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"This year, we really need to remember to put an 'OFF' switch on the robot..."

"NO!!! Taco sauce is NOT the same thing as salsa, and salsa is NOT the same thing as Pizza Sauce! They are NOT interchangable!"

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"What's team 935?" - the captain of our website team.

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A guy walks up to the lead machinist and asks for some oil to make his cut run better. The machinist looks around and finds a small bottle of oil and hands it to the guy. The guy takes it and starts on his cut. Then the machinist turns to me and whispers, "I don't know what that was in there, but he seems to think it works"

Today, in reference to the arm, an engineer said to a student "you really need to get started on making your joints" Everyone was silent for a moment while our eyes glanced around and then we just burst into laughter.

Also since Usher Yeah was our team song last year, this year every time someone says "take that" (like while handing off a part to someone) the reply is always "and rewind it back"

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"WHERE ARE YOUR SAFTEY GOGGLES!" (coach....no one cares what happens to you as long as your saftey goggles are on)

"I hope he doesn't find out what we were doing in here." (machine shop teacher isn't friends with the team :P )

thats it so far...our website has a scroller with ranom non build related quotes....and I have one about why the robot should be a guy...or switched a female midway through the season/competition...i'm sure you can figure that one out :D

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I'm driving to Home Depot, with a teammate, and I'm checking my pockets to see if i have all my stuff at a red light.

"ok, cell phone, wallet.................. oh !@#$ (patting side pockets), dude how you seen my keys .......(he stares at me with a confused expression) oh yeah, nevermind.......shut up."

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::controls temptation::

::controls temptation::

::controls temptation::

::gives into temptation::

Ai ya... well, here's the (slightly cleaned up from it's last appearance) FIRST quote list I've been keeping since around the 2000 season.

• "random? well I could be random, look just watch me be random. I am so random I have said the word random 4 times so far. Well 5 now. See I am not boring I can be random... Now 6!" -Sean McDermott from 271
  
• "When in doubt, duct tape, duck tape, duckt tape!" -Mike Rosalie from 375
  
• "Life is short and so am I!" -Becky Allen from 356
  
• "VVVVVVVVV" -Lenny from 375
  
• "Okay Eddie, from now on, we're calling you Woodie." -Dave Ferera from 121
  
• "What can I say? The light goes on...the light goes off...Enough Said!" -Lora Knepper from 177
  
• "Nobody should miss the National Clogging Competition.....lol" -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "I became a member of the Duct Tape Club today. I think everyone else should. It would be cool" -David Kelly from 234
  
• "Woah..what's a life? I've never had one of those before" -Angela Hall from 180
  
• "Life is like a party and parties weren't meant to end!" -Elgin Clock from 237
  
• "What's a sponser? Oh, you get money from those..." -Andrew Costka from 419
  
• "don't ask me, I'm not even sure if I met you =)" -Kristen from 180
  
• "but if she's in a state that doesn't exist, then how could i have met a person who doesn't exist" -Pat Dingle from 639
  
• "I was wondering if pepper spray would be considered "ungracious professionalism"" -Matt from 69
  
• "TODD JUST FIGURED SOMETHING OUT :D" -Todd Derbyshire from 88
  
• "Nice of you to put me in your signature, Eddie" -Caitlin from 126
  
• "Ahh! Eddie's startin the playlist again!" -Joe Ross from 73
  
• "so, you can just be a one headed monster from the planet Mars? That seems to make more sense. I always knew you were too weird to be from Earth anyway. Yes, and all of the sudden things seem to make more sense about you. :)" -Christina Alzona from 271
  
• "glad I never say anything stupid =)" -Kristen from 180
  
• "I don't remember saying anything funny." -M. Krass from 271
  
• "i am mike oleary. i am not an impersonater. i am a rambot. NINNY PRIDE!" -Mike O'Leary from 419
  
• "They told me that a crazy kid with long hair and a ton of buttons stopped by. I assumed it was you, Eddie" -Lora Knepper from 177
  
• "Why doesn't anybody ever listen to me?" -Carolyn Duncan from 86
  
• "Robot on board, baby at home" -Andy Baker from 45
  
• "i was very tempted to say somehting about eddies retreating to his corner..." -Mike O'Leary from 419
  
• "I think its time to lock this thread....." -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "They're kind of small-ish, and they're plastic. That makes them ripe for becoming victims of our robots tank tread, I think :-)" -M. Krass from 271
  
• "That has been said 55 times... How much more must we live through?" -Brett from 201
  
• "who's a nutball?" -Dan from 550
  
• "why do ppl enjoy picking on me? lol" -Kristen from 180
  
• "you don't have any good ones from me, Eddie" -Joe Ross from 340
  
• "And you just know someone is going to quote that out of context..." -Jessica Boucher from 237
  
