"Quotes" that were said during build season [Archive] - Page 10

XD_bring_it

18-02-2010, 22:52

After finding out the elastic force needed for the kicker:

Member 1: This can't be right.
*looks at the number*
Me: Wait, isn't that the number that we want?
Member 1: Exactly. We must have done something wrong.
Me: I'll double check our velocity vectors.
*Member 2 comes in*
Member 2: So how's it going?
Member 1: Our numbers are perfect.
Member 2: You must have done something wrong.

hillale

19-02-2010, 00:26

Highly Inappropriate...

Monday was National That's What She Said Day. Maybe it was in relation to that.

AcesJames

19-02-2010, 00:27

"Joey, the parts don't fit together!"
"That's because you did it differently than my drawing!"
"Stop referencing the drawings, we're 3 weeks past that!"
"Ahhhhh"
"Ahhhhh"

Yeah, that was pretty much last night, lol.

apalrd

19-02-2010, 00:31

"Why are you carrying around a totally non-suspicious silver briefcase? Do you have a bomb in it or something"
"Why would I carry a bomb in a silver briefcase? Bombs are always in black briefcases"
"He is probably carrying lots of cash. That is always in silver briefcases"

(actually I was carrying the operator console packed into a silver briefcase waiting for honeycomb)

thatoneguy23

19-02-2010, 10:56

Me: What are you doing?
Frame Person: Kicking the robot?
Me: Why are you kicking the robot??? STOP KICKING THE ROBOT!!!

Karibou

19-02-2010, 17:58

One of our students was drawing lines between everyone's names on tonight's food order, and his lines were more loopy than straight. I went up to the paper and drew straight-ish lines through the center of his.

Me: "You know, you could have taken three more seconds to draw a straight line"
Student: "Mine is straight!"
Mentor: "No way, yours is like the seismic waves of the San Andreas fault."

Michael Ogden

19-02-2010, 19:28

Monday was National That's What She Said Day. Maybe it was in relation to that.
You know it!

Gir_450

19-02-2010, 19:34

"Screw the battery, get out the freaking nuclear reactor"

[TBT] Vampire

19-02-2010, 19:35

James referring to C-Channel: "Why'd you push that in farther?"
Enmar: "Why do you have a hammer..?"

Hahah xD

JP Carlin

19-02-2010, 19:40

Traction will get you over the bump but momentum will get you airborne.

[TBT] Vampire

19-02-2010, 22:52

Mayde: "Is that four inches? Tell me it's four inches Claire!"
Me: "That's what she said."

*a round of applause and much laughter*

mayde

19-02-2010, 23:16

Claire: "I think it's right this time. I hope it's right this time."
Mayde: "Ha! I'm gonna go post that to CD!"
Claire: "See you in five minutes."

just a little line of dialogue.
Claire was cutting fabric to cover the bumper.

[TBT] Vampire

20-02-2010, 00:39

Zeke: "Where's the other trunnion mounter?"
-silence-
Zeke: "How does an entire triangle disappear?"
*I look over on top of the cart holding our computer towers and pull out the trunnion mounter*
Zeke: "How did that get in there..?!"

Lulz.

AnibaS

20-02-2010, 01:18

We have two teams at our school:2265 (all-girls) and 1155 (99% guys).

2265 Student: They named their robot Megan Fox!?!
1155 Mentor: HELLZ YES!!!
:rolleyes:

[TBT] Vampire

20-02-2010, 03:25

"It tastes like veggies and robot."

xD

jamesdahlstrom

20-02-2010, 04:57

Mike (mentor):"David, what did you spill on you hands!?"

David (mentor):"The stuff that your supposed to go to the hospital if you do?"

/*He was kidding of course lol but it was really funny because we were talking about not getting hurt that day*/

JP Carlin

20-02-2010, 13:37

Mike: can we put a flamethrower on the robot?
Me: Did you read the rules?
Mike: Yes?
Me: Soo?
Mike: How about dropping spikes on the floor?
Me: Go read the rule book

Kurt W.

20-02-2010, 17:07

I had to write a page for the website and im not the best writer so i asked one of my friends on the newsletter to help me. He said:

"I cant think about (mentor commonly known as the team mom) right now, My thoughts are filled with (college mentor who used to be on the team)."

Everyone thought it was funny so we wrote it on the white board and when the second mentor saw this he said to him (not exactly but pretty close)

"What do i fill your head with Michael?"

Everyone laughed.

Dragon Princess

20-02-2010, 18:47

from my dad to me
"See it's bad being a part of electrical, the mechanical guys leave you a minute to get things done then blame you for any failures."

or from a Komar my freshman year.
"I've calculated and out of the entire build season programing and electrical only work for fifteen minutes every hour mechanical works, but without us the robot would be a heap of metal"
it's funny because it true.

alicen

20-02-2010, 19:02

enigmatic

20-02-2010, 19:20

Kris: i need a zip tie
Josh: what do you want me to do? crap one out?

Bandgeek80001

20-02-2010, 20:24

Referring to wire:
x-"I'm not going to thread it through all the wire until I know if it works."
y-"No, if it works, then we'll have to unplug it again."
x-"But if it doesn't work, I don't want to have to unplug it again."
y-"But you're the one doing it, so that probably means it will work."

Being, x, I have learned that a) it is bad practice to put the digital sidecar right below the motors, and b) my wiring jobs can occasionally be terrible.

JP Carlin

20-02-2010, 21:30

Me: Mike did you read the rule book?
Mike: Yes
Me: well you need to spend a few more hours digesting the rulebook because (insert one of the many rules he suggested breaking here) is against the rules.

Dolan

20-02-2010, 23:46

(me and team programmer thinking of things to write on the crate)

team programmer: it could say "This Robot is more valuable than the organs and combined incomes of everyone in [subject hometown here]."

me: or we could make it a Companion Cube!!!!

then we made many more portal quotes because we Love Cake, and it is not a lie

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Portal_(game)

KC1AJT

21-02-2010, 00:08

Traction will get you over the bump but momentum will get you airborne.
we learned both of these in one pass
http://www.team61.com/gallery/2010-build/Picture%20065.jpg

meganmc

21-02-2010, 01:21

"We plan all year long just to make sure we have this crunch time, don't we seniors?" - that would be our president's dad getting frustrated with us.

"Why is the air compressor the size of a screw in Autodesk? How the heck is that going to power a steel kicker?!"

"I'm good with making the wood do what I want - thats why I'm non-robotic construction VP XD" - our VP of Non-Robotic Construction

Labot2001

21-02-2010, 02:07

We have this joke about this one kid in our group. He cusses when something minor happens and laughs his head off when something catastrophic happens:

"AHH! I got a paper cut! ****!"

"...Did you just break our last master link?"
"Huh? *looks down* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

etc.

Also there were lots of "Are you trolling me?" and "Is this manual trolling me?", "Is the parts list trolling me?", "What do you mean you broke it? Is this a troll" etc.

Also lots of Star Wars references and karaoke to Beach Boys and Queen.

Labot2001

21-02-2010, 02:13

One of our mentors is Russian. "In the soviet Russia, Computer program you!"

Our programmer is Russian. Lots of "In Soviet Russia, [noun] [verbs] you!" jokes.

sp33chy

21-02-2010, 02:24

Our programmer is Russian. Lots of "In Soviet Russia, [noun] [verbs] you!" jokes.

I got tired of them before the first one.

Also;

"This looks like a good place to put a motor"

Chris is me

21-02-2010, 02:24

Also there were lots of "Are you trolling me?" and "Is this manual trolling me?", "Is the parts list trolling me?", "What do you mean you broke it? Is this a troll" etc.

I would hope that the Manual trolls people. While it's been butchered and re purposed faster than the word "ironic", by strict definition, trolling is doing something, usually provocative, to draw attention to itself. Hopefully people pay attention to the manual. :rolleyes:

dotbran

21-02-2010, 16:18

ALL YOUR BOTS ARE BELONG TO US.

nighterfighter

21-02-2010, 16:22

"Ooops, I accidently drilled through the cRIO"

One of our lead mentors, while drilling a screw in.

:(

Luckily, it was just a scratch.

colinwarren

21-02-2010, 17:44

"Wow... this ethernet cord is really kinky."

"This should be working... oh..." (from one of the programmers)

Mentor: "Lets just winch it so hard that we crush our arm."
Student: "Ya, that'll work"

DezNacario

21-02-2010, 20:58

Our programmer (E) turned 17 on the 2nd of February, and all he asked for as a present was for the swerve drive to work. It didn't. A few days later on the 8th, I had my 18th birthday and it did in fact work.

Me: "You see, E? I got swerve drive for my birthday. The team obviously just loves me more!:D "

dqmot17

21-02-2010, 21:05

"Banners on the ground.
Banners on the ground.
Lookin like a fool with your banners on ground"

DezNacario

21-02-2010, 21:13

Forgot to include this in my last post:

For anyone who watched the Olympics Opening Ceremonies, you'd have seen the little mishap that we had with the pillars (for those who don't know, one of the four pillars didn't rise, leaving one of the torch bearers awkwardly standing there as the other three lit the working pillars). Not two minutes after, some of our team members had received texts asking, "So what do you think? Mechanical or electrical problem?" Haha only robotics kids...:rolleyes:

Which reminds me:
Electrical Captain: "Guys, it's obviously a mechanical problem!" *as he connects a wire*

Radical Pi

21-02-2010, 21:30

"You forgot to put the jumper in the bumper" -- when the battery readout wasn't working

CAD Team: "Why is the motor on the right side of the robot"
Frame Team: "...Because we put it there"
CAD Team: "But the CAD drawing says it should be on the left side!"
Frame Team: "Well then go fix the CAD model"

Pneumatics: "Programmers, why isn't the cylinder firing?"
Programemrs: "idk, the light on the solenoid module is turning on and off. It must be wired wrong"
Electronics: "No, the light on the solenoid is turning on and off. It must be connected to the pneumatics wrong"
Pneumatics: "Uhh..........are you sure? We never do stuff wrong!"

ideasrule

21-02-2010, 21:43

Today I was trying to get the autonomous working. Meanwhile, the driver was trying to practice and the mechanical team was trying to work on the robot.

