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During work times, we like to play music in the room.
Coach:"No loud music today. We really want some drawings done."
Student reaches for iPod.
Coach:"That means NO metallica Richard!"

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- Does anyone else look at the clock and associate the time with FIRST team numbers?
- No, the rest of us are normal...



-(me)Mesh, you really look good working on that chop saw, has anyone considered you for modeling in a power tools catalog?
-(chris)Yeah Mesh, you really work that chop saw... you look professional over there,
-(mesh) Come on guys, just because I look cool using the chop saw doesnt mean you can make fun of me.

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...I do.

My oven has a digital thermometer. As it goes up, I read off the team numbers. It drives my family nuts.

"I'm not worried about weight." - Mr. Wittman :)

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Trevor: I know a guy named Harry Johnson

Trevor: Prolonged eposer to a tree gives you cancer

Doug: Why does are reaserch keep leading to cancer?
Trevor: cause radiation is everywhere
Doug:AHHHHH!!!!!

Kyle: chair bang

:]

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(After we learn Camera-tracking code + twitchy controls + no camera = trouble)
Drive mentor: Well, you almost ran me over. Don't try out for drive.
Kirstin: That makes two.
Me: Oh, yeah, I forgot that guy.
Kirsten: ...I meant me.
Me: Sorry, three.
(Two other people mention I've almost run them over at some point)
Me: ...so with the other two, that makes six.
Several people: SIX?
Me: The guy at Budweiser, and possibly someone at Cinemagic.
Drive coach: NEVER TRY OUT FOR DRIVE!

(I'm not touching joysticks again. Ever.)

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"You can't insult me with words I don't know!" Sophomore
".....yes i can" Senior

"Can you get me the hammerfore" Mentor
"What?" Freshman
"THE HAMMERFORE" Mentor
"Whats a hammer for?" Freshman
"NAILING NAILS!!!!" Mentor
"Thats not funny." Freshman

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Oh, don't worry, it could be worse. I've driven the robot into a large artificial Christmas tree. Twice. And into a table, and into some chairs, and rammed a practice bot...I don't work well with 6WD, apparently.

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"You get the Dykes, I'll get the strippers"

At which point a few freshman shot us some great looks :)

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Annoying sophomore during design selection, "I think treads get a 6 in traction"
I reply with "we're on a scale of 1 to 5, that means 1,2,3,4, or 5, sweetie."

"Screw wheels or treads, I vote hovercraft!"

"That's a job for the kids in the programming cave, I just build it."

"Isn't that going to be expensive as crap?" "I thought crap was cheap."

"I don't have a CAD program, so I drew up some designs in Paint."

"I'm pretty sure an internal combustion engine is prohibited in the manual."

"We can't turn off gravity."

"We have another vote for big wheels. From the kid who had to leave early to go feed his cows. Surprised?"

"The tunnel is 18 inches." "No it's not, it's a foot and a half"

New girl: "Why am I here with all these guys?"
Me: "It's better to be with these guys now where they get to know you for how awesome your mind is and respect you for how you handle tools than if they were watching you be a cheerleader."

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During brain storming the first day, we were coming up with things that we wanted to do on the field.

In the middle of it all one of the mentors said, "I think we should score."
the team captain leading the meeting: "Ummm, score? you mean make goals?"
mentor: "I mean score"

Now whenever someone is asking something about the robot in a meeting we just say: "Well, don't worry we're going to score."

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Yeah, our school gets out at 2:17, so when the bell rings i think of the thunder chickens, every day. People think I'm nuts because i know most team numbers and they say who cares about the team number, just call them Shen.

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Re: Team numbers: After I read the xkcd about it, I started factoring the time. I still do it when I'm bored.



"So we can expand to 90" tall if we're touching the tower?"
"Yup."
"Even if it isn't the finale?"
"Yeah."
"What if we're in the tunnel and touching the side? Does that count?"
"...I don't think we're going to want to extend to the finale configuration while we're inside the tunnel..."

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We were at another school to watch kickoff with them, and after kickoff we were drawing things out on a white board, and to figure out angles for something we were using trig functions... one of their members walks over to our area, says "Oh snap, they got Cosine" and walks back over to their area...

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"You can't be men! You're reading directions." - Mr. Boyd

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Head mentor for build walks in with a table full of people at laptops:
"What are all these nerds doing here?"

"These are the nerds that are going to model your robot and make sure that when you hit forward, that it moves forward"