[abigailthefox]

A: "this is robotics--everything is going to go wrong at some point, it's how we deal with it that counts"

me: "so we are going to put a battery where there's not enough room for a battery?"
Mentor: "it will work if we use AAs!

Mentor: "pray the shui away"
(look up feng shui...it's our team's phrase for aesthetic appeal basically)

Mentor: "measure twice cut once!"
T: "...or you could just eyeball it..."

me: why doesn't this center punch punch?
mentor: that's the one you took apart and put back together this summer...
me: oh

E: “how do drive teams enter the field?”
S: “six"

I: "is it safe to use a drill to liquefy an orange and then drink it?
me (as safety lead): "as long as I'm not in the room I don't care"

T: it's not magic, its failure smoke

me: "I will wrap you up in masking tape and throw you to the wolves"