Driver to mechanical: Hurry up before he decides to load more code.
Me (ten seconds before mechanical finishes): OK, loading code.
(after a while)

Driver: Why aren't the pistons working?
Mechanical: Oh, somebody crimped the hose shut.

apalrd

21-02-2010, 22:50

"The Kicker isn't pulling back!!!"
"What is this palardymalarchi?"
"It must be a software problem"
(It turned out to be a mechanical problem)

"I don't want to do that because if you loose the sensor then the robot will kill itself."

"So... I have to make High set the solenoid Low and Low set the solenoid High"

"Why don't I get a song like Carolyn (Sweet Caroline)?"

"We said "Where is Eric?" and we found him in the CAD room eating cream puffs"
"Does that surprise you?"

"Do we have everything we need before we go down to the basement?"
"Yeah."
"Looking at the cart, I see a robot, batteries, and Mountain Dew. I don't think thats everything."

"The robot kinda looks like a monster"
"You are looking at the back. So I guess it could look like a monster with its head up its butt"

(Before Build Season while fixing the '07 bot)
"So the shoulder is all the way down, but is still trying to drive the shoulder another 40 degrees down?"

(Talking about old robots)
"What robot was that? Oh, that was the refrigerator one..."

(Looking at old robots in the basement)
"This robot won Semi-Finalist in the world and won the IRI"
"This little robot won finalist in the world and could drag its upturned alliance partners off the ramp"
"This robot had crab-drive"
...
"This robot that can tilt the arm down and do a death spiral."

The Zevling

21-02-2010, 23:09

On the door of our programming Cave:

"If it's falling apart, it's a mechanical problem.
If it's spewing magic smoke, it's an electrical problem.
If it's rampaging around and destroying things, it's a programming problem."

As we returned from the local Scrimmage:
"Mars is bright tonight"

Tarzan19

21-02-2010, 23:45

Yesterday, when taking a break and eating pizza, I was complaining about the half pepperoni and half canadian bacon being 5/8 Pepperoni and 3/8 C.D.

Mentor: Do you know the difference between Pep, and C.D.? the area it comes from on the pig.
freshman: yah, C.D. comes from the butt.
B: hah, you like butt.
Me: No, just pig butt. OH NO! (hang head)

Needless to say we burst out laughing for like 20 mins later.

R: Where do they make pens?
A: the pen factory.

Radical Pi

22-02-2010, 00:14

Mentor: Why is the winch so slow
Programmer: Because it's at half speed
Mentor: Why is it at half speed?
Programmer: Because you told me to make it run at half speed...

Mentor: Why did the robot stop lifting?
Programmer: We hit the software limit
Mentor: Why are the limits so low?
Programmer: Because you made me set them to some number you made up

Mentor: Why isn't the compressor working?
Programmer: Because there is no breaker
Mentor: Why is there no breaker?
Programmer: Because you told me to take it out...

See a pattern here?

FRC4ME

22-02-2010, 01:06

Me: "What did you call the class that controls a Jaguar via CAN?"
Student: "CanJaguar"
Me: "And what about the class that controls a Jaguar via PWM?"
Student: "CantJaguar"
Me: <facepalm>

Techgirl675

22-02-2010, 13:05

Our team is making an Offensive Power Rating (OPR) and Defensive Power Rating (DRP) program for scouting and our programmer and I call it the Opper Durper. So after waiting for a while for him to finish it I write up on the To-Do List in the shop-
"Luke- Freakin Opper my Durper already!!!"
Needless to say, the rest of the team was confused and Luke got a good laugh out of it.

dmellich

22-02-2010, 13:43

Mentor to a freshman team member: "So what do you think of build season now?"

Freshman Student: "You have to work really fast but not be hectic."

kmcclary

22-02-2010, 16:43

"Ooops, I accidently drilled through the cRIO" (One of our lead mentors, while drilling a screw in.) :( Luckily, it was just a scratch. Of course, whenever we hear any "class of statement" (or an event happens that defies belief or normal probability), a team vet will often reflexively reply immediately with this (include an eye roll)...

"Oh, not AGAIN !!!!" :D

Of course the leaves the rest of the Newbies normally staring in amazement and disbelief, totally confused and left wondering if this has REALLY happened before, or not...

Quite entertaining, actually...

- Keith

Karibou

22-02-2010, 18:54

Me: "...so, red or blue?"
Student: "Red"
Mentor: "Blue"
Me: *laughing*
Student and Mentor: "What?"
Me: "Well, you're wearing a red shirt and you said red (*points to student*), you're wearing a blue hoodie and you said blue (*points to mentor*)"
They look at each other..."OHHHHHHHH!"
Me: "And I'm the one asking the question, and I'm wearing purple...oh wow."

FRC4ME

22-02-2010, 21:04

Student: "What the hell is a Dave Lay-ver-ee?"

Ryan_Davis

22-02-2010, 21:17

"It didn't take Stratovarius to build a violin"
"Yeah It took him the night too!"
"Dumba**"

Ryan_Davis

22-02-2010, 21:21

RandomStyuff

22-02-2010, 22:54

One of our Mentors after having just weighed the robot: "****, it's 6 kg overweight!"
The Mechanical Team Manager: "It's ok, they'll fix it in software"

The Zevling

22-02-2010, 23:16

I love this !
Which one, the astronomical observation, or the error analysis advice?

One of our Mentors after having just weighed the robot: "****, it's 6 kg overweight!"
The Mechanical Team Manager: "It's ok, they'll fix it in software"
Well, since blank code is stored as ones, and used code is stored as ones and zeros, and the difference is measured by electrons, the more code you have, the lighter the robot is...

Imadapocalypse

23-02-2010, 06:39

keep in mind we always make fun of each other so no big

K:"yeah i saved the team last year cause of all the drilling and filing i did
B:"wow K so modest"
A:"yeah imagine if he started exercising"

K:"if you had to name the robot what would you name it?"
Mentor N:"dont ask me that"
K:"why?"
Mentor N:"because if they announce it at regionals all it would be is $#@%#$"

B:"you know they have a compilation of every swear word ever said in sopranos?"
F:"what if they did that with all the screaming done in dragonball Z"
Mentor R:"you ever notice how people in that show are named after foreign things like piccolo" o.0

add that to numerous peter chao impressions, voice changes, and endless freshmen initiations all in all made it a memorable build season.

Glad to have called it my team, but saddened to never go through it again

Ryan_Davis

23-02-2010, 06:46

[QUOTE=The Zevling;926838]Which one, the astronomical observation, or the error analysis advice?

Both :)

dragonrulr288

23-02-2010, 07:35

[at dinner, one guy keeps poking a freshman in the arm]
F-Stop touching me!
J-what if I dont wanna?
F- J stop touching me or I will touch you back!
[mentor turns around and gives them a crazy look]

1-STOP PUSHING!!!
[he was drilling something into the frame and the freshman on the other end was pushing the frame twords him haha]

[me and annother person standing in our saw room]
me- well this is awkward [walks out]

Kibaspirit

23-02-2010, 08:03

"How long?"
"Deilio"
"The Enforcer"

newyorkjr

23-02-2010, 08:57

Mentor gave a new twist to a very old saying:
"Quality, not suck!"

"This is OUR competitive advantage."

"Dance party mode!"

"[insert name here] broke the robot!"

delsaner

23-02-2010, 09:26

Mentor: "Do you realize that wins and losses mean NOTHING this year? I just found out that we have seeding point changes that disregard win-loss count!"

Student: "This is lunacy! Oh wait, that was last year."

Mageofdancingdr

23-02-2010, 10:24

[at dinner, one guy keeps poking a freshman in the arm]
F-Stop touching me!
J-what if I dont wanna?
F- J stop touching me or I will touch you back!
[mentor turns around and gives them a crazy look]

but F was already pushing back by newton's third law...

Newton's third law of threats:
"anything you can do to me, I can do to you."

thatoneguy23

23-02-2010, 11:15

Programmer- Hey, Look at this Autonomus!
*robot moves 2 inches backwards*
Mentor- Nice. You know what would be even better than that?
Other Mentor - Anything.:D

Sincrum

23-02-2010, 11:58

Not really a quote, but funny,....This year our robot will smell like a vacuum cleaner, due to a belt from a vacuum cleaner used to power part of the robot.

Andrew Y.

23-02-2010, 12:30

Teacher: Do you guys need me to bail yall out of jail?

Mentors: No, we made bail at 3. We are working on the robot again:D

1086VEX

23-02-2010, 14:54

said as the robot was up on its front end...
programmer: can i drop code now?
capitan: no, if you drop it now its just going to fall out!

Sincrum

23-02-2010, 16:15

Teacher: Do you guys need me to bail yall out of jail?

Mentors: No, we made bail at 3. We are working on the robot again:D

Seems like there is a story behind this one......

Refresh

23-02-2010, 17:52

"PWM cables can be like wicks"

Our mentor chad after we told him we almost had a fire on our robot.

FRC4ME

23-02-2010, 18:57

Yesterday, while packing the crate, we decided to let a few programming students handle it. They seemed to be lacking in drayage securement experience. After about thirty minutes of watching them fiddle around:

Mentor 1: "Geez guys; we could have packed it twice by now."
Mentor 2: "We could have driven it there by now!"

He was almost right (our labs is in Charlottesville and we're shipping to Richmond) :D

mikelowry

23-02-2010, 22:43

One of our members, pointing to the packet of grease that came in the kit asked, "Is that soy sauce? Why are we putting soy sauce on the robot?"