• "Wow, I've got to be careful about what I say around here." -Brian from 365
  
• "you still don't have any good ones from me" -Joe Ross from 340
  
• "Our meetings consist of trying to convince people that spiking a soccer ball over the opposing alliance station wall to knock out the opposing drivers, while technically legal, is not a good idea." -ahecht from 992
  
• "nate: I think you are crazy" -Angela Hall from 180
  
• "I think their the same person and they are both evil" -Joe Ross from 340
  
• "lalalalalalalalalalalalalala robots! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" -Ken Leung from 192
  
• "name that NUT!!" -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "wow me replying to QOTW 2 weeks in a row.... i feel so dirty" -Mike from 25
  
• "what we learned from Chesapeake: Ashlee is 3 SHU tall" -Steve Shade
  
• "well Ian: she was wrong once but then it turned out that she just thought she was wrong and she was really right :p" -Cory from 100
  
• "Out of boredom, the 'better things to concern myself over' has become what time Eddie will log on and post today's question." -Stephen from 122
  
• "i supposedly was pulled over because my license plate light was out (which it was)...but did it really take the 4 police cars to handle the situation..... so what did we do while the one cop was searching my car.........we talked about robots to the other ones....lol" -Kyle Gilbert from 45
  
• "MOMMY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Sean from 1197
  
• "is it pathetic that i spent a better part of my life just looking at people's away messages?" -Mike from 25
  
• "I was wondering why our robot wasn't working, then I realized that it helps if it has a battery." -Moe from 88
  
• "Well Mr. Ian you are sentenced to be kicked until you take a shower" -DJ Fluck from 45
  
• "the water in rhode island tastes funny..." -Meli W. from 86
  
• "that annoys me too, when people assume i know everything, and yell at me for something that i have no idea what they're talking about..." -Ian from 810
  
• "hmm if you had my robot in your car complete with control system, and batteries, would you be talking online right now?" -Mike from 25
  
• "weee... my old train set is running! round and round and round it goes... weee.... fast! yall are boring" -Jon from 186
  
• "Mike!!! You killed it again!!!" -Jeff Waegelin from 201
  
• "i thought philosophers were supposed to be quite sound of mind... do you sit in bathtubs and say things like "Eureka!" alot?" -George from 1083
  
• "Or would he be locked into an elevator with 20 gassy monkeys and the only music playing is that Macarena song?" -Heidi Foster from 116
  
• "I honestly think I got stupider (is that a word) from reading this thread. Its like a bad version of photoshop phriday. AHHH!" -Patrick Duffy from 108
  
• "'confused gorilla'!!!! Why, I am insulted! I am never confused. Startled, not-yet-decided, still-making up-my-mind, still-need-morning-caffeine, perhaps. But not confused. I was thinking more along the lines of an 'optimistic orangutan' or something similar. Or perhaps a late-60's refugee 'assuming the position' for 'illegal display of a party hat in public.' Or perhaps, 'mild-mannered bureaucrat rejoicing over the wanton destruction of PaintShop Pro software vendor facilities and loss of all active copies of the program.' But, what ever..." -Dave Lavery
  
• "I almost never choose sides, good or bad. I prefer neutral (chaotic of course)." -Heidi Foster from 116
  
• "My boyfriend did that to me... I text messaged him 'I <3 you' and he returned... 'aww, I less than three you too.' I cracked up so much, and it was an inside joke of ours. But now I understand that it's not too uncommon. (erin shrugs and lowers head in disappointment) now it's 'I < x u (x = integer sqrt4 < x < 4)'" -Erin Rapacki from 125
  
• "*Looks at Trivia forum. Sees last post is by Eddie* *Thinks to self* 'Oh, it's the question for today and no one's responded yet! Maybe I can get it!' *Open thread. No question.* Evil, evil, evil. :p " -Katie Reynolds from 93
  
• "Look! It's a bird, it's a Mars Rover! It's, it's... SuperDave! Will he be in time to stop the Evil-Eddie from polluting the world with Dunkin Donuts? Find out next week in the continuing adventures of SuperDave..." -Heidi Foster from 116
  
• "*looks out the window* watch out Eddie its the Lavery Signal, defender of truth juctice and the Krispy Kreme way!" -Mike from 25
  
• "My recent donut adventure - kidnaping KK's, and having them travel over 400 miles to New Hampshire with me in trade off for slurpees!... and, well, there has been some other adventures before too! ;)" -Ashley Weed
  
• "This thread has 'Dave Lavery' written all over it." -Amanda Morrison from 1020
  
