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We were sitting around today during lunch, talking about the colleges w're going to.

Member: "My brother could have had a full ride to MSOE for bio-engineering, but he wants to be an astrophysiologist"
Me: *face palm* "You mean astophysicist

Lead programmer: "I don't know what you are doing, and I don't want to know what you are doing"
*team laughs*
Lead programmer: "You guys sure laugh at a lot of things I say"

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"AHHH it FireWall!"

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Mentor: This here is really the danger zone... which makes this ramp up into it the Highway to the Dangerzone.
-Later-
Me: So I've decided we should name the robot Kenny Loggins.

Mentor: Does anyone have a deathwish so someone can hold this?
College Mentor: Oh, oh, oh, me, me.

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We are in the middle of an ice storm and a week long power outage.

Louie: "I've been crazy without technology for a week."
Eric: "You haven't had a bath for a week."

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"I'm fluent in russian tools!"

"They get on...with encouragement" - "You mean the hammer?"

"This is so cool! Aluminum shavings all over me. I feel like a princess."

- When are we leaving today?
- When A gets hungry.
- I'm hungry....
- You missed the point. We're leaving when A gets hungry, not you!

"Seems like all I've been doing today is hurting myself and hurting others..."

"There's a scratch across your forehead." - "Yeah..I walked into the robot."

"Hey, it looks robotic now!"

Me: What'cha doin'?
Programming student: Failing :)

"Debur like mad!!!"

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Another one I remember now.

Me: It doesn't matter what it's called, it just matters what we call it.

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"check if theres any joel left in the robot"

one of our members faceplanted into the robot in an attempt to ride it like a bull.... using only his hands.

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"I really want a guy from a metal rock band to follow me around and say the last few words of my sentance. Happy Birthday. 'HAAAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAAAY!'"

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I keep asking the question when do we usually get programming ready?
"5-minutes before the first match at regionals."
"At the competition."
"Never" (so I made that one up. But I'm sure it could happen)

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Josh and Ben walk into the hallway where the french fries are. Down the hall are the cheerleaders getting ready for the varsity basketball game. Josh says "Those (the french fries) look disgusting." Ben is eating a fry looks up. Says "I know." Josh looks at the cheerleaders and says "I wasn't talking about them."

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"Ooh, Colors!"

Also:
"Ahh! UNDO! UNDO!" (Commonly shouted by programmers, but also heard after the sound of metal getting angry.)

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We were talking about the robot's status when...

Mr. C- So, Richard, where are we?
Me- The one room the Janitors don't know about.

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"I'm drowning my Windriver sorrows in Metallica and root beer."
-Me after everyone else's laptops connect but mine won't even if I follow exactly what they did

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"Aha! You should've been wearing your safety glasses!" The team coach, after explaining to some teammates how I got a cut under my left eye. (I walked into a tree... but a very poorly trimmed tree!!!) :ahh:

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"One rivet per hole..." :ahh:

One of the fabrication mentor during the assembly of our frame.