Darkknight512

23-02-2010, 23:38

It is our first year, we worked till 10:30 on our robot today, but it is not finished (but close enough so we will finish at the event...) these are some of the quotes said today and yesterday, probably the most important to remember and not make the same mistake ever again, or they are just funny and will be laughed at in a few years when we look back.

Enjoy!

Me: "Guys... Next year we need to panic a week early..."

Teacher: "Umm guys, we are 0.25" too wide..."
Us: " Why the heck did no one measure it till today?!?!?!?"

Me: "We need to take this peaice off, its in the way of the un-widening proccess"
Mentor: " Well we can't use a saw so just drill 20 holes in a line where you would cut, I did that with a kitty door once..."

Me: "Guys this is the last electronic component to mount"
Me (5 minutes later): "O #$%@ guys I forgot the camera"
Me (1 hour later, while reading through the manual): O !@#$% forgot the RSL *Runs and gets it*

Someone: "So... umm... Zipties?"

Student: "It won't go in, its too tight"
Teacher: "It will wedge in, just hit it with a manualy actuated impact device"

Student: "How do we mount this?"
Teacher: *Picks up metal bands with holes* "This should work, it says 1001 uses!"

Takashi267

24-02-2010, 00:38

Someone on our team misspoke and said

Girl: "I'm marring his boyfriend"
Everyone else: "WHAT?!?!?!? That sounds so wrong in so many ways".
Me:"This is so going on Chief Delphi"
She was saying brother and boyfriend so many times she mixed them up....

I might as well add this
There is a programmer on my team and every time he drives the robot something breaks or get messed up. A perfect example is the last time he drove the robot. While he was driving a chain fell off which isnt really his fault but after mechanical fixed it the robot wouldnt turn on. So everyone was hoping it was the battery. So he goes and takes the battery out of the battery box that HE made. After taking forever to pull it out he say "oh $@#$@#$@#$@# thats hot". Thats when we found the source of problem to be a battery that was about 175 degrees F and bulging outward.

Lets just say Im really happy programmers cant drive at competition.:D

Wildcat

24-02-2010, 16:45

"Stop messing around over there!"
"My codes compiling."
"Oh, ok then...carry on"
i knew this sounded familiar...
http://xkcd.com/303/

Vermeulen

24-02-2010, 20:01

Me: "Maybe the spike's not connected or something"
Mechanical team leader: "No, the green light's on."
Me: "That light's orange..."

Someone: "Why is all the scrap 80/20 arranged like this?"
Me: "Stop, that's the 80/20 city, and all the aluminum people live there and work on PVC farms!"
Someone: "Tom, you have waaay too much time on your hands."

Kimmeh

26-02-2010, 15:06

Two mentors and I are were up at school today, working on awards. (We've got a snow day today, and one of the mentors has keys to everything in district.) We were talking about how our school no longer sells caffeine.

Tracy: There's soda in teacher's lounge.
Chad: Caffeinated soda!?

apalrd

26-02-2010, 15:51

Code bugs:
"And then the robot became a Toyota" ~When the robot spontaneously took off...
"And then the robot attempted suicide" ~When the giant arm tried to go in the wrong direction with 600 ft-lbs of torque on a 1 1/2 foot arm
"And then the kicker tried to get to -Inf" ~When the kicker code set 0 ft to -Inf because some math functions don't like 0's.
"So I have to set High to Low and Low to High" ~HIGH output to solenoid = LOW gear
"It must be Palardy's code" or "What is this palardymalarchi?" ~What happens when there is a code bug.

PAR_WIG1350

26-02-2010, 23:01

<Me talking to a freshman, as the cRIO sits on the table in a box>
Freshman:<mentions some thing about the 'rcRIO[sic]'>
Me: The what???
<a few seconds later, after clarifying the name of the device in question>
Freshman: Okay, I need a hammer.
Me: For what?
Freshman: For the rcRIO[sic]
<I don't know which is worse, repeating his first mistake, or his comment about the hammer>

byteit101

01-03-2010, 17:33

Lets just say Im really happy programmers cant drive at competition.:D

well, look out, both our drivers are programmers!

All these are from one (really annoying) kid:
"Why are we passing out buttons? we're not trying to be elected!" (While talking about passing out team buttons)
"Interviewing other teams? that's SPYING!" (scouting meeting)
"Why can't I have a flaming motorcycle and go to the moon?" (random, prompted 20 minute discussion)
someone on our team started a quote book on him. I'll have to get some more...

misspunk

01-03-2010, 19:54

This was said while discussing fundraising ideas

Desi:We should have a lemonade stand!"
Kevin:"In the middle of winter?"

akmozart

01-03-2010, 20:07

"Give me the star."
"What?"
"Get the star."
"What?!"
"The star."
"You mean a Phillips head?"

apalrd

01-03-2010, 22:32

"Give me the star."
"What?"
"Get the star."
"What?!"
"The star."
"You mean a Phillips head?"

Maybe he means a Torx head. Those are star-shaped.

Speaking of Torx heads, we were making bumpers and we had to remove the metal brakets on them to put the fabric on, and:

Jim: Get me a hex key set
(Tony gets green Torx key set)
Jim: NO NO NO NOT THE GREEEN ONE!!! Those are Torx - NOT hex...
(Ed gets orange hex key set)
Jim (takes key set): Of course you pick the most messed up one (we all watch as it semi falls apart)

And speaking of Tony - Discussion about him after he leaves:
Tim: Did you see that part on the practice robot?
Jim: I see a metal plate with a random hole in it.
Tim: Notice how the holes aren't in the right place? I marked that plate exactly where I needed the holes drilled, and Tony flipped it over and drilled the holes on the back. You can still see the original marks.

And speaking of random holes:
"Is that a random hole? Oh No, this is turning into an OCCRA bot..." (our OCCRA bots tend to have many holes in random locations since we tend to make lots of mistakes)

And speaking of OCCRA:
"It's good enough for OCCRA" ~On everything we mess up

FRC4ME

01-03-2010, 23:35

Build Mentor: "So what'd you guys get done today?"
Programming Mentor: "Well, we plugged in the Cypress board, and all of the driver station controls work."
Build Mentor: "Wow! So the wiring worked the first try!"
Programming Mentor: "Uhh...not exactly. This is our second board. The first one fried."

FRC4ME

02-03-2010, 14:13

"It will stay in; trust me."
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35043

onecoolc

02-03-2010, 18:16

"Don't murder fellow team mates. It's bad press, and the sponsors won't like it."

apalrd

02-03-2010, 22:42

"Don't murder fellow team mates. It's bad press, and the sponsors won't like it."

They'll never know if you hide the body.

Jim: If you do that, then I will have to kill you. And then I will have to hide your body on the mezzanine, and I don't want to do that since it is a long walk up stairs. So don't make me kill you

Peter: Why does it look like there is blood on this flashdrive? Did Palardy kill someone?
Jim: Palardy can kill someone with a 1gb flashdrive. It takes most other people at least 32gb to do that.

Squeakypig

04-03-2010, 16:24

Searching for things on Chief Delphi...B is a new member...

B: "What is Dean Kamens first name?"
Team: "Really?!"
B: "Yea, isn't that his title, like the Dean of a school?"
Team: *Face Palm*

Thing2_1723

04-03-2010, 19:55

"Where are you going?"
"To the pit"
"We have a pit?" - Two guys at the GKC regional

"Rip THIS one off" - Overheard voice at the GKC regional

Cl4p-tp

04-03-2010, 21:31

keep in mid this all happened in like five minites... and im scott

Scott"Bet you i can un-jam this washer"
Jake"Scott, is that safe?"
(Scott cuts his thumb)

Scott"Bet you I can jump over this box!"
Jake"Bet you can't"
(s trips over and faceplants)

Scott"bet you I can get this item out on my own!"
Jake"bet you can't"
(S nearly bends item)

Scott"BET YOU I CAN CARYY THIS ITEM DOWN THE STARS ON MY OWN!!!!!"
Jake" Scott, you've failed at everything to night...don't even try"
(Scott Hits the item on everything)

And last saterday, we were looking for the janitor...
Scott"Dude stand stilll, im gunna jump on your back"
Erik"just dont hurt yourself"
(scott jumps on...rips his pants......all the way down the leg)
erik"scott...what are u gunna do the rest of the day?"
scott"wheres the duct dape?"
(15 mins later, a massive patch was on the pants)
Erik"So... duct tape can fix anything..."
Scott"yep"

Tarzan19

04-03-2010, 22:08

Today at GRKC regional
check in guy "what is your team number?"
few team members "2345"
'guy near by looks at me with a confused look'
me: "yes, it is that easy"

J: "see, i actually remembered everything this year."
five minutes later
J: "guys, wheres the light?"
(turns out we left at school, but somebody, luckily, had a spare.)

efoote868

05-03-2010, 14:37

Listening to the announcer at GKC regional:
"Team #### is trying to hang themselves!"
:o oof

Kimmeh

05-03-2010, 18:33

I'm tired and laying on our bump mockup.

Me: On scale of 1-10, how lazy do I look?
Tassi: 10 being highest?
Me: Yeah
Tassi: 11

Even better, I've got a laptop with me. Still laying down though. So I was actually working...I think

byteit101

05-03-2010, 20:57

From one really annoying kid (which we have a quote book for):

26 inches? Thats two feet! (bakers dozen, er, foot!)

Get your fake baloney lies outta here!

Why do you have a Mexican skull on your shirt?

Bulletproof? Are you taking us down to some gang fight or something? (our battery case is bulletproof, irony: we ARE going to Cleveland...)

Jolly Rancher green apple flavored pop.

Why would we pass out buttons? We're not trying to get elected.

Those are buttons? I thought they we're poker chips.