• "Wow, I was so confused by that statement until I looked at the lineup and the team name was actually "Your team name". I guess I'm truly living up to the ValleyGirl name. And Patrick...you mean it will be funny WHEN I beat Cory. Oh man, my cockiness is going to get me in trouble with you guys." -Kristina from 691
  
• "Eddie, do you have a little too much time on your hands?" -Mike Murphy from 88
  
• "whoa... there are people here?" -Jeff Waegelin from 201
  
• "I find it hilarious that 1 can of Miller Light has more benifits for you then 1 can of Coke. so instead of giving your kids a coke, give them a miller light...lol" -DJ Fluck from 45
  
• "hola! and i'm glad to be an NU student. at my DEKA interview me, dean kamen walked past me in the lobby. he recognized me. turned and said : why does your face look so familiar?! lol the interviewing engineer was like: woah he knows you? normally that doesn't happen... lol." Erin Rapacki from 125
  
• "Who else besides me reads these trivia threads not for the question Eddie asks, but moreso for the clever reply Big Mike comes up with?" -Andy Baker from 45
  
• "There is a lil' Lavery~?!?!?!?!?! 0_o May God have mercy on all of us.... -_-!!!" -Ken Leung
  
• "NOOOO!!! Not KEN!! !Eeeek.. sucks for the research vessel too" -Dan Richardson from 710
  
• "You know, when I worked at APL, I always joked that the TIMED folks were going to get fed up with us (the Satellite Tracking Facility) and deorbit it directly into our building." -Matt Leese from 73
  
• "Thank you Dave... I don't know if your post made me smarter or dumber. :D" -Erin Rapacki from 125
  
• "Dave, for some reason, i dont see you sporting "Quzi-Futuristic Clothing", being bald, holding your pinky to your lower lip, or plotting to take over the world..... but in the off chance you are..... who is austin powers..... *realizes he gave someone a photoshop idea*" -Big Mike from 25
  
• "Let me just tell you, having two Lavery's is just mind boggling. This will bend the fabric of time and all that stuff." -Joseph M. from 384
  
• "Is anyone as confused as I am? <goes to get some advil>" -Michael Lee from 125
  
• "haha, an outhouse can fly" -Leon Machado
  
• "But if FIRST followed a 'truth in advertising' philosophy for the registration kits, they would contain six cannisters labeled: 'Stress', 'Anxiety', 'Confusion', 'Insomnia', 'Dietary Inadequacy', 'Unbalanced Priorities' And a really big seventh one labeled 'Fun' :)" -Dave Lavery
  
• "Where's team 1337?" -Duke from 862
  
• "Immediate, smart-alecky, knee-jerk, wise-a** response: 'hey, you think it is so easy operating a stupid rover in the middle of a planet-wide sand storm from 300 bazillion miles away with a communications pipe just slightly better than two cups and some string, then let's just see YOU do it!' :D " -Dave Lavery
  
• "i mean who would leave their computer on and then go die... i mean Think of the Electric Bill WONT SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE ELECTRIC BILL!!!!!!" -Mike from 25
  
• "BICYCLE! BICYCLE! i want to ride my BICYCLE!" -DJ Fluck from 45
  
• "My suggestion; Don't rob the bank in the first place and if you absolutely must, check with an English professor beforehand." -Erin M. from 365
  
• "Yo quiero FIRST!" -Lisa Perez from 1
  
• "I am JVN" -Jeff Waegelin from 201
  
• "Shouldn't you be picking on Baker or something?" -JVN from 229
  
• "just wanted to see if I could make Wetzel's brain explode again" -Dave Lavery
  
• "It could mean 'major pain' or 'bringing about major pain'....as in... 'Amanda Morrison V-Neuned David Kelly at Nationals' 'Wow, fixing that gearbox was a V-Neun!' or... 'Man, that JVN...he's such a V-Neun ;)'" -Jessica Boucher
  
• "Now the big question, is: Does Dave think This is Pimp?" -Mike from 25
  
• "hey john, all we need now is a white teeshirt and bleached hair and we all can be just like you!" -Greg Perkins from 134
  
• "Any and all offers should go to my agent. She is the mother of my three daughters." -Andy Baker from 45
  
• "Ohh well.. Too bad its george and I tend not to believe anything he posts lol" -Dan from 710
  
• "WHAT!?! If its on the internet it must be true!" -Matt K. from 131
  
• "You can flatter me all you want, you're still getting homework." -Dean Kamen
  
• "Im not JUST a small hyperactive crazy person as SOME teams would have you believe" -Ashlee Snodgrass
  
