Top 10!

[Andy Grady]

In order to lighten the mood up a little as we head into "crunch time"...

Top 10 statements heard at FIRST team build sites during "crunch time".

10. "Thats funny, the mockup picked those balls up real well."

9. "I miss Basic Stamp. Don't you miss Basic Stamp?"

8. "I hope FIRST ordered ALOT of spare balls...thats the 6th one we popped this week!"

7. "Hey, you said it had to find an IR beacon....you never said which beacon!"

6. "Thank god for C! Aren't you glad they got rid of Basic Stamp?"

5. "Hey, when did we put a popcorn machine in our robot? Wait a minute, that sound is the transmission!"

4. "Quick, someone needs to make a Mountain Dew run!"

3. "Man...2am gets here pretty fast these days, doesn't it?"

2. "Why is it, everytime I drop a cap screw, it falls in THAT corner of the machine...can somone find me a magnet?"

1. "Weight reduction??? No no no...those are speed holes!"

Any other statements you expect to hear?

Good Luck!
-Andy Grady

[Bharat Nain]

These are a few of the statements I say while programming:

"That wasnt programmed to move!!" (Yeah, it moved like it was gonna get bit by a dog)

"This is not supposed to work, but we'll see"

We crack up everytime on that.

[KenWittlief]

"Im not TOUCHING the joysticks! I dont know WHY its doing that?!"

[Mike M.]

" watch out everyone Andys challenging people to human player practice again"

p.s. your going down this weekend Andy

[Lisa Rodriguez]

"Where's the robot?......What robot?"
"hey that looks cool!"
"are we gonna get to practice with this robot?"
"wow, that's a lot of de-burring........i think i have to go now......"
"WHAT????"-when the CNC machine is running
"OO can i lathe?"-me
"OW!!.....needs to be de-burred further"
and finally
"DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!!"-engineers (mostly stuff we aren't supposed to touch or are not stable, we're not THAT accident prone)


o yes, one me
"Does anyone care if I use the boy's bathroom, it's the only one open, and it's kinda cold outside"-me

[matt111]

"the drive train doesnt work...it must be the CAD guys fault!!!!"

[generalbrando]

"Where's the tool of persuasion?" - referring to a hammer
"We'll fix it in the programming!" - referring to anything mechanically wrong
"OH MY GOD! It actually works!"

Week six is sure to bring greater quotes.

[UCGL_Guy]

all we lack is finishing up

[Rhs953]

No watch out! The motors are falling of the....THUD CLAG.....ok how much are new drill motors again?

[Alex Cormier]

"where's the sharpie?" - me
"$@#$@#$@#$@# thats big"
"hey check out those bumpers"

[NateBot16]

"Where's my wacking stick?"
"Its not my fault the drill can't make a straight hole"

[Matt Leese]

Probably a quote that will be heard this year but it originally dates back to a robot with an extremely long arm built for the 1998 competition:
"Don't stand under the robot." (It had a tendency to collapse suddenly).


Matt

[Ryan Curry]

"Don't worry about it, we'll fix it in code"
"Where are the teflon bearings?"
"Thats what she said...."

-Rc

[Rhs953]

- If only......

-Oh crap!

-I guess it would work.

-Lets go to the Q&A

-Hammer, wher's a hammer?

-I don't want my picture taken....

-Can we put pizza on the robotics fund?

-Off to the scrap yard!

[greencactus3]

why is duct tape illegal!??
im hungry
where's our food??
again!!??? (when some thing happens again)
don't be stupid!
we're good, we're good. we'll just use a washer... (when we drill too big)
make another hole!!!
i TOLD you that wouldn't work!!!
i thought you had it...(when something drops between two people)
there's only ##more days left!!!
get me the socket wrench of this size (hands him the bolt)
......i can't find it.....
where's the sharpie?
on your ear......
don't strip those heads...
later dude...
you're leaving ALREADY!!!???? its still five thirty!
hey, looks like your hands are open, go file this!!