Whats a raffle? (we had a raffle for a lawnmower fundraiser)

people are going to be really mad they didn't win, and want their money back. (after raffle explanation)

otherKid, why do you have so many balls? Can you share one? (they were playing with the ball return mech)

I put chocolate syrup on my donuts.

I can't hang myself!

Install a laser cannon!

Brandon_L

05-03-2010, 21:02

Said while in the car on the way to NJ, down the street from the arena:

1: If we got out of the car right now and started walking, they'd probably think were a gang

2: What would be our gang name?

1: 0's and 1's

ALTrammell818

07-03-2010, 01:50

"So guys are we naming the robot dead-weight?"

"Hey guys, do you think we could win the best paperweight award?"

We had connection issues all weekend... We would stay connected throughout AUTO and then drop 2 seconds after TELE started. Was sooo demoralizing.

FRC4ME

07-03-2010, 02:13

"So guys are we naming the robot dead-weight?"

We named our robot LongShot. :D

Actual comment from our Java program:

catch (InterruptedException e) {
// Alright, who interrupted my nap?!
// Git me the Java(doc) cause I'm really cranky if I don't
// inherit some Coffee
}

The Zevling

07-03-2010, 10:52

We named our robot LongShot. :D

Actual comment from our Java program:

catch (InterruptedException e) {
// Alright, who interrupted my nap?!
// Git me the Java(doc) cause I'm really cranky if I don't
// inherit some Coffee
}

Our robot is the Cardiologist (we have a doctor theme)

In our code, when we were writing get functions, we included
GetMoney()
GetALife()
and GetWellSoon()

apalrd

07-03-2010, 12:13

Standing in the pits looking at the robot:
Jim: "What should we do now?"
Tim: "Paint the claw yellow?"

"Where's Frizzle?"
"He's in the CAD room eating cream puffs"
(We say this every time Eric "Frizzle" Y is gone)

"...(looking for something wrong in the right transmission).....Frizzle must have not tightened the shifter nut enough... Where is he? In the CAD room eating cream puffs?.... Maybe we broke the dog gear?.....OH s*** WE LOST LOW GEAR..f***." ~Jim on how the lack of grease in the transmission led to a low gear with no teeth. The teeth were just... gone. We fixed it during lunch and all was well.

alicen

07-03-2010, 12:18

(team member holds up a bolt used for pinning pneumatics after we'd sent him to find a shorter one) "What's the technical term for this?"
me: "a BOLT?!?"

it was actually pretty funny, good thing he usually does electrical :)

AB755

07-03-2010, 12:41

(The game announcer, cleaning up after a newbie EMCEE.)

"That't not team 15, that's the game timer"

Karibou

07-03-2010, 12:57

On the way home from Traverse City:
Mallory (Millory) (narration-style): "On my way back from winning the Spirit Award, I wondered if we got in a car accident if the award would pierce my heart....just like FIRST."

Chairman's highlights:
"We believe that the message of FIRST should be spreadable, just like butter"
"When we went to our first event, we just couldn't believe it's not competition"
"FIRST, to an outsider, may seem like it's just about the robots. However, if you take a look at the ingredients, it's clear that it's really made up of coopertition, gracious professionalism, learning, and frienship"

demosthenes2k8

07-03-2010, 15:55

Team lead: "This is a ghetto robot. And we're white."
...
Same team lead: "The robot should be called G-Thuggin'. It's just that ghetto."
...
Same team lead: "WHO TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE ROBOT'S NAME WAS ACTUALLY G-THUGGIN'?"

So apparently that's the robot's name this year. *facepalm*

MagiChau

07-03-2010, 17:07

It was pretty funny at the Traverse City event when he(announcer) read BOB's sponsor list
There was some umms :P

Wildcat

07-03-2010, 17:35

"They brought last year's robot and tried to compete with it"
-multiple members of my team

Karibou

07-03-2010, 18:11

It was pretty funny at the Traverse City event when he(announcer) read BOB's sponsor list
There was some umms :P
I also liked...
MC: "Andddd we have team 15!"
Announcer: "That's our timeclock!"

ALTrammell818

07-03-2010, 19:14

"OMG OUR ROBOT RAN FOR 45 SECONDS! I'm so excited!"

Com issues are killing me :/

Dragon Princess

07-03-2010, 20:15

we have orange tights for spirit, so one day walking down the street at the Hartford regional, we all started singing we are the tigers! the mighty mighty tigers!!!

agentmicrofishy

07-03-2010, 20:40

I finished my algorithm for the mecanum drive. It's insane... - Agent Q (our team is the Caiman Agents, hence the agent names)

Have fun working! - Agent Indecisive

Barngirl425

08-03-2010, 18:39

This is while I was rebuilding a gear box while we were walking to que because the set screw came out of the motor

Mentor "This is not good"
Me "here just let me do it"
*Takes the whole gear box appart puts the screw in puts the whole thing back together before we reach que"
Mentor "you memorized how to put these together"
me "yeah"
Mentor "wow and I thought I was a dork"

Thing2_1723

08-03-2010, 20:41

"WHAT?" "YEAH!" "OK!" - team cheer. its loud and hurts the throat

"I was the center of a 200 person mosh pit"
"Oh my"
"Whats 'oh my'?"
"That's not normal"
"It is here" - my older sister (not a robotics person) and I

"Sorry, I tried to insert logic into competition" - random voice behind me at GKC

"I have apple in my shoe!" - Dyta-Dee while crating our robot for Dallas

lightsandmusik

08-03-2010, 21:02

*Talking about an easy fix*
"K.I.S.S. Ryan!"
"What?"
"K.I.S.S!"
"Wait what?"
"No! don't kiss Ryan!"
- Peter and I

P.S.- K.I.S.S.= Keep it Simple, Stupid (or Keep it stupidly Simple)

PPS sorry if this makes no sense haha

RoseJ

08-03-2010, 21:52

Me: Woah, those are shiny balls!
Some guy who heard me: Why thank you!
-While helping set up the field and pits for the Kettering competition, I was walking back to the pit area and passed where they were bringing in the soccer balls.

Said countless times by many people: Let's go hang ourselves!

Me to team: We should go to a safety guy after this and POINT it out!
-Back in the stands after our team won the Excellence in Engineering award at Kettering. Has anyone else noticed how sharp the tip of the triangle of the award is?

Me: There should be an award for a GRAYT small team!
-A few minutes later in the stands during the awards, I was making punny jokes and stuff. For the people who don't know, our team only has 5 students on it. XD

My favorite quote that I said during competition:
Me: Team 1322 graciously accepts!
-As team captain, I got to go out for the alliance selection, and team 1322 was chosen~ Thank you to teams 201 and 245~ :D

Brandon_L

08-03-2010, 21:56

The Penny:

Waiting in the que for our 3rd match, we look down and find a penny. Heads up. We picked it up and pocketed it, and we won the match. Afterward, we taped it to the robot and every time we went up we would kiss the penny, and win.

So day 3 rolls by and we forget to kiss the penny. Guess what, Battery falls out and gets dragged around the field.

All hail the magic penny!

Karibou

08-03-2010, 22:43

Me to team: We should go to a safety guy after this and POINT it out!
-Back in the stands after our team won the Excellence in Engineering award at Kettering. Has anyone else noticed how sharp the tip of the triangle of the award is?

We have! One of our sponsors/mentors lightly stabbed herself on one of our awards at Pittsburgh. We put one of our safety cones on it afterwards [: That's also where this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=932746&postcount=2354) quote came from.

RoseJ

08-03-2010, 23:09

We have! One of our sponsors/mentors lightly stabbed herself on one of our awards at Pittsburgh. We put one of our safety cones on it afterwards [: That's also where this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=932746&postcount=2354) quote came from.

You would think that they would have the point rounded down; after all, safety FIRST~

My friend when watching a FIRST competition for the first time: Awwww! The robots are so cute!
-She has heard endless stories of robotics from me, and only just saw her first competition match. XD

randalcr

11-03-2010, 13:54

"what do you mean they went plaid?!?!"
For those of you that have seen SpaceBalls.

The Zevling

11-03-2010, 20:49

"The phone booth turned out to be useful!"

- regarding some of the junk in our shed of scrap metal

sparrowkc

11-03-2010, 21:31

byteit101

11-03-2010, 21:45

wait for the white guy to show up!

*hillarious laughter ensued*

(said while waiting at a crosswalk)

nikkiole10192

11-03-2010, 22:42

"juice in box form"- dev trying to explain what drink she wanted from the kitchen

"marsupial drink" mentors so bored.....

"more ho'es more problems"- students reposnse to our lightening methods

"does cupcake miss his jarebear?" wierd love affair between two mentors

"how do blind people read lips?" one of the many non think before you speak statements from a student

"can you really get charged for death?" same student not thinking

"how did the fat kid beat all of us to the fridge....?" mad rush for the last marsupial drink and well we took to many paths and he blocked one while the others took longer

"its devin sized" comparison of all the robots at suffield shakedown to a shorter student on the team

theres deff more but ts day one of comp im not stressing my brain too much!!! good luck all week 2 participants.

<3 Paragon

Damaku250

13-03-2010, 03:25

"NO CRUMBS IN THE cRIO!"
-dinner time

Vermeulen

14-03-2010, 22:53

"I am Poseidon, god of the sea! See me and tremble!" Me, practicing with the trident before regionals

Darth Pbal

15-03-2010, 03:36

"Stop A.D.D.-ing, we've got a robot to build." self explanatory...

"Dude, we're working too hard..." this was pretty much on a weekly basis of over engineering features on our robot

"Please don't anger my robot, you won't like it when it's angry (imitating a robotic hulking out effect)" that was me when i was talking to someone about my team's robot and they said it looked mean.

"Chuck Norris is only afraid of one thing... My robot" again talking to people about my team's robot...

"Come on, come on, you can do it I believe in you..." pretty much every member who has had to deal with Windows booting up and opening our programs for robotics like Labview/Solidworks/Autodesk has had to coax our computers through their hardship of doing a simple task.

