[Chief Samwize]

Originally Posted by AndyB

When you have actually offered to sell bodily fluids and or organs so you could go to nationals (multiple members of my team)

If you have ever looked disappointed at a christmas tree because it didnt have a tetra on it

If you have ever seen how fast you could stack your mothers rubbermaid containers

If you and your mentors have email conversations regularly at 3AM

If youve ever had to set up an alternate gmail account just because your other one was full of robotics shtuff (Me)

If youve ever asked a girl what team she is from and what division she is in as a pickup line (2004-05 Nationals)

If you have ever thought of an ultimate christmas gift as a pair of dean kamen worn jeans and matching denim jacket

If you have ever considered denim fashionable for that matter

If you have ever bragged about the number of mySQL databases your host supplies

If when you here the word woodstock, Woodie flowers instantly comes to mind

If you've ever offered to shave your head if your team gets their 3D animation in on time. (Greg Owens)

If you have ever brought a backpack to regionals and nationals just to fit your 2 2 liter bottles of mountain dew in

If you've randomly started asking people to deciver what really is "a shovel's show"

If you've ever been forced into robotics via peer pressure

If you keep a bundle of zip ties with you in your back pocket, just in case...

In engish, you've been downgraded for putting the word 'first' in all caps

If you've ever gotten off on a tangent about why dean kamens hair never moves

If when hearing the words red white and blue, you think FIRST over america

Youve gotten addicted to playing your teams computer simulation for that year's game

If when saying the ABC's, you shout the letter F, I, R, S, and T as they come in that order

If youve considered buying a laptop just so you could make scouting easier this year

If youve ever been working on your teams website at school, looked at the clock and said to yourself, shoot, i have school in 3 hours...

If after winning a regional, you wore your medal around school and bragging about how you double stacked on the center goal with 2 seconds left to all of your non-FIRST friends

If youve ever gotten in a fight with a band-geek that FIRSTies are cooler than Bandies

In that last one im both. Im in band and FIRST at the same time. TALK ABOUT NO FREE TIME!