested, they will talk back :)

[Renee Becker-Blau]

On my team, some of us wear tube skirts (from last year) over our jeans,
so I was walking around and then one guy was like; Hey, you're a keeper!
=]

Boys have also said, "Nice Skirt" Or "That was soooo last year :confused:"

[SL8]

Honesty, why do you guys try to use pick up lines? Isnt it a known fact by now that most of them do not work? Your just embarrassing yourself. Just say hello, make small talk, If the a girl is interested, they will talk back :)

um..... what are pick-up lines.

[xramenheadx]

I accidentally hit a guy in the pits once, and he made a joke about me hitting on him. Coincidentally, that same competition I had 6 other guys trying to pick me up XD

[xramenheadx]

That's rather antisocial, isnt it?

A question for the ladies out there: Guys holding doors open for you: Good, bad, or indifferent? Is me being chivalrous a waste of time, or a good thing?

--Ben Mitchell


DEFINITELY good! Especially when we're carrying stuff... but even if we're not I think chivalry is always a good thing. Even though chicks can be chivalrous to guys, too.... :D

[Battering_Ram]

heres a good one: last year we named our robot charlie from that really corny youtube video, it was funny for us immature guys tho. neways i dont remember how me and my buddy met her but she was an artist (pre-picasso) and she was good so she drew us a scene of the youtube video character charlie the unicorn in it. it was awesome. its forever place on our shipping box.

ladies, i liked the skirts made out of the ringers from last year. innovative

i got three numbers and three long distance friendships this year by making small talk after asking for signatures on bandannas. so small talk does work and im not even that good looking.

o and one last thing my good friend and co driver joe isn't the boldest and this will be our first year at nats. so if u would be so kind as to stop by 171 pit and say hello -we'll give you some wisconsin regional trademark blinky lights(dont worry u'll see them)- i'd appreciate it. thanks

and plus for retro day we will be wearing shirts that say cheese curd herd on them so u definately have to check them out. lol

[xramenheadx]

Does that mean I only have a limited time of being dateless?

Time to stockpile canned foods, and non-perishables. And money. For the date.



Does your club have cards?

We could have LAN parties in lieu of dates. That'd be fun.

:)



WOW I'd be in on that :D Who needs dates when you can spend some nice quality time with our dear friend Master Chief...!?

[xramenheadx]

"hi, wanna dance?"

I quite like that one. I might want to use it at Roboprom 08 coming up... :D But you know, even in the stands or the pits, that's still pretty hot...

[xramenheadx]

I don't mean to be the one to get back on topic.....but:

Can I press your buttons?;)

!!!


I actually got that one a LOT this year!! It probably had a LOT to do with the fact that I was the robot mascot, and I had a computer keyboard across my chest...?


...


*AWKWARD* T-T

[iRock]

Ok you guys have some pretty beasting pick up lines compared to mine but im gonna tell you anyway b/c i can! haha

"Wow your bot is pretty amazing. But i was really wondering about your human player (me last year). Cause you see, i myself am also a human player and i was wondering if we could get together n go over some strategy sometime."

[Tottanka]

Ive never had enough time to be intrested in the opposite sex at a competition...
yup.

[Katie_UPS]

Not a pick-up line, but I LOVED Team 537 "kiss me I'm geeky" buttons!!!!!!!!!!

[Ricki E.]

Speaking of robot pins, I love the "233 Hottie" pins!!!

[Nica F.]

Someone put a safety token in my butt pocket for being safe. that was uncalled for. lol

[zachjo]

has anyone been told If You Were DNA, I Would Be Helicase so I Could Unzip Your Genes.

[mrbob1000]

Your minipulators look tired, let me help you with carrying that.

(always works)

has anyone been told If You Were DNA, I Would Be Helicase so I Could Unzip Your Genes.

that makes me think of biology class...

how bout
"engineers do it with less resistance"

[Ashley Christine]

I am sure this has already been said before in this thread. but..

"Can I get a picture with you?"

[fredliu168]

Lets research our cooefficient of friction.

[mrbob1000]

I want to defragment your harddrive

lets play tech support...

[Weeman914]

This is a great story.

