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Meeting odd people in FIRST places

Has anyone else met some strange people at FIRST events? And i don't mean, just your average run of the mill FIRSTer, someone really odd?

For example, I just posted a story like this here
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I've met some really strange people in FIRST places. Like this one guy, 'Dave', and this other guy 'Jason'

Other people too.


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I've met some really strange people in FIRST places. Like this one guy, 'Dave', and this other guy 'Jason'

They certainly don't get much stranger than that Jason guy...

I met this really weird guy one time... his name was Randy, or Andy or something like that...
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I think the real question is have you met any people at first events that are NOT strange.
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ummmm, 0!

Really, everyone at FIRST events is weird. Just be definition we all are weird because what we're doing there definitely isn't the norm (how many people travel such insane distances to celebrate engineering?)

Without a doubt, the weirdest guy I've met in a FIRST place is Dean.
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Dean and Woodie pretty much set the standard for FIRST.

if you met someone in a suit and tie, talking about the stock market, or football, at Deans house

now THAT would be weird!
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I organized (read: had the impulse) to go get Krispy Kreme in the middle of the night for most of the Krispy Kremes that get left at your house.

I don't think you don't want me to have no more Krispy Kremes.

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This one time, I met a guy named Ken. I think he was narcoleptic.

And then that Ken guy introduced me to some guy named John... I don't know what his deal was, but he was definately a few pins short of a bowling alley.
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They certainly don't get much stranger than that Jason guy...

I met this really weird guy one time... his name was Randy, or Andy or something like that...
Would you said he is an older "Randy" or a younger "Randy"?
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This one time, I met a guy named Ken. I think he was narcoleptic.

And then that Ken guy introduced me to some guy named John... I don't know what his deal was, but he was definately a few pins short of a bowling alley.
Very true Amanda. Speaking of those a few pins short of a bowling alley (love that one) - let's get back to those Dave and Andy/Randy guys.

Now, while we all know it may in fact be possible to find sharper/less weird tools in the shed than Ken, John, Andy/Randy, Dave, Wetzel and some others - they're just such strangely unique, lovable, and amazingly productive tools that you can't bring yourself to replace them with newer, state of the art tools.

And that, my friends, I'm fairly sure is about as far as you can stretch the "not the sharpest tool in the shed" saying.
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Very true Amanda. Speaking of those a few pins short of a bowling alley (love that one) - let's get back to those Dave and Andy/Randy guys.

Now, while we all know it may in fact be possible to find sharper/less weird tools in the shed than Ken, John, Andy/Randy, Dave, Wetzel and some others - they're just such strangely unique, lovable, and amazingly productive tools that you can't bring yourself to replace them with newer, state of the art tools.

And that, my friends, I'm fairly sure is about as far as you can stretch the "not the sharpest tool in the shed" saying.

The west coast regional director of FIRST just called me a tool.

I'm not really sure how I feel about that.



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The west coast regional director of FIRST just called me a tool.

I'm not really sure how I feel about that.



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The west coast regional director of FIRST just called me a tool.

I'm not really sure how I feel about that.



Speaking of tools, I see myself the roll of duct tape at the bottom of my tool box. Sometimes it seems to be useful, some other times it gets sticky and annoying and very hard to get off your back. The best I like about it is it's useful or annoying no matter day or night ;-). That might be a good thing or a bad thing, but I dunno.

But speaking of meeting FIRST people, I ought to start taking picture of them and form a gallery of "people to beat". Oh, did I said beat? I really meant "look up to". Someday... ;-)
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