"Well you see I wrote my to-do list on my forearm but I don't know what to do anymore because I've BURNED IT OFF!!!" ha, that was a personal accident of mine, sleep deprivation plus angle grinder and hot metal don't ever mix.

"Okay, the cRio's running code... okay it works! now quick lets go home before something happens!" like four days of trying to re-image the cRio and just run code on it.

"What should we name our robot? Let's call it Happy feet!... No, let's call it Anthrax!..." umm... we went with Anthrax, we are of course the Biohazards!

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" pretty much the whole teams thoughts and sounds when we earned silver at the Arizona regional. We were happy :yikes:

Thuperscout

15-03-2010, 06:34

"Dude... they're just like batman" -Wyrzykowski

Alex2614

15-03-2010, 21:00

Said to our programmer, Luke talking about the control board - "Luke, turn on your targeting computer!"

byteit101

15-03-2010, 21:15

Said by a speaker at the opening ceremonies in Pittsburgh: "...and the world will be at your oyster"

Kimmeh

15-03-2010, 21:56

"Well you see I wrote my to-do list on my forearm but I don't know what to do anymore because I've BURNED IT OFF!!!" ha, that was a personal accident of mine, sleep deprivation plus angle grinder and hot metal don't ever mix.

AH! Everyone picks on me because I write notes on my forearm. My logic? I can lose a piece of paper, I have yet to lose any body part.

Today a bunch of us were up at the school testing code with the practice bot. We run the code and what does the robot do? Drives forward and starts to spin in circles. (Aka: BOB's move from last year.)
...Still not sure how we did it. (We think the encoders were set differently.)

kylelanman

16-03-2010, 15:17

Our team was victim to a field fault in the finals and lost because of it. This is one of the few appropriate quotes that was a result of it.

Here's a quote that will be in next year's game animation, although it should have been in this year: "Wise teams will design control systems that can communicate with their robots, even when the field system fails."

owlettebot

16-03-2010, 15:57

"The nerds have kidnapped your computer, aaaand I'm pretty sure they're making babies with it." :D

"OW! I stabbed myself in the eye with my safety glasses!!"

"Before time began, there was...THE CUBE" said by jeeves while looking at some rock thing at the smithsonian that looked like the cube haha

mayde

16-03-2010, 16:19

At the Portland Autodesk Regionals:

"Whooaaa! Did we know it could do that??"

Radical Pi

16-03-2010, 19:04

Programmer 1: Set the autonomous mode to disabled
Programmer 2: Sure, but doesn't our autonomous fail to move at all?
Programmer 1: Yeah, but let's just be safe. We don't want it doing anything unexpected.

During Match: Robot drives forward and kicks in autonomous

Programmer 2: That switch was definitely on disable
Programmer 1: Oh well, don't touch it. It worked perfectly, let's try that for next match

Next Match: no movement

Oh also we took a staples easy button and hotwired it as our kick button. Someone then proceeded to put a label on it that says "Self Destruct". A student later walks by and says "So THAT's why we put C-4 in our Bill of Materials"

The Zevling

16-03-2010, 19:05

"OW! I stabbed myself in the eye with my safety glasses!!"

I've seen this happen before. I've also seen someone saved by their safety glasses... which they were wearing on their forehead.

Refresh

16-03-2010, 19:12

"I am Poseidon, god of the sea! See me and tremble!" Me, practicing with the trident before regionals

I've pretended to be poseidon a few times when I was practicing for HP. I love it when field elements are so versititle.

sashboy226

16-03-2010, 19:38

"this is not ninja-botics"

Zach Herbst

16-03-2010, 19:41

On day two of build season, I made the mistake of saying "We have six weeks, what could possibly go wrong?"

cheezburger

16-03-2010, 22:17

The programmers had finished the mechanum drive program and were waiting to test it but the electronics board wasn't ready yet. So our head programmer starts playing starcraft on of the schools computer. Another programmer comes over to ask if anyone was working on building a trident, and at that exact moment, the head programmer randomly yells "STIM-PACKS!!!!" for absolutely no reason. Epic laughter ensued.

apalrd

16-03-2010, 22:49

Tuning feedback loop of arm with Jim, Matt(driver) confused:

Jim:"You need to set your gain lower"
Matt:"What's gain"
Jim:"Its part of PID control"
Jim:"Proportional Integral Derivative"
Me:"Its really really low now... Since the other one is 4, this one should be 1 and its .6"
(Move arm to a different position)
Me:"Now the gain is too low." (I tuned it to the deploy position but the other positions wanted different gains) "Gain back up to 1"
Jim:"Then you need a gain scheduler....."
Matt:"Now you confused me.. whats that"
Me:"Cool"
Me:"...More variables...."
Jim:"As long as you don't name your variables "dude" its fine. Back when (someone from long ago) was writing code, he would have things like "if(dude)..." and it was really hard to follow. Don't do that."

Talking to Matt about possible admission of Matt M (different Matt) next year:
Matt:You need to stop putting viruses on his computer.
Me:He needs to make his password not "password". Plus its funny to see what 4 lines of VBS script can do to him.

Talking about movies to watch on bus to Atlanta:
Mom: We should watch the Bee Movie
(grumbles and such)
Someone: We watch it every year....

Radical Pi

17-03-2010, 00:17

*Week 3 of Build*

Programmer: alright, the code is done until we can test it on the robot. Hey [other programmer], let's start a DnD campaign!

FRC4ME

17-03-2010, 01:51

A student was driving the robot for the first time. After playing with the controls for a few seconds, she finally got it:

"Oh I see...you control it like a robot!"

Brian Ha

17-03-2010, 17:39

Ok well this is one of our quotes and it's from a scary guy. He's our driver too. Anyways this is what he says.

"I'll show you gracious professionalism!"

Then we won the gracious professionalism award. Which makes it funnier.

MishraArtificer

17-03-2010, 22:42

The programmers had finished the mechanum drive program and were waiting to test it but the electronics board wasn't ready yet. So our head programmer starts playing Starcraft on of the schools computer. Another programmer comes over to ask if anyone was working on building a trident, and at that exact moment, the head programmer randomly yells "STIM-PACKS!!!!" for absolutely no reason. Epic laughter ensued.Is this the original, or the current Starcraft II beta?

Quote I overheard from this year's programming squad as I randomly stopped in to deliver my standard box of insanity...

"That's what she said. No, really, that's what she said!"

FIRST needs more lady mentors. Lines like that are too funny to miss out on.

Kimmeh

18-03-2010, 06:44

Last night during the the unbag window, two mentors went to McDonalds to go get us all Shamrock Shakes. Our local McDonalds has a deal where if you buy a sandwich, you can get a shake for $1. So they bought everyone a burger too

Ben: It was cheaper this way.
We did the math ourselves!

Thing2_1723

21-03-2010, 18:51

All on the bus to Dallas and in Dallas

"I have the sudden urge to take my pants off..." - Candy thinking out loud (she had shorts on underneath)

"Is that a marshmallow?"
"Its a marshmallow with a tail"
"Ughhh! Hook! No! You just scarred me for life! Teachers aren't suppose to say that stuff!" - Me and our mentor Hook while watching Accepted

"Cory Jacks"
"Not at the table Carlos!" - Jacob and I while playing BS!

"I watched 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' with my grandma" - Hook

"Bobby, you sounded like a bear in the bathroom!"
"It's better than a tiger!" - Brystal and Bobby

"Give me the Jesus Pillow" - Many, Many people (I have a lime green pillow that is super soft and it got called the Jesus Pillow)

"Sweet Jesus!"

"Look to tonight's dinner conversations for advice in the next week"
*everyone dies of laughter* - My fortune-cookie fortune after we put a shrimp head with eyes in Candy's rice and in her drink AND Hook ate a baby octopus in front of her. The Chinese Restaurant waitress was in on it with us :)

"Dick's Last Resort is next to Hooter's. How epic"

Joaquin Moreno

21-03-2010, 20:19

"Dick's Last Resort is next to Hooter's. How epic"

haha we[team 2041] were so close to eating there 2 nights ago..

here are a few quotes from 2041

"If you can do a better job, why not do a better job" - Mark
___

"The kicker will be pulled back by latex tubing."
" ...like a condom?"
"*sigh* yes Tyree.. like a condom.." - Rich and Tyree, while discussing the design
___

"There will be NO beating of any mascots in this competition." - Rich at the Midwest regional
___

"Alright, so our strategy for this next match is to harass Wildstang"
"What?"
"That's right, DO NOT let them score"
"uhh.. ok....yeah, were gonna lose.."
"Don't say that" - Rich and me at the Midwest regional; our robot had been dead for the two previous matches.
___

"So how have you guys been doing in the competition?"
"well, we uhh... we beat Wildstang" - An interviewer and Me
___

DEFEND! DEFEND! - Rich during most of our matches lol

Karibou

21-03-2010, 21:36

I posted a link to this picture (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35270) on our team forums, commenting on how bent up the frame was...

"Mr. L fixed it, though I kind of wish he had left it...Erdos needs a viking funeral"
"there's an app for that..."

Lee Reid 3136

21-03-2010, 21:38

Me to team: We should go to a safety guy after this and POINT it out!
-Back in the stands after our team won the Excellence in Engineering award at Kettering. Has anyone else noticed how sharp the tip of the triangle of the award is?

The winner of the safety award at the Virginia Regional said they were going to file down the point once they got it back to their pit.

Team Captain: "We could use the thingy! Does anyone know where it is?"
Me: "It's in the bottom left drawer."
Mentor: "You know what he is talking about?"
Me: "Yeah it's the thingy! How do you not know the thingy?"

The thingy = the threaded piece of metal, with the black piece of plastic that spins around it, that came in the kit of parts. We never used it on our robot but almost everyone has played with it at one point or another.