My freshman year 06' This kid Arthur W. decides to start showing us pictures on the bus ride there of his so called girlfriend, me and the guy next to me both say why arent you in the pic, hes like i gotta take the picture dont I, from there it escalated, He liked a girl at the table across from us but was afraid to talk to her so i was like alright here come wit me ill take these glowsticks and u start talking, so he does then afterwards he takes a picture but i didnt notice, then on the busride home he shows us the picture calling her his girlfriend and still continues that till this day (WITH DIFFERENT PICS OF GIRLS AT FRC MIDWEST REGIONAL!) but hes going to Guerin high school this year so we wont see him again.

[Herodotus]

I've got a few robotics pick-up lines. They often don't work, especially with girls who aren't on robotics. :P

My personal favorite.

Nice rack. Want to see my pinion?

[Lions for First]

not a pickup line but every guy on our team (all 10 of us) said they would get at least 1 number the only one to too get anywhere on the team was one lone freshmen everyone else fell on their faces (I didn’t but being team driver and leader of the team I didn’t have time but would have fallen to the stupidity if I had) it was embarrassing for all of us to lose to a freshmen especially after all of us talked so big in the van on the way over.

[mrbob1000]

can i plug my pwm in?

i wanna do away with the resistance here

would you randomize my trackballs

[deejay021]

lmao perfect topic... ok so we by some miracle made it to nationals... and when we get the information saying a.our sponsors are paying and b. that once there a press pass will be given my friend ***** is like totally i can use it to get closer to girls... im not sure what happened but we didnt see much of him the whole time we were in atlanta...

[mrbob1000]

i just sing bot buildin man by DSK

then they start talking to me...

or i just ask if we can test bumpers ;)

[SlaminSwimster]

I had this guy come up to me and my friend Haley at World's and say "i like ur legs in those shorts (we were both wearin short shorts) but you;d look better without them on":ahh:

[thefro526]

I don't use pickup lines, some how girls are drawn to my 'fro. :D

[mrbob1000]

im a linux user and sometimes women just find linux users irresistable... and im like... "i wanna look at your code and do a fsck"

by the way... a FSCK is a file systems check... it happens every once in a wile you boot your linux computer.

[Dave_222]

I know it's off topic, but i havent even looked at CD in 3 years and my jaw just droped that this thread is still active heh.

[ccsingle07]

A couple of years ago someone came up to a girl on our team and asked her if she wanted to see his tether;) . I thought it was funny:D , but apparently she didn't.

[Ricki E.]

I was volunteering at the FTC Championship at CSUN, recently, and there was a wrap party. There was the coolest human foose ball inflatable toy, which was really fun. As soon as I got out, I was still in a soccer playing mood. I took the soccer ball and asked someone if I could score on him. I didn't notice what I said until a couple seconds later. I started laughing and he gave me a really weird look. Thing is, I didn't mean it to be any type of sexual innuendo.. ahh w.e. But I laughed sooo hard after.

Funniest pick up line:
Did you just fart?
No.
Because you blew me away.

(If someone came up to me and said that, I would give that person the biggest hug for having a sense of humor)

[Lydia_1739]

im a linux user and sometimes women just find linux users irresistable

at the risk of sounding weird:
i don't think the girls are drawn to the linux ;)

and i've never been approached at a competition but there were a group of guys that came up to me and my friends in the hotel we stayed at and they were like
we found a "free room" wanna check it out? my cerfew is at 11

[mountaindewftw]

i dont know if i want to even get into this but i believe that last year at IRI me and couple of friends started mini raves around random people..... We ended up with a number...fun time :rolleyes:

[bobwrit]

I'm usaly in the stands programming during the regionals, so girls tend to not talk to me. Oh well. That's fine with me.

[1727's duck]

when i was at the DC Regional, a boy from another team came up to me when i was discussing World of Warcraft with a friend and asked me "Can i dip my Magic Staff into your Mana Pool?", gave me his number, and asked for me to meet up with him at the lunch break. haha. epic fail, needless to say i didn't go and meet up with him.

[Danny McC]

when i was at the DC Regional, a boy from another team came up to me when i was discussing World of Warcraft with a friend and asked me "Can i dip my Magic Staff into your Mana Pool?", gave me his number, and asked for me to meet up with him at the lunch break. haha. epic fail, needless to say i didn't go and meet up with him.

Hmmmm as a former World of Warcraft player myself( I broke the habit in November) I must say that is a horrible pick up line.

