Funny things to ask for on the PA system

[RoboMaster]

-flux capacitor (classic FIRST prank)
-any number of items from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4
-Turbo Encabulator (engineering joke, also from the above video)
-sonic screwdriver (Doctor Who)
-nanites
-nanotubules
-buckyballs
-some [element] (try xenon, astitine, or anything that you could pass off as "just a material")
-an "LHC"
-a previous FIRST game piece
-a large "black bag"
-something in a different language

And if the announcer will let you...
-an easy button (you can actually buy these...)
-chloroform
-a very very large bucket

Any other ideas or things people have done?

[hipsterjr]

This was announced at Palmetto. "Warning, dihydrogen monoxide has been spotted in the arena. Please avoid breathing in the dihydrogen monoxide!"

or

"If you have a weighted companion cube, please bring it to the nearest apature science incinerator"
"The cake is a lie"
"Where is Waldo?"
"Team ______ lost the game"

[Akash Rastogi]

"Team 11 would like their Mudkipz drill back, if anyone has team 11's Mudpikz drill please return it" - Trenton 08 and 09

We always enjoyed asking for things like a "left handed ratchet" or "left handed adjustable crescent wrench." Then they staffed the pit admin with people who actually knew tools, and we just got that "....really?" look every time we tried. :/

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

We always enjoyed asking for things like a "left handed ratchet" or "left handed adjustable crescent wrench." Then they staffed the pit admin with people who actually knew tools, and we just got that "....really?" look every time we tried. :/

Test for stupid drivetrain freshmen "Go find me the left-handed screwdriver"

[Jamie Kalb]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Test for stupid drivetrain freshmen "Go find me the left-handed screwdriver"

I had to stop my dad from sending our freshmen for a left-handed smoke-shifter. He's an old Boy Scout.

[Dragon Princess]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Test for stupid drivetrain freshmen "Go find me the left-handed screwdriver"

The funny part is that I use this to test how well the rookies on my team know their tools.

The sad part is, I think a few are still looking.

[RoboMaster]

Well, today being April Fool's Day, we were expecting to get some pranks at our regional, but I didn't hear any. We'll certainly put some in tomorrow. I think we'll start off with a metric crescent wrench.

[ChrisH]

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Originally Posted by RoboMaster

Well, today being April Fool's Day, we were expecting to get some pranks at our regional, but I didn't hear any. We'll certainly put some in tomorrow. I think we'll start off with a metric crescent wrench.

On at least two occasions I have borrowed one from Team 60. OK once was to show somebody and prove they do indeed exist. They can be Hard to find though. I'm still looking for one of my own. Just the thing for those pesky odd-size metric bolts

[Chickenonastick]

Originally Posted by RoboMaster

Well, today being April Fool's Day, we were expecting to get some pranks at our regional, but I didn't hear any. We'll certainly put some in tomorrow. I think we'll start off with a metric crescent wrench.

At Sacramento, our team thought that the 89 penalties our alliance received in one match was a joke.

Turns out we were penalized for each of the 89 seconds after our alliance's ball handler didn't return the ball through the trident

[RoboMaster]

We were fouled up! We asked for a metric crescent wrench and the lady knew what that was. We were shut down. The taste of defeat is bitter.
want to ask for anything more, so if anyone else at North Star is reading this this weekend, please try something!

[rcmolloy]

I want to ask for someone to come up and tell them a joke to say. I think that would be pretty funny.

[rath358]

other things to try asking for:
-elbow grease
-headlight fluid
-magic smoke to fix your crio/Jaguar/other
-a life

[Certified Nerd]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Test for stupid drivetrain freshmen "Go find me the left-handed screwdriver"

Or a metric crescent wrench.

[CaptainKirby]

Some good ones I heard at the Utah Regional:

"Team ___ would like some pneumatic fluid"- we brought them an empty water bottle which they thanked us for and taped to their robot for the rest of the regional.

"Team 1619 is looking for a left-handed metric adjustable box wrench" - One team came over to our pit and asked if his adjustable was metric or US standard, another offered us some headlight fluid, and finally another team brought over a mystery tool that none of us figured out what it did.