[GeeTwo]

Getting towards the end, and we're getting a bit punchy.

After a wooden mock-up of a pancake cylinder disintegrated in simulated use: "That's it, I'm throwing in the dowel."

Many times all season:
"Mikey, why did you break the _____?"
"It was like that when I got here."

Tonight:
"Mikey, did you break the Mikey? We only have one."
"That depends what you mean by break."

"Somebody fetch the bucket of boulders"

"Don't try to catch the launcher with your face."

(Background: a beignet is a local delicacy - slightly sweet dough rolled flat, cut into squares, deep fried in lard, and served with confectioner's sugar and french roast coffee, often laced with with chicory.)
"No, a churro is more like a beignet."
"A crispy beignet covered in cinnamon and heart failure."

"Where's the thing?"
"Which thing?"
"You know the thingety thing that goes up and down next to the round thing."
"Um, this?"
"Yeah, that's the thing."
(I was working with another group at the time and didn't bother to find out what they were talking about.)

G: "Did you notice that the PDP has bolts now?" (the M6 bolts that secure the main power leads went missing)
L: "Yes, just a minute ago, thanks!
M: "But They haven't hooked the battery up yet."
G: "No, not without the bolts."
M: "What are you talking about?"
L: (points)
M: "Oh, bolts! I thought you said volts!"

"How many links in the chain?"
"Hmmm.. somewhere around 36 to 40 half links. I didn't count, but the pitch is five inches and it just fit along the perimeter of this [six foot by three foot] table."
(Yes, working on a pit display).

"And we need some more cam wire."
"Do you mean CAN wire? Because we should have enough of that."
"No, cam wire."
"I don't know what cam wire is"
(Yes, it was CAN wire, and with some more efficient wire routing, we do have enough for both robots.)

"That's not polycarbonate is it? I'm pretty sure it's acrylic."
"No, it's polycarbonate."
(during installation) [CRACK]
"We need something thicker."
"No, You need somthing polycarbonate."