[eternalearth888]

"It's not the size of the vector, but the force you apply with it" ROFL

[amariealbrecht]

1) A boy came up with a video camera to our pit and was like ... so can you tell us something about your robot...i was like well what would you like to know...he was like just explain it to us...i was like umm ok and as i started to explain it his video camera did not move once to the robot but followed the drive team out of our pit and he said ... so now that all have left...can you hit me up with your number --> i just walked away

2) hey girl hey...i like them tights and the pink is really cute...pink and green go nicely together...and those are the colors of the game this year...we should click like that..hit me up later (proceeds to give me his number)

3) well since your a robette which is a female robot, and we only have boys on our team...we should talk sometime..

4) hey you go to an all girls school so you must not talk to guys all that much...how bout i break that habit..hi im tim

hahahaha..oh boys

[Sunbun]

My friend and I were wondering how many past FIRST games could have really bad sexual innuendos (this is what we do when we get bored scouting). I thought Lunacy would be free from those.

Then he came up with this...

"Will you dump your payload into my trailer?"

[Zyik]

Rose and I were hit on by some guys going to the neighboring convention at LA. We managed a syncornized eyeroll and walked away.

[Neidi Poole]

I dont know if this counts as a pick-up line, but a guy said I had small feet and gave me a foot massage :yikes: then proceeded to force his phone into my hands for my digits

[dragonrulr288]

One weekend this year, a guy on my team pointed out a girl on annother team and turned to me and said "wow she is hot.."
I turned and said "do you want her number, or what?"
He replied "No, I stand no chance"
I got up and got her number :)
lol

[typharn91]

all you gotta do is just go up to em and talk liek normal i did that an dgot a girls number and then a week aftere we went to the movies :) ...i also looked completely rediculous whne i asked her

[sydney_1547]

so our team was just standing around in our pit in atlanta when a few ppl from this team come give us a little orange handheld fan. we turned it on and found that it lights up. the first setting says go waldo girls go. then it has a bunch of hearts. then it says call us. and the next one was a phone number.

we called the number a little while later and the guy said turn around im behind u :| we're still laughing about that

[T.Dutra]

alright so last year in atlanta i was in our team's pit with my friend and these guys came up to us and said they were scouting. they asked us a few questions about the robot but then they just started asking us random questions and then one of them proceeded to introduce himself as "Jonas the German Love Machine"
wow good times :)

[AudreyHealy]

Oh man, I wish I would have seen this thread before the Michigan State Competition. I met this really cute girl while scouting ( :P ), and I might have had the courage to talk to her again had I seen this beforehand. Oh well, maybe I'll see her at a fall off-season competition. ;)

[JonellGregor]

Ha.. So I wasn't even in the pit when this happened. But a bunch of guys came into our pit and walked up to Michelle(she's my best friend) and they go.."Umm hey where is that one girl, you know curly brown hair, she's wearing shorts, she has that elephant backpack on, she looks like she is a cheerleader(I don't even know how they knew that or could tell I was) ?" Michelle is like ohh shes scouting she will be back later....the funny thing is.. They kept on coming around and around and around but never had the courage to talk to me.

[ZInventor]

this one worked on me during the summer on a cruise: as a Hookup line ONLY

after talking about random stuff for a while, this girl leaned over and kissed me on the cheek and said "i know we'll only be here for a week, but do you think we could hook up or something?" it worked, and we had a good time on the cruise; the odd thing is that we've still been in a long distance relationship (not all LDR's are bad) for 4 years!!! we'll see if we ever end up seeing each other again...

[Zach Herbst]

I did once ask a girl if she wanted to build my robot... that relationship didn't last very long...

[amariealbrecht]

While our team was competing, we like to have a couple girls stay in the pits at all times for the judges and for random questions. I told the other girls that they could go up and watch, cause it made me nervous so I stayed in the pits.
Well earlier that day a bunch of boys had been circling around "scouting"
They had "scouted" our team 5 times and for the 6th time, they were like can we ask you some questions about your robot. i was like oh of course, but our robot is gone.
Then they proceeded to say, oh its ok we dont mind. As I started to explain it, one of the guys said "Hey ya know were staying in the Americ Inn right down the street, you should stop by."
I just laughed and after a couple minutes of awkward silence, they left

[katd30]

At the NASA/VCU Regional this year I was in the pits about to relay a message to the guys queuing for our next match. I'm like paraniod about going places by myself so I took two of the guys with me. We were looking for them in the line when these two guys came up to me and were like "Do you want a button?"

