Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...You discover FIRST is the only place where Robo Dawgs don't chase X-Cats and X-Cats don't chase Rat Packs.
...Your digital camera happens to target MOE rather than the other green object you want.
...You actually understand the words coming out of an engineer's mouth.
...you swear basketball refs should throw flags instead of blowing wistles.
...You remember the days when a final score of 50-40 was 90 big ones.
...Grasshoppers are harder to squish.
...you have once seen a gila monster in the Flordia everglades.
...You tell your friends Aladdin was Scrabian.
...You constantly sing, "Wild Stang" no matter what your friends say it's supost to be.
...You have never, ever, ever forgotten what the Wo-Bot looks like.
...You get the Smile of team 1 and the Smile of team 175 mixed up all the time.
...Elite is spelt E.L.I.T.E.
...Newbies are cool.
...The best way to lose weight is to drill holes.
...You have a n.e.r.d number
...Tripplets is another word for colaboration.
...When you still live with your team after you've graduated.
...The Pits are the best place to find friends.
...Pink is an acceptable color for guys.
...you think and/or know Nerds are sexy.
...You've GOT to have a picture taken with Dean, Woodie or Dave.
...You want your school to provide less money so your team can play in the Vex tournament rather than FRC.
...You wish you were 10 years old again so you could play in the Lego Leauge.
...You act different.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

- When you are, what you build

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...when you begin to plan what your button should look like next year
...your upset on the plane flight home because you know that the season is over
...you bet to see who collected more buttons
...you see if you can wear robotic shirts for the rest of the week
...you plan on what teams you are going to be on next year (lego, vex, FRC)
...almost every conversation with ANYONE ends up being about robotics
...the evil rubber ducky you adopted travels with you everywhere :p

more to come....

~Sammy~

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when you go to do some paper for a class instead of writing first you write "F.I.R.S.T." and get done with the sentence before you realize it!

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when asking someone if they have a spare dongle you can use isnt considered dirty

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Don't you mean more money so you can do both? And/or FLL into the bargain?:p

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

:ahh: :ahh: I dont even know what to do now!! :ahh: :ahh:
Who wants robotics to start back like... right now??? i know I do!!

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Well...when it comes to my school...they'd be glad to give us less money. :o

Plus would you have resonded to it if I had said more rather than less? :confused:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when you accidently forget how many bites are in a kilobyte, you think of the Kil-A-Bytes, and hence 1024 (thank you for the help on my computer science exam!)

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

-When halls cough drops become a hot commodity because all of your team has lost there voice...and it's been three days since you got back! :D

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Glad to help! :D :D :D

-Q

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

I believe this is a 1902 understatement - not sure - but possibly.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

.. when you break your luggage wheels because youre continuosly checking if your luggage has the best "center of gravity"

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when we got back to the hotel i ordered a whole 24 hours of internet just to test this out!

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when you still read the manual, even though the season's over
when you beg your english teacher to let you watch webcasts (side comment: he wasn't the one to refuse, it was the rest of the class)
when you were your team's shirt to school, and not just for days of competition
when your friends know more about the robotics, then they do about your life from January to April.