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You have sprockets in your pocket a drill in your purse and a table saw in your car I would not want to mug you

One person on our team asking another out
"Oh I have been really stressed recently do you know how I could relax?"
girl:" Well I'd say stab people but you already fence."
"I was thinking more along the lines of dinner and a movie. You obviously dont understand how a guys mind works"

Another kid making fun of it a few days later " After a long day of fighting off people with my sword I like to relax with a candle lit dinner and a movie."



Nate: "Your my worst friend!"
Bret: "That still puts me top three"
*Note this got our headmaster and dean to laugh*


"Well what else do you expect from a Nateway" (Our gateway turned into a Nateway)

"Safety Captain save us!!!!!!" (Teacher)

"I give you my best goat for the car" : Kostas

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Matt: I can fix anything! (object breaks in his hands) YOU BROKE IT!!!!!
"That is prioity number a!"
"make it work" -Matt
IT'S A WATER GAME!!!!!!
‎"Apparently our robot can fly o.O"

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Our team had a 2 bumper assemblies for this year, one for each color, but they go on in one piece. I had just finished making the first bumper assembly and, while standing inside of the bumpers(wearing them), went to a mentor to make sure it was to their liking. After she approved I looked at her and said "So these bumpers don't make me look fat, do they?"

she started laughing hard enough that she had to leave room.

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"Its not a good idea to microwave grapging calculators"
My favorite is " The robot is smoking is that a good thing?"

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Washington DC Pit Admin: "Team #### is looking for a robot. Team #### lost their glass slipper, if you've found it, please return it to Pit Admin before midnight........"

...oh lunch break

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C: Safety glasses are hard hats for engineers!

Mentor: What happened to you? You're all covered in mud!
Me: Yeah, I got in a fight with centripetal force. And lost.
(There was a merry-go-round outside the loading dock at states. Had some fun with members from Frog Force and Virus)

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You do know that this is illegal by the rule book, right?

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It is also a frequently-ignored part of the rule book. If Pit Admin wants to not make that announcement, they can choose to say that no, I can't do that, I have to keep the microphone for official announcements.

Most Pit Admin people, however, figure that both they and the teams need something to break up the "Teams X, Y, Z, report to queuing immediately... Team A needs tool B... No running in the pits" announcements, and ignore the rule if there's open time on the mic.

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If it is all in good fun, what is the problem. It is not like a Pit admin would choose to make a joke over making a real announcement, so why not give the people working in the pits a bit of humor when they can?

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I can see the fun in it, but it could get out of hand. If I got the announcer to say "703 is looking for a left handed screwdriver", would you be having fun?

What about the people that spend ten minutes trying to find an adjustable metric wrench to lend a team? Are they having fun?

What about the people in a pinch trying to get to the field in time but pause to hear an announcement?

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I would go find their pit and shake their hands and have some friendly dialog. The pits can have some flared tempers and human congestion; it's good to know we're at the competition to have more fun than anyone else will that weekend.

---

"Jack, why did you run over the minibot?"
"I didn't mean to!"
"You did three times until it got stuck in the drive train."
"Oh. Well, that's why we made three."

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At Chipotle

"Wow, this burrito weighs more than the minibot!"

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At BAE/GSR (It happened while I was in the queuing line): "Ladies and Gentlemen in the pits: We have had our first request for a flux capacitor!"

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A couple for the Safety Inspectors...

Newbie: "Why are our shirts Blood Red?"
Older Student: "Well, they were all White at the start of the Build..."

Older Student: "We chose Blood Red shirts this year so the FIRST Safety Inspectors at events won't notice when we bleed on them in the pits while trying to fix the robot."

- Keith

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Announcer at boston: "It appears that team 639 has been unable to decide which side to cheer for"

and later: "Will team 639 ever leave the cheering area?"