Then the two guys from my team were like "Can we get a button?" and the two nervous guys were like "Uh... that was our last one. We just wanted to talk to her."

And apparently while I was scouting with the other girl on my team we were hit on, but I'm just completely oblivious cause I missed it every single time. She told me later when we were in the stands and I was like "Oh... Were any of them cute?" She said no so I wasn't worried about it.

[Thing2_1723]

One of the girls on our team was tackled by a hawk mascot in roller skates to where he was on her on the last day while everyone else was helping pack up. We joke around with her saying that the hawk was doing pelvic thusts in her general direction. :)

[Katherine Lake]

The guys in my team make up pickup lines at the competition during our matches.

"I'll turn your super cell into an empty cell." is the only one I can remember right now. I just really hope they didn't use them on anyone.

[LadyinthePit]

We had a guy come into our pit and ask to talk to our safety captain. She asked him if she could help him and his reply was "I would give you a safety token but it's not safe to have a body that fine in the pits." Her boyfriend wheeled up with our robot after a match at that exact moment.

[Nawaid Ladak]

We had a guy come into our pit and ask to talk to our safety captain. She asked him if she could help him and his reply was "I would give you a safety token but it's not safe to have a body that fine in the pits." Her boyfriend wheeled up with our robot after a match at that exact moment.

thats a good line... i have to say, im impressed, the timing was off, but otherwise.... great line

[Andrew Y.]

maybe its because im already a over protective brother....

but i have scared some boys away from our pits...

lets see iv heard
the usual "you going to the social"
"can i give you a massage"
"i have abs of steel...and i dont even work for em"
"i have a thinkg about redheads"
"you do crew? i do too, we should date"
and ANOTHER MENTOR HIT ON ONE OF MY STUDENDS......no comment on that one....

Then some guys jumped onto one of our girls and tried dancing/grinding with her at the hotel...that got put to an end REAL quick:mad:...

so all in all, i think i scared away about 3-4 guys this season. And by scared i mean they never said another word to any of our freshmen girls...and they where right next to us... like i said..i may be a little over protective....:P

althought i was proud our boys gave their numbers away, i was starting to think they had no lives hehe

[amariealbrecht]

As i have already posted three or four times with bad pick up lines, sometimes the best thing that works is just talking to us like we arent a different kind fo creature. We are just girls and usually we are more than willing to talk to you if you talk to us normally and put away the pick up lines. Thats how I have kept a bunch of good robotics friends. :)

[Rick TYler]

I've been married since *cough* and pray that I never need to have a "pickup line" ever again. I don't pretend to be an expert. I would think that, given the people and place involved, the best line would be, "Hey, cool robot. Can you tell me about how it works?"

I swear, youth is wasted on young men... :)

[thefro526]

I would think that, given the people and place involved, the best line would be, "Hey, cool robot. Can you tell me about how it works?"



I'd second that.

That's the advice I give to all of the new kids on the team. It seems like it works. :D

[FRC4ME]

This thread is too fun to die. I'll revive it with the best pick-up line I've ever used. Guys, are you listening? This one involves a digital multimeter.

1. Walk up to the girl with the multimeter and say, "hey, want to see my second favorite way to use a multimeter?"
2. Girl should reply, "sure."
3. Have her hold one probe in her left hand and you hold one probe in your right. Set the multimeter to resistance mode (2 Mohm range if manual ranging).
4. Ask her to hold your hand and talk about how cool it is when the resistance number goes down.

At this point, you've already gotten her to hold you hand, but if you'd like to continue:

5. Say, "and that's my second favorite way to use a multimeter."
6. Girl should ask, "what's your first favorite way to use a multimeter?"
7. Respond, "showing you my second favorite way to use a multimeter." ;)

And that should do it. I've tested this one, and it works. And you have to admit, it is a pretty clever way to use a multimeter. :D

Alternatively, if you're feeling really ambitious, after step four, when you're each holding one probe and she holds your hand and the resistance reading drops, say, "see, you cannot resist!" Disclaimer: I have not tested that one.

Ultra-disclaimer: Entire above post is all in good fun. Girls: please do not hate me. :p

[Chris is me]

I honestly don't see who has time to try and "pick up" girls at robotics. I'm so busy and hyper at events that if I see someone I'm attracted to or if I'm getting along with well in conversation, I'll think "hey, maybe I should get her Facebook / number / whatever" several hours after the fact... Robotics is really the only place where I'm distracted from girls.