• "well, considering that the whole world didn't know it for 6 months, getting it wrong isn't so bad ;)" -Joe Ross from 1405
  
• "Eddie, I'm going to assume you meant the power of making your robot look like cheese by drilling a great many holes in it to reduce weight, but, knowing you, it may have fun been something random that came to your mind." -Angela Hall from 180
  
• "haha, leave it to joe ross to be bored and to make me do stupid stuff at work :P" -Jessica Boucher
  
• "and while doing forehead .. i thought .. what about the nose ..." -Shyra from 1353
  
• "Wow, seems really pointless and stupid... I WANNA TRY! :D" -Joseph M. from 384
  
• "my elbow is pointy :p" -Meli W. from 86
  
• "'The FIRST Compdtition or ghis year hAs beren cancslled' <--Greatest Joe Ross line ever, typed with my elbows. :)" -Dave Lavery
  
• "Wow! Am I glad this wasn't a life or death situation!" -Jay Hartman from 237
  
• "Stupidest thread I've ever seen.... And what does that say about all of us who responded? Joe, I'm gonna get you for this. ;)" -Greg Ross from 330
  
• "I suggest that FIRST should include a "big red button" in the KOP next year to make everyone happy. :p" -Jay Hartman from 237
  
• "Gerardo?!!?! Auugghh! Dave says "that's NOT pimp!!" -Dave Lavery
  
• "So... Lavery is my dad? Uh oh... On second thought... Hey dad... Can I borrow the Mustang next weekend? ;)" -Bill Gold from 254
  
• "Let's just be glad he doesn't know about the Jeopardy Eddie runs on here! :p" Jay Hartman from 237

I am so tempted to look through the older threads here and find some more funny ones. Oh, and my personal favorite:

"One would also have to wonder if, by admitting that we can't trust his post regarding misinformation, he knew we would all have to then question whether it was the original post that was false, or the post was correct but the original information behind the post was false. Then, of course knowing that if I told him something even accidentally that it might end up on this board, I might tell him that everything I might say in the future would be false. Knowing that, he might want to give you a warning that anything I were to let slip, and he were to pass on, would be suspect. I could use that to ensure that everything I said would not be believed, and therefore not passed on. Or if it were passed on it would automatically be interpreted as misinformation, and everyone would assume the inverse was actually true. But knowing that, I could intentionally tell him misinformation, knowing that it would be interpreted as misinformation by him and inverted, and he would then unintentionally post the truth, which would be interpreted as misinformation and - knowing it was misinformation - the inverse (which was actually the inverted truth) would then be revealed to everyone. But since you now know that is possible, I would never do that. But I could just tell him misinformation, and he wold interpret it as such, and then post the truth, but everyone else would think that is was inverted truth and not believe it but believe the inverse. So then they would actually be believing the truth. But we already know that I would never leak out anything true, and since I know the potential for the above scenario, I would never let it happen, so everything that I would tell him would have to be real information only, which would then be interpreted as misinformation, inverted by him and posted as real information, misinterpreted as misinformation by you and inverted to be believed as real information, but since you know I would never reveal real information it would then be believed to be misinformation and inverted again into actual misinformation and incorrectly believed to be real information. Or not. How do you know that he is really even one of my kids anyway? (just wanted to see if I could make Wetzel's brain explode again)" -Dave Lavery

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"who wants to clean up the shop." "Just make the freshmen do it."

"The mechanical people take a break and play basketball, the programmers take a break and play Counterstrike."

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"Brian will be the driver, and I will be the butt-monkey.......I MEAN BUTTON MONKEY!"-Yours Truly

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"We put the 'Oh Gee' in Technology"

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This was recently my quote of the week because I found it so hilarious and completely unexpected.

David-"Hey Alice, didn't you have to get into the Auto shop?"
Alice-"Yeah"
David-"Well, I'm gonna get you in."
Alice-"How?"
David, hitting a pipe against his hand-"I'm Mexican."

It filled at least five minutes with laughter.
'Twas amusing.

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LOL, greatest quote ever!

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The one that is coming to me at the moment is:

"If you're not a programmer, then are you an amateurgrammer?" - Greg Marra

Understand that this was hilarious after a couple hours of sitting in front of the computer working on the camera code.

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"Uhh sean can you look at this?"
- After the camera fell on the battery terminal, and we had watched the fireworks for a bit.

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My god, it looks like a hippo!- MSmart ( in reference to our animation )

Leon: Your team champion may either be a teacher, student, coach, friend.
Ed: Imaganary Friend!
Mikeekim: Laughs histerically for the next two days.

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"Can we just have a barstool on our robot and let someone ride the robot and do the stuff?"
-Steve, our webmaster