Kimmeh

21-03-2010, 22:06

"One rolled over, the other played dead!" - In one of our matches on Saturday at West Michigan, one of our alliance partners flipped over, and the other one had communication issues and wasn't moving.

Ed__

21-03-2010, 22:19

"OW" "what?" "I stabbed myself with my awards they are SHARP" me and the teams co driver

McVey

21-03-2010, 22:52

My personal favorite from this year:

"Guys! Great news!"
"You got the penalty removed?"
"I have no idea, but I got Dean Kamen and John Abele's signatures! Best penalty ever!"
__________________________

Coach: "Do any of you know a Sean? He signed up for the team online."
Myself: "I have no idea who Sean is, don't accept him into the team."
Coach: "Still though, I do want to know who he is... oh well."

-1 week later-

Coach: "I got an e-mail from Sean's mother, they were looking for 3339, Sean is from Tel-Aviv Israel."
Entire team: "WHAT?"

kjolana1124

21-03-2010, 23:19

"OW" "what?" "I stabbed myself with my awards they are SHARP" me and the teams co driver

I was so excited we won Chairman's at WPI I accidentally banged the trophy against my mouth, leading to...

"Guys, I think I'm bleeding..."
"How?"
"The triangle part of the trophy hit my gums...but don't worry the trophy's fine"
"Good because I was about to say, if you got blood on that I would've killed you."

Ed__

21-03-2010, 23:43

I was so excited we won Chairman's at WPI I accidentally banged the trophy against my mouth, leading to...

"Guys, I think I'm bleeding..."
"How?"
"The triangle part of the trophy hit my gums...but don't worry the trophy's fine"
"Good because I was about to say, if you got blood on that I would've killed you."

I have this cut on my chin
form the tingle piece on the trophy No lie

"Yeah When I get back to our pit I am going sand the sharp points of this trophy" Over heard form the 2 people that went up to get there teams safety award in the VCU Regional

Chris is me

21-03-2010, 23:44

I was so excited we won Chairman's at WPI I accidentally banged the trophy against my mouth, leading to...

"Guys, I think I'm bleeding..."
"How?"
"The triangle part of the trophy hit my gums...but don't worry the trophy's fine"
"Good because I was about to say, if you got blood on that I would've killed you."

That's why they give you two! So if you get blood on one... or sit on one... you're okay!

kjolana1124

21-03-2010, 23:51

Actually...now that I think about it...it was the circle...

That's why they give you two! So if you get blood on one... or sit on one... you're okay!

Ahhh it makes sense now! Glad it's all covered :D

FRC4ME

22-03-2010, 02:25

Mentor: "Eric, you have a very annoying habit of calling people to tell them something they already know whilst they are carrying a very heavy object and have great difficulty reaching their phones."

Student 1: "Where's the emery cloth? The one we had earlier?"
Student 2: "I don't know; I can't find it."
<a few minutes later, after being unable to find it still>
Student 1: "Here, why don't we just use this sandpaper?"
Student 2: "No, that has a different grit; we need to find the sandpaper."
<five minutes later...realize this is 1:00 AM the day before competition>
Student 2: "You sure we can't just use this sandpaper?"
Student 1: "Give me that..."
<stomps into an unused room and throws the paper away>
Mentor: "I didn't know there was a storage room in there."
Student 1: "Actually, that's an elevator shaft."
Mentor: "Oh...okay."

While we were attaching some power cables to the Cypress board...
Student: "Can you hold it in while I screw?"

Announcer at VCU: "And it looks like 2168 is practically undefended but 411 is sitting right in front of them..."

smurfgirl

22-03-2010, 12:37

[I'm a college student not actively on a team, but I talk about FIRST a lot. At this point, I was telling my friends about how I'll be volunteering at the Boston Regional and they should come check it out.]

"I'm definitely going to the competition... I want to see Ellen in her natural habitat."

McVey

22-03-2010, 18:13

Announcer at VCU: "And it looks like 2168 is practically undefended but 411 is sitting right in front of them..."

I would just like to point out that the announcer you are quoting is me (see avatar), good catch! I remember this quote too... one of the members of my team made fun of me for it. What I was trying to communicate was that 2168 had no defense being played on it because 411 had died on the field in front of their goal and therefore had to drive carefully to get the balls away from 411 without causing any intentional damage.

Of course, if you saw me there, I was running around, jumping, yelling, etc... at basically all times, there's no time for corrections, only ACTION. Haha, I hope my overall performance otherwise makes up for that fun blunder? :rolleyes:

Lee Reid 3136

22-03-2010, 19:42

I would just like to point out that the announcer you are quoting is me (see avatar)

Me: "I'm amazed that the announcer's voice doesn't sound like he tried to swallow a chainsaw." Said about you, McVey.

Ed__

22-03-2010, 19:47

That's why they give you two! So if you get blood on one... or sit on one... you're okay!

it all makes scene now

FRC4ME

22-03-2010, 21:31

I would just like to point out that the announcer you are quoting is me (see avatar), good catch! I remember this quote too... one of the members of my team made fun of me for it. What I was trying to communicate was that 2168 had no defense being played on it because 411 had died on the field in front of their goal and therefore had to drive carefully to get the balls away from 411 without causing any intentional damage.

Of course, if you saw me there, I was running around, jumping, yelling, etc... at basically all times, there's no time for corrections, only ACTION. Haha, I hope my overall performance otherwise makes up for that fun blunder? :rolleyes:

Oh, don't feel too bad; I'm the guy who made fun of you for it. I'm Josh, that programming guy from last year - remember? :D I was hanging out with you guys because my current team didn't make it to the eliminations and you did. :p Look through this thread and read my posts; you'll remember many of the quotes. :)

Your announcing was absolutely amazing, Kevin. On Friday morning I was rather upset and disappointed because my team wasn't doing very well. Then I listened to some of your announcing, and it made my day. :D I especially love the way you annunciate the team names. When you introduced, "Steve and His Company" I burst out laughing.

Great job with the announcing and making it to the semifinals.

McVey

22-03-2010, 22:14

Great job with the announcing and making it to the semifinals.

I should have figured it was you! Haha, that's one of my favorite quotes of me too, I wondered if anyone else caught it. Also serious thanks for the compliments, it means a lot!

meastman

23-03-2010, 14:38

-Teammate holds up fogged polycarbonate to eyes-

"This must be how blind people see"

sashboy226

23-03-2010, 21:38

I was sitting cross legged on the floor with a two x four in my lap drawing random red lines on the side I was going to cut off because I didn't feel like cutting it yet. One of my team-mates was sitting with a rolling chair rolling away because she "didn't want to be involved with this anymore." A second team-mate who I was working with was leaning against the end-mill looked at her and said

"It's not my fault I'm an enabler!"

Earlier that day with that same enabling team mate (who happens to be build leader):

Me: "DUDE! the fact that you lost 26 points was a sign from the karmic...karmic...umm...."
Build Leader: "Karmic Chameleons???"
Both: "5 minutes of laughter"

McVey

23-03-2010, 21:45

Also I'd like to mention team 1137 "Rocket Sauce."

Me: "Hey 1137, I just need to check over this information here about your team, sponsors and robot, okay?"
-they check everything, all is well-
Me: "Oh, and does your robot have a nickname?"
Team 1137: "Yeah, 'Admiral Wolverine Lightning Bolt The Third Commando'"

Every time I had to say that I wanted to die laughing.

apalrd

23-03-2010, 22:04

"No, you can't talk to our safety captain, because he's in the hospital"

"Palardy, flash the robot" ~On downloading code

Jack:"I have focus issues"
Mom:"Does that make you a programmer?"

Mom:"So one of my kids at the daycare dosen't do anything without specific direction. I say "go clean up" and they don't, but when I say "Go clean up the legos" and they do. I think they will be a programmer."

"What do we have in the CAD room?"
"One bag of chips, one-half bottle of caffine-free pepsi, and 1000 napkins. "
"The Charirmans team stole our chips from under Jim's desk and ate them all. Punks."

Jim's son Isaac, ~7 years old
"Why are you so lazy?" -to peter
"Hey punk, open my pop" -to matt
What a good judge of character.

Leeebowitz

23-03-2010, 22:28

On the bus ride to the Midwest regional.

Me: Guys, is the BOM taken care of? (I pronounced it as one syllable, sounded like "bomb")
*Stares from everyone*
Me: The B-O-M? Bill of Materials?
Everyone: Ohhhhhh...

sashboy226

23-03-2010, 22:46

Burmeister #279

23-03-2010, 22:56

Me "It was working last night!"
Lead mentor "how was it working last night? it never moved!"
Me "Just because i'm a programmer doesn't mean i don't dream..."

FRC4ME

23-03-2010, 23:57

I forgot this one, its pretty funny.

Safety Judge: "Can we talk to your safety captain."
Me: "Ishaan, who's wearing the button?? Oh, Haley come here."
SJ: "Tell us about your safety program."
Haley: "Actually (turns to me) I was only wearing this because you weren't here. (takes off button) Here ya go."
Me: "Hi...uhhh, what was the question?"
SJ: "Tell us about your safety program."
(I give a drawn out discussion of our practically non-existent safety program)
SJ: "So what do you do during the build and competition season beside your Hammer build program?"
(Team President steps in and gives a 2nd in depth discussion of the Hammer Build)

Heh, that's not as bad as a very enthusiastic senior on 339 last year who tried to segue every conversation with the judges into a discussion of a specific engineering feature on the robot...including the business plan and safety judges. Although I must admit, she was instrumental in earning us Delphi DTT in Atlanta.

A mentor from another team and I were making fun of the KoP BOM this year:
Me: "Some of these things are rather ridiculous...I mean, 'brass bag'?"
Mentor: "We used ONE of those, by the way."

While watching a fan spin:
Student 1: "Man, our robot sucks!"
Student 2: "No...our robot blows."

