Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

"You guys should just program the robot in Scratch."

"Well, according to the 14th law of thermodynamics..."

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

"I'm gonna convert all of your code into Pig Latin"

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

"We should do that, but let's do the one tote auto first..."

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

not build season, and perhaps not new:

@ Lansing District Competition Alliance Selection
MC: ... and so, what is your choice?
just "promoted" #8 alliance captain: I choose... <rustling of scouting notes> the Jeopardy music.

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

Another not quite build season one from last year:

Alliance captain: "We choose 455"
MC: "That's not a team up on the screen."
Our team in the stands: "7! 7!!!!"

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

"I'll put my foot in your pocket!"

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

"You sure the treads slip off again?"
"Pretty sure they won't"

*Slips off"
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Me- "Spike seems to be broken again. Don't you check PWM's??"

Them - "Surely its programming, I have not changed anything..."

*Suddenly works after finding an unplugged PWM*

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"It broke again.... F***ing programming...."
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"Sure that screw is tight?"

"It's good enough."

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"What should we name the robot?I think Julius sounds pretty nice..."

"We should name it "JEB!" It fits the quality of how our season actually went! XD"

"Please clap."
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"Where is the USB B? Did we lose it again?....Yes, yes we did."

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

Me: "I hope we've worked on a batter shot and outer works shot."

Programming and Drive Team Member: "We have worked on both batter and defender shot as well as a ruin and gun shot."

Me: "Now, I'm excited! A 'ruin and gun shot' sounds Awesome!"

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

"If we want to win, we better Raise our Standard!"

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Fresh from the Rocket City Regional:

"I need my underwear."

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"Man I feel out of shape can never figure out why"
*As I reached for my giant can of rockstar energy*

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"I can't start a pie and not finish it." - Ed Sparks

Said while having a conversation about safety one morning at Rocket City; pies somehow came up.

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((2 days before our first regional, talking to our newly-appointed safety captain.))

"What do you do when the battery fluid leaks?"

(Deadpan) "...Pour it back in."

Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
 

That would be moderately amusing if I were certain that it was a joke on the speaker's part. I've been mentoring FRC long enough that it's more of an :eek:.


Added:
OBTW, here's one from the post-season chatter on a mentor slack channel. For the record, we do not have anyone named named "Mark" as either a student or mentor this year. The names have been changed a la Dragnet:

".. numerous freshmen tell me Mark had taught them stuff ..."
"I hope he didn't teach them how to measure .. if so, we'll have a whole lot of un-teaching to do."