"Quotes" that were said during build season

[PayneTrain]

"Hey, I found some really old safety credits while looking for battery clips."-Me
"Wow, you know what would be cool? If they worked like prize tickets."-A Senior
"Yeah. 50 gets you a Chinese finger trap, 100 gets you a Snickers Bar, 1000 gets you a Dean Kamen plush doll, and 5,000 gets you second place in safety at regionals."-Build Lead

[belgianwaffozz]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

Let's see. There's the Dean of Students, the Dean of Admissions, The Dean of Engineering, and the Dean of Kamen? Sometimes known as the Denim Dean.

And my mentor just .. stared at me u___u

[Zholl]

Originally Posted by Trent B

Mentor: When you google 1.75" steel pole all that comes up are stripper poles.

Originally Posted by Wildcat

i tired that...its true...

Just wanted to point out that while this is pretty much true, the first result on the second page is this thread. Go figure

[Grim Tuesday]

To me: "Should we make that a tapped hole"

Me: "Yeah, we should tap that"

*funny look from person passing by*

[Spirator]

Animation Mentor (while taking a photo): You can run, but you can't stop 25 frames per second!

[Zerony31]

"Don't hit your computer, it only makes it worse. I should know this is my third computer."

[Sam390250]

"In PID, Integrals are like diamonds. They are forever!"

[reach22]

me: let me drive

programmer: no I'm testing something

programmer: huh? why is it doing this

robot: shoots across the room hitting a table and almost makes a computer fall off of it

team coach: glares at programmer

programmer: lagg!

everyone: rolling on the floor laughing

[RyanN]

Teacher: "How many Jaguars do we need on the robot?"

Student: "4."

Me: I think for a second, but only recall 3 needed Jaguars. "Where are you getting 4 from?"

Student: "Two for the base, and one for the arm."

Teacher and I: "Umm... that's only 3."

Student: "No it's not, I said two for the base and one for the arm."

Teacher and I: *Laughs*

[Trent B]

Something along the lines of:

A: If it succeeds we post the video to youtube, if it fails we delete it
B: Censorship used for embellishment?

[thagamizer]

One of the girls was looking for some way to attach boards.
"Why don't we have any nuts?!"
"This is an all girls team, dearie."

[demosthenes2k8]

*thud*
Student: "It sounds like they're beating each other"
Mentor: "If they were beating each other would I be sitting here letting it happen?"
Several students: "Probably, yeah."
Mentor: "Good point."

Student: "Mark, I need you to tell me how to read this specs sheet."
Mark (same mentor as above): "Top to bottom, left to right."
Student: "No, I mean I need help understanding the encoders"
Mark: "They go around and around."

Student: "OK, who wants [0,10) oz of Throwback?"

Student: "Do you KNOW what sparkling vampires are?"
Mentor: "No, but it sounds fun!"
*later*
Mentor: "Oh, is it like Twilight?"

[live4321]

Student:Hey what do you think about that girl?
G33k:I'd hack that.

[Trent B]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

To me: "Should we make that a tapped hole"

Me: "Yeah, we should tap that"

*funny look from person passing by*

I told people "You need to tap that" multiple times today. Nobody caught on...

[LovablePsycho]

Here are some quotes that I heard today:

"I'm a game piece! I'm a game piece!"-Matt, running around with a game piece around his neck

"I could use this, y'know...if it wasn't broken."-Me

Jared: "I don't think those will fit in the elevator"
Me: "You can fit anything in an elevator if you try hard enough!"

Dominic: "We seem to be getting somewhere"
Mr.Leech: "Excellent!"

"And I'll tell you this and more...right after lunch."-Jared

"Muffins are made of bran!"-unknown student