We were having trouble connecting an FTC sensor since their PWM cables have male ends:
Student: "Hey Josh, we have a gay connector problem."
And I won't post my response here...let's just say it involved everyone's favorite type of crimp connector used to join two wires together.

blayde5

24-03-2010, 03:51

Operations Director: WHY DO WE KEEP GETTING SAFETY TOKENS??? (after our safety captain had just tripped on our bumpers for the robot and the Ops Director had tripped on our cart)

For some reasons, safety judges love giving us safety tokens :P.

yp673mp

24-03-2010, 08:05

During the time we rebuilt the drive system for the 8th time...

Designer: We should make a T-Shirt about our persistence!
Me: If at first you don't... never mind. Try, Try, Try, Try, and Try again.

hipsterjr

24-03-2010, 08:32

Announcer: "And team 342 scores!"
student : "That's what she said"

anyone: "*words*"
Student: "Thats what she said"

Wildcat

24-03-2010, 15:19

Mentor 1: Jeff (me), can we talk to you for a sec?
Me: *walks into back room w/ 2 mentors, nervous look on my face*
Me: WHATEVER IT IS I DIDN'T DO IT!
Mentor 2 to Mentor 1:You wanna tell him or should I?
Mentor 1: Jeff, we want you as one of the back-up drivers.

Damaku250

24-03-2010, 21:22

(Discussing dinner)
Lead Mentor: So what do you want on the pizza?
Everyone: Pepperoni!
LM: that's it?
Everyone: pepperoni and meat
LM: what kind of meat?
everyone: ham
LM: and on the other pizza?
everyone: bacon

apalrd

24-03-2010, 21:34

Announcer: "And team 342 scores!"
student : "That's what she said"

anyone: "*words*"
Student: "Thats what she said"

We have someone like that. Except he says "Your Mom (what somebody just said)"

Al3+

24-03-2010, 21:56

ALTrammell818

24-03-2010, 22:00

scarletrain

25-03-2010, 09:23

Me: I just typed in Powersurge on google and a website on menopause came up.
Mentor: [laughs] We're going to name our robot "Hot Flash".
:cool:

FRC4ME

25-03-2010, 16:47

Me: I just typed in Powersurge on google and a website on menopause came up.
Mentor: [laughs] We're going to name our robot "Hot Flash".
:cool:

One of our programmers had a similar experience looking for Jaguar support:

Student: "Black Jaguars"
<gets pictures of cats>
Student: "Darn it!"
...
Student: "Silver Jaguars"
<gets pictures of cars>
Student: "No!"

Vermeulen

25-03-2010, 17:34

IT guy: "Guys, the twitter account for 'BadgerBOTS' is taken"
Someone: "By who?"
IT guy: "It says team 2103"
Me: "We're going to Massachusetts..." *holding the Robotics Club, a piece of 2x2 80/20*

Mechanical team head: "Why are you playing minesweeper instead of working on CAD? That's not important."
Me: "You tell that to the brave digital sailors whose digital lives I'm saving."

FRC4ME

25-03-2010, 18:36

At VCU last week:
Students, pointing at 339's pit in awe: "Look at those guys!"
Me, staring at empty pit: "What about them? There's no one there!"
Student: "I know! They're...done." :eek:

Karibou

25-03-2010, 21:37

(yelled from across the shop)
"MALLORYYYYYYY, THE ROBOT CART HAD AN ACCIDENT!"
Mallory (walking over to see that the robot cart was dripping fluid from the hydraulic lift): "...I TOLD YOU TO DO THAT OUTSIDE!"

dragonrulr288

27-03-2010, 15:13

"Make friends and influence people, shoot the refs!" -one of the Troy announcers

apalrd

27-03-2010, 20:28

"Make friends and influence people, shoot the refs!" -one of the Troy announcers

"I am not a goal" - that one ref that was the "ball magnet"

"If you like it then you better put a nut on it"
"Palardy is flashing the robot again" or "Palardy flash the robot again" - The process of downloading is known as "flashing"
"Palardy can fix it in software" or more commonly "Palardy fixed it software"
"PAAALLLLARRRDDDYY!!!!!!!!" ~On autonomous kicks being 0ft instead of 33ft

kmcclary

27-03-2010, 21:37

There's a cool quote from Bab5, that makes a great "speech" to stand up and declare at a FIRST build. Try it out, to rally the troops... :D

"We are Dreamers, Shapers, Singers, and Makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocation of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things..."

... It was said by Elric, Babylon 5, in "The Geometry of Shadows".
(I had to go search the net for the exact text of it. Finally found it...)

- Keith

Hansen302

29-03-2010, 20:18

"Trying to teach a nerd to be sensitive to girls is like trying to teach a dog Jamacian, and expect it to talk back"

Wildcat

29-03-2010, 20:56

"Trying to teach a nerd to be sensitive to girls is like trying to teach a dog Jamacian, and expect it to talk back"
wow...this explains so much...*facepalm's self*

Bill_B

29-03-2010, 22:10

wow...this explains so much... Mon!

Vermeulen

30-03-2010, 19:47

"3-d. Our shoes are not 3-d. Our efforts to make shoes are." ~ An e-mail really early in the morning from our team president over google groups. I thought it was a metaphor, but apparently he was sleep-emailing.

sashboy226

30-03-2010, 19:56

"I am not a goal" - that one ref that was the "ball magnet"

Lol, I remember that, our driver hit him a few times......we laughed....

Grim Tuesday

30-03-2010, 22:51

Me: I got to plug the jumper into the bumper
My Friend: JUMPER IN THE BUMPER HAHAHAHAH JUMPER IN THE BUMPER
Mentor: *Spazzes out* HOW COULD YOU BE PLAYING AT A TIME LIKE THIS WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE IN A VERY SHORT TIME!!!
It was within hours of ship date, so I couldn't blame him.

Student: We need to think up some neat button designs for this year...
Mentor: Well, we kick balls and then we hang ourselves. What can you make of that?
Mentor: How about "Code Red Robotics: Go For The Balls"

angelawence11

31-03-2010, 08:02

Wow! Our kicker has more power than a Ford Prius!
Needless to say, he's kinda still getting mocked for that one ;)

ttldomination

31-03-2010, 08:06

This wasn't really in the build season, but it was still pretty funny.

We were in a semi-finals match, and we were in the middle and getting warmer. The coach was getting excited and directing me towards an empty a goal. After the kick, this is what the coach said.

"HOLY CRAP, WHO PUT THAT ROBOT THERE?!?!?!?"

Turns out there was a robot sitting in front of the goal. Regardless it was HILARIOUS in the heat of the match.

Vermeulen

02-04-2010, 20:22

"We build the team through really enforcing a sense of community." Me in our Chairman's award video. It's become a team meme now.

apalrd

02-04-2010, 20:40

"Teaching Highschoolers is alot like teaching Preschoolers" ~Mom (preschool teacher/alumni/mentor)

bassoondude

02-04-2010, 20:56

Anytime an inappropriate comment is made at robotics, its always on Thursday. Therefore, we say, "Its a D5 Thursday." Any other day these comments are frowned upon.

EthanMiller

02-04-2010, 21:25

From the very beginning of the season...

"Where'd the drive chain go?" - Me.

Lee Reid 3136

03-04-2010, 19:22

What's that hole there for? Ventilation!

The Megan 2207

03-04-2010, 21:24

While in the queue for a qualification match when both of the other robots on our alliance were unable to make it to the match:
"We have a lonelybot! WE NEED FRIENDS!" -mentor

Karibou

05-04-2010, 00:21

"Wait until the elims on Einstein. I'm betting that for the finals, at least half will be MI teams, which equals excitement."
"I think the einstein teams/division finalists will be 469, 217, 67, 1918, 1718, 33, and 201 :) And just have 247 show up randomly too"
"I can't disagree with that list :P Don't forget that 1189 will be there, in spirit (absolutely no pun intended)"

I wasn't aware that the idea of being somewhere "in spirit" could be punny. Until this year.

Erik Huang

11-04-2010, 20:17

JC: Where can we find a bolt like that?
JK: ...In the box of misery...

Bell: the problem is, there are so many situations to take into account in autonomous!
Quad: There are 2.

robochik123

11-04-2010, 20:24

whats a socket wrench

V_Chip

11-04-2010, 20:30

whats a socket wrench

"Socket wrench"? What's that? :p

farm3rboy101

11-04-2010, 20:52

"Are you absolutely SURE you only want a two position switch there? Not a three position switch? Are you sure you don't want one more level of complexity?"~said when adding autonomous modes.

V_Chip

11-04-2010, 20:56

Mentor: Make a spacer out of Lexan. Quarter inch thick, diameter doesn't matter.

First Year Student: What's Lexan?

Mentor: It's polycarbonate.

First Year Student: What's polycarbonate?

MarkoRamius1086

11-04-2010, 21:00

Karibou

11-04-2010, 21:09

"Don't you want safety glasses?"
"I don't need safety glasses, I have hair!"

(safety glasses...for a Nerf gun war. Someone might not live to see the daylight if they tried using that as a legitimate excuse in the shop)

farm3rboy101

11-04-2010, 21:20

"Wait. What do you mean we can't use zipties for everything?"

FRC4ME

11-04-2010, 22:37

Head mentor: "Okay, so I need to know from you guys: do you want to have a meeting the day before Easter?"
Student: "Yes! Jesus loves robots!"

Lee Reid 3136

11-04-2010, 23:06

Me: I found this Starburst on the floor. I'm not sure if I should eat...
Ed: If you don't, I will.
Me: No, I was going to eat it.
Joseph: It must be a fat person thing.

Neither me nor Ed is that fat, we just both kinda big. Also the Starburst was really tasty.

Bill_B

12-04-2010, 13:55

(I'm a machinist, and when I was learning how to use the equiptment such as the mill and the various saws, my favorite mentor half jokingly said...)

