So it's 2 days old, sorry...

"We'll have this driving by the end of the night"
Next day...
"We'll have this driving by the end of the night"
(repeat for 2 weeks)
"We'll have this driving by the end of the night"
(Next day: Thursday, extended ship day)
"It drove!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"It CAN'T be (programming/electronics). There's NOTHING wrong with it. It has to be (electronics/programming)." A prime example of the "of course I'm right, I'm always right" syndrome... :D

heh, we have had that happen a lot at our shop too over the years. However, the best ever will be having the cops called to the HoJo in Houston. Several teams joined together for a big southern BBQ and party.. afterwards people were having fun, and a game of frisbie resulted in the cops being called on several teams for disturbances!

last year at NASA/MD State Fair competition, there were only like 7 students that went.. a room of 5 guys, and a room of two girls. Well, we were quickly sent to our room (the girls)... hehe, geeks tend to find ways around things, and we learned how to use speaker phone! We stayed up for another 5 hours or so, going over our matches for the last day, and alliance selections. However, I had all of the scouting books and info. with me, so... my driving partner used the Krispy Kreme box in his room to take notes and info. from me over the phone. When I entered the field the next day for alliance selections... I went carrying the Krispy Kreme box!

I have got another one. One time our team did an exhibition at a ROTC drill meet because Raytheon was sponsoring it and they ask us to go to events that they sponsor every once in awhile. Anyway, my friend and i were thirsty so we sent armin to go find us some water (I know that that sounds like we were "female dogs" but we had to beg him, it wasn't like we ordered him to go)Anyway, at this place the army, navy, air force, and marines were recruiting. At this place we wore our shirts and Armin always wears is orange and yellow board shorts to robotics events, so he wore them. He came back really angry. We asked what was wrong and he started complaining about how the Marine guys made him do push-ups for the water and they were filming him and making fun of his outfit because it looked...ummm...great... But that is besides the point, on the water bottle they had like this cute vest, it was like those things that you put on coffee mugs to keep it warm, except it was the shape of a shirt advertising the marines. On the back it had the greatest thing,

"SAVE THE DRAMA FOR YOUR MAMA!"
.......Well, i thought it was funny! LOL.

Hes something someone sent me in an IM. I thought it was a good Quote.


The Sprinfeild Sun on the Firebirds:

"...and they seemed to think they had hit on a formula for success - as ruthless as it might appear.
'Of course we're ruthless," Laura Santamaria said. 'They're girls," Foell added."

a disgrunteled programmer
 

"I hate the phrase, We'll fix it in programming"
"We can fix it in programming, Says the programmer"
"Our auto code failed a different way each time, I mean it never did the same thing 2 times in a row"

all quotes by one of 263's programmer's

"GEE FRICKEN WIZZ"

-- Steve Miller, who was a mentor of our team and is currently at boot camp.

My all-time favorite:

Setting: Outside the St. Charles Family Arena, waiting for the pits to open for the St. Louis Regional

Josh from #1020 - "Amanda, you have the batteries, right?"

Me - "Why would I have the batteries? Neil was bringing the batteries!"

Neil from #1020 - "NO! You're the battery girl! YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE THE BATTERIES TO THE ROBOT?!"

(Ten seconds later, all that is heard is a truck door slamming and tires squealing.)

I don't think my team will ever let me forget the first competition, Friday morning, when I left the robot batteries at the hotel.

drive it liek you stole it is my motto i started using it when i drove my car and now i use it for robotics

"Now it smells like a robotics competition" - Phoenix anouncer after the magic white smoke came out of a robot right before lunch on Friday.

"Yeah, I just signed up for the Army. So yeah, you and my parents are the only ones who know so far."

- Steve Miller (also, 'Gee Friggin Whiz')

GO STEVE! You dumb intelligence officer :)

Oh really? Was I there with you? Of course not, the whole freakin' team ditched me. They all freakin' left before I got a chance to get to my room and put my bag away, and I had to go out with Greg's family (not fun). That was a stupid night. I'm never forgiving the team for that. Hell, they probably don't even know I'm upset by it. But hey, at least some people enjoyed it, right? :rolleyes:



Edit: It's too bad Mr. Gant is leaving. Robotics won't be the same...

This is pretty off-topic, but we were bored at Phoenix (824? was there, the team from North Dakota), and the pool at our hotel was ice cold. Now, of course, we had to throw unsuspecting people into the pool. Needless to say, the hottub was pretty full, but I got a jet :D

"Should we evacuate?" said at the Hilton Suites in Phoenix when the fire alarm went off one morning. Team 624 was there too.

Here's one from when we were in Phoenix:

Alex: my associates and I would like to request your assistance in acquiring more towels.

Front Desk: We'll send them right up.

(At the hotel room door)

Alex: Do you got the goods? (he asked this with the door barely open and you could only see his eyes. The guy nodded.) *sigh of relief* good! After that last game of hopscotch, we ran out of towels to bathe with!

Here's another Alex one:

The guy at TGI Friday's was giving Chris (our driver) his food, and the says, "Careful. Hot." And Alex turns to him and says, "I know he is, isn't he?" There were 17 people around the long line of tables. Everyone laughed. It was loud. But, yet, hilarious at the same time.

Re: a disgrunteled programmer
 

Three quotes of mine in the same thread? That can't be halthy. Anyway here's my quote:

"The motors can't handle that." "Pfft, they are just numbers."