"Quotes" that were said during build season

[klmx30302]

last night:

*software and cad student working on fixing our minibot*

Mentor: What has this world come to! Software and CAD people with screwdrivers doing mech stuff!!

[viperred396]

Freshman- "Whats that" points a drill press
Mentor- "Oh thats a vertical lathe"

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by fortinj1354

"Why does the build site smell like a bonfire?"

Ours smelled like a bonfire because our work shop (graciously loaned to us by a parent) was heated with a wood stove.

[kws4000]

Originally Posted by AlexH

"Sleep is for the weak!"

"Running great on less than 5 hours of sleep every night!"

"Well this thing send signals to the big grey brick which then tells the thingys to move the thingamajiggers, while these things stop them from destroying the robot, which the programmers could totally do on their own!"

[purpleandplasma]

don't worry, it's not the space shuttle!!!!!

[purpleandplasma]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

I've spend too long with my drivers (I'm the coach).
"Om nom nom the square by the tower!"

Talking with our pit and alliance members,
Pit "the arm might work this match"
partner one "Our arm is not going to work this match"
partner two "I don't think our arm is going to work right now"

Before our fist ellim match
"Remember its triangle, circle, square."
"WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT, ITS SQUARE CIRCLE TRIANGLE"

we actually scored a backwards logo our 3rd match... little to say the head mentor was furious, and we were heart broken

[purpleandplasma]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

We've learned to just move them before hand...lol

we knocked out a few tiles at the arizona regional... sorry hamilton high!

[Brianna]

*H was singing in the shop*
J: What was that noise?
me: That was rude.Did you just call her singing a noise?
J: I honestly thought it was a machine.

(We were wearing team shirts after first day of comps)
Waiter @ hotel restaurant: I should call you guys the crimson bane.
*after he walks away*
Teacher - These shirts are not crimson, they are the most blood red you can get.

"U mad?" - lead programmer
"SIGH" - lead programmer

[demosthenes2k8]

(At the New Hampshire Science Olympiad event today, Merrimack has three teams in the Sumo Bots event, and all of them have 166 members)
Member of another team: "Whoa. It's 151 versus 166! Just like GSR!"
Judge: "Yep, field problems and everything!"
Needless to say, I was wicked excited.

[The Zevling]

The game announcer: "Because the match had to be shut down due to the mishap, the match will be restarted."

the "mishap" was team 702 catching on fire, and needing to be put out with a fire extinguisher.

[Wheelie-Bean]

".... there is a definite correlation between stress and fun. When there is stress, it's just... fun! I haven't figured out how that works yet."--- not during build season. During regionals.

"WHERE'