You always measure with a micrometer, mark with a chuck, and cut with an axe!

"chuck?" Who is Chuck Marker? and why is he carrying an axe?

I can't hear your mentor say it, of course, but I've used the expression to convey the same thought about the measurement process. Don't bother with excess precision unless you intend to carry it all the way through. Oh, and I use a sharpie instead of chalk for marking and there's no axe in my toolbox.

EricH

12-04-2010, 13:59

You'd be surprised how much marking a chuck can do. Just have to put it into the material without a bit in it. Works every time.:p

(Note: Do NOT try this at home/robotics/work, unless you like paying for chucks!)

dag0620

12-04-2010, 14:24

Our Chief Scouter is the biggest flirt you will ever meet. Her favorite Pickup line when out scouting

Her- "Whats your Number"
Member of Other Team- "1071"
Her - "No, I mean your other number"

byteit101

14-04-2010, 17:28

"Socket wrench"? What's that? :p

Its used in networking :)

JaneYoung

14-04-2010, 23:12

Reported.

FRC4ME

15-04-2010, 00:44

Only die-hard programmers will get this one. At the lab, I programmed a button on our router to turn on all of the lab computers when one presses it. It does this by sending Wol (Wake-on-LAN) packets to the computers. I put the following label on the button:

Wall
o
L
(lol)

That's WALL - short for "WoL all." :D

Klynn

15-04-2010, 08:58

One of our shop mentors was ticked off at the Cass Tech competition the night we brought the robot because someone forgot some of his tools and he was yelling and saying "Im going to take someones throat, out with my pinkie."
scay for the freshmen that were there,

another ones are:

"Brian, don't touch that"
"Brian, stop"
"Brian, Quit pissing people off"
"Go away, Brian"

as you can tell that Brian doesnt listen...at all.

"Dont blame it on the programming team, its fabrication this time"

Good times. good times. lol

-If it explodes, you know it was a technical problem- :eek:

Thing2_1723

15-04-2010, 15:06

"This is a graph of our team awesomeness though the years. It starts pretty high because we rookie all-stars. It then decreases because everyone but two people were seniors, but we did gain some awesome new people. Then it decreases to the lowest point because we only had six people. The graph after year three grows exponentially, even if this is only year five, because we became a larger, more organized, student lead team."

there are pictures of this graph on facebook :D

Damaku250

15-04-2010, 23:50

On deciding what to eat for dinner:
Luke: I've already had a burger for lunch
AJ: Don't you know? Burgers come in pairs.

demosthenes2k8

16-04-2010, 06:48

My favorite, it happened yesterday after something went wrong in a match:
"Well we don't think it's Software's fault."

dag0620

16-04-2010, 16:03

" We got some banging going on Here by the red zone"

Said during q99 @ curie by the announcer, I was laughing hysterically.

Karibou

17-04-2010, 20:38

Interesting things happen when you update your status to read "ARCHI-":

1: "ARCHI-"
2: "CURIE"
2: "MADAM"
1: "-MEDES"

1: "ARCHI-"
3: "-TECTURE"

-------

2: "1189 wins the spirit award"
(he posted it 5 seconds after the REAL winners were announced at CMP today)
1: "I see what you did there...(I wish D: )"

4: "so i accidently clicked on arch
when i thought i ws clicking on curie
and i was like MG OMG A BLUE TEAM
then i went to look for them on my sheet
and was sad =["
(while Curie was REALLY behind in the elims today)

angelawence11

17-04-2010, 21:20

(after throwing duct tape)
HEY! i think you broke the cripples nose!!! CRIPPLE! your supposed to CATCH the duct tape! Wow ur nose is REALLY bleeding!! oh crap...."

dag0620

17-04-2010, 21:32

(while Curie was REALLY behind in the elims today)

Right about that! - I was watching curie, and when I went to see how the other Divisons were moveing, I couldn't belive how far behind Curie was.

FRC4ME

17-04-2010, 22:54

When comparing NetBeans and Eclipse:

Me: "And any compiler worth its...beans...will have this feature."

Blackbelt0421

17-04-2010, 23:12

(after throwing duct tape)
HEY! i think you broke the cripples nose!!! CRIPPLE! your supposed to CATCH the duct tape! Wow ur nose is REALLY bleeding!! oh crap...."

K: Hey, watch Ange's face next time.
J: Wait, what?
K: *pushes me in front of Ange*

demosthenes2k8

17-04-2010, 23:33

(Hehe, page 166)

Me: "Ben, you know what's a virtue?"
Ben: "Patience?"
Me: "Yep."
*later on*
Me: "Ben, what did we say about lying?"
Ben: "Is that a virtue too?"

Me: "Ben. Sense. Stop."
Ben: "I'm sorry!"

Mentor: "HEY! Back away from Nick! He's being safe!"

("Too Much Time On My Hands" is playing)
Me: "This song is NOT appropriate."

Me: "Nick, why do you have a first aid kit?"
Captain: "Well we DO have a chainsaw on our robot now."
Me: "Oh, alright."

Vermeulen

18-04-2010, 16:05

From Atlanta:

"Cool it, it's the FEDS!"

Me: "Yo dawg, I heard you like standard deviations, so I"
Mechanical team leader: "Just stop right there, Tom."

Also: "Yo dawg, I heard you like points, so I put a robot on your robot so you can score while you score"

viperred396

18-04-2010, 16:23

my personal favorite

"team 2240 tries to mount the other robot!"
-Colorado Announcer

Radical Pi

18-04-2010, 16:28

From curie elims (I think)

"And we have a do-si-do going on in the blue zone" -- Announcer (one robot got it's bumpers stuck on top of an opponent robot, so they were spinning around in circles)

dag0620

18-04-2010, 16:41

From curie elims (I think)

"And we have a do-si-do going on in the blue zone" -- Announcer (one robot got it's bumpers stuck on top of an opponent robot, so they were spinning around in circles)

I remember that, the same annoucer that said robots were "banging" when they were hitting each other.

Is it just me or did he sound a lot like Dean???

I know it wasn't cause I saw him on the webcast, but they do really sound similar.

Ethan E

18-04-2010, 17:23

Mentor: "Ethan smoked the pot last night, so he couldn't work on the Joystick sensitivity."

(After I wired up a potentiometer backwards the night before, d'oh)

Thing2_1723

19-04-2010, 23:13

Half the sophomores on our team this year are in my algebra II class. Every time this one non-FIRST kid has a revelation about what we're doing he says "I'll be a monkey's uncle!"

So now when something works and everyone is really surprised someone is bound to say "I'll be a monkey's uncle!"

Bill_B

19-04-2010, 23:36

"I'll be a monkey's uncle!"

You do know the origin of that phrase, right? Hint: it derives from the trial of the century (nothing to do with OJ)

Wayne Doenges

20-04-2010, 15:24

Seen at Boilermaker Regional

"Do these bumpers make my Bot look big?"

Triapod

20-04-2010, 19:55

After having many watchdog errors during build and test season, the mechanical team always asked
"Guys, Did you clean up after your watchdog?"
each time before we tested.

ninjamonkey67

20-04-2010, 20:34

"HEY! I need the dikes!"

"Where did our hooker go?"

(regarding to our hooking mech XD)

Ahnxlazyman

20-04-2010, 20:53

"HEY! I need the dikes!"

"Where did our hooker go?"

(regarding to our hooking mech XD)

heheheh, Our robot was chock full of Hookers and hose.

"Our robot sucks!" (in regards to the vacuum)

(poor grammar but it works)

Thing2_1723

20-04-2010, 21:24

You do know the origin of that phrase, right? Hint: it derives from the trial of the century (nothing to do with OJ)

Yes, we are. We say it because we are so surprised by out outcomes that it seams almost unreal :D

Karibou

20-04-2010, 21:32

"I'm pretty sure that falls under the category of "we REALLY shouldn't be doing this"!"

sashboy226

20-04-2010, 23:06

Safety Judges: "Hi, is your safety captain here?"
Me: "Right here. I'm Matt."
Safety Judge 1: "Hi Matt. First off, can you guys work on your robot inside your pit? Take care of that then we'll talk to you."
*we then rearranged our pit to fit the robot*

The Zevling

20-04-2010, 23:27

After having many watchdog errors during build and test season, the mechanical team always asked
"Guys, Did you clean up after your watchdog?"
each time before we tested.

"Kill the watchdog"
"The watchdog is starving!"

and best of all:
"We disabled the watchdog - why in the world are we getting watchdog errors?"

RookieWookiez

21-04-2010, 17:29

Something me and one of my teammates yelled out at the beginning of most of our matches in Elimination.

Me: "Let's do this!"
Both: "Leeeeeeeeeerrrrrooooyyyyyyyyy Jjjjjjjeeennnnnkkkkiiiinnnssss!!!"

chris 545

21-04-2010, 22:13

"our job is to program the controls to be idiot proof"

huberje

21-04-2010, 22:59

"This is Lunacy!"

I don't remember when this was said, but it was early in the season and it may have been a reaction to the change in the seeding system.

Barngirl425

22-04-2010, 12:11

Student "svet how would you like to use my body"

The funny part was our faculty advisor started laughing before it clicked to all of us

Lee Reid 3136

22-04-2010, 18:20

While getting driving our robot in the hall and after getting my legs pinned to the wall.

Jessie:"They're coming for you man!"
Me:"Yeah, they pinned me, but they backed up before the 5 seconds was up so we're cool."

Phoenix Spud

22-04-2010, 21:29

Mentor: Make a spacer out of Lexan. Quarter inch thick, diameter doesn't matter.

First Year Student: What's Lexan?

Mentor: It's polycarbonate.

First Year Student: What's polycarbonate?

I had the same problem, except it was because I am American and called it Lexan. In Australia, it has a different name!!!