On the rare occasion I can't stop thinking about someone cool I just met at a comp, I just go talk to them again really, like a normal person. Don't let this dissuade you from using terrible pickup lines; after all this is one of my favorite CD threads :P

If you find your quotes sprinkled throughout this thread, I am happy to give advice on how to avoid that fate :)

[lady lighting]

ok this isnt really a pick up line but w.e. so me and my friend lauren were sitting on the bleachers at a comp. scouting and the HOT team was sitting nxt to us and their macot mitchell kept lookin at us.. so once he looked at us and then came over and started talking to us and was like michelle and lauren do u want a pin??? were like sure..... he walked away and we both looked at each other and were like how the heck does he kno or names.... and since im the mascot for our team he keep like following me and lauren around every where we went.... then we just started talking to our friends on RUSH and he left us alone and every comp. after that hed just either stare at us or start talking to us and were like what the heck... It was very weird thing.....

[Chris is me]

That inspires a pretty bad pickup line anyone on 67 is welcome to use...

"Who's hot?"

"YOU'RE HOT!"

[mrbob1000]

This thread is too fun to die. I'll revive it with the best pick-up line I've ever used. Guys, are you listening? This one involves a digital multimeter.

1. Walk up to the girl with the multimeter and say, "hey, want to see my second favorite way to use a multimeter?"
2. Girl should reply, "sure."
3. Have her hold one probe in her left hand and you hold one probe in your right. Set the multimeter to resistance mode (2 Mohm range if manual ranging).
4. Ask her to hold your hand and talk about how cool it is when the resistance number goes down.

At this point, you've already gotten her to hold you hand, but if you'd like to continue:

5. Say, "and that's my second favorite way to use a multimeter."
6. Girl should ask, "what's your first favorite way to use a multimeter?"
7. Respond, "showing you my second favorite way to use a multimeter." ;)

And that should do it. I've tested this one, and it works. And you have to admit, it is a pretty clever way to use a multimeter. :D

Alternatively, if you're feeling really ambitious, after step four, when you're each holding one probe and she holds your hand and the resistance reading drops, say, "see, you cannot resist!" Disclaimer: I have not tested that one.

Ultra-disclaimer: Entire above post is all in good fun. Girls: please do not hate me. :p

I must admit, i used that to get one of my friends and a few people that i ran into to laugh. (not to get numbers) They thought it was funny then some of them asked ME for my number and i gave it to them. Guess people really like seeing how low they can get the resistance. :rolleyes:

[lproxster]

Well this is not really from a regional but it's something that happened recently.

"Do you wanna get together and run an autonomous mode? You can play defense and I'll kick the ball."

[Elizabeth Waters]

This thread is too fun to die. I'll revive it with the best pick-up line I've ever used. Guys, are you listening? This one involves a digital multimeter.

1. Walk up to the girl with the multimeter and say, "hey, want to see my second favorite way to use a multimeter?"
2. Girl should reply, "sure."
3. Have her hold one probe in her left hand and you hold one probe in your right. Set the multimeter to resistance mode (2 Mohm range if manual ranging).
4. Ask her to hold your hand and talk about how cool it is when the resistance number goes down.

At this point, you've already gotten her to hold you hand, but if you'd like to continue:

5. Say, "and that's my second favorite way to use a multimeter."
6. Girl should ask, "what's your first favorite way to use a multimeter?"
7. Respond, "showing you my second favorite way to use a multimeter." ;)

And that should do it. I've tested this one, and it works. And you have to admit, it is a pretty clever way to use a multimeter. :D

Alternatively, if you're feeling really ambitious, after step four, when you're each holding one probe and she holds your hand and the resistance reading drops, say, "see, you cannot resist!" Disclaimer: I have not tested that one.

Ultra-disclaimer: Entire above post is all in good fun. Girls: please do not hate me. :p

Too fantastic. Though most of those of the male persuasion that we encounter at competition arent quite as... "suave" shall we say? I distinctly remember being hit on repeatedly by guys in the most obvious and awkward manners. Boys, if it's a girl you seek, be genuine and comfortable.

Last year, my favorite "hit-on" quote was as follows: "Blarglefish will spare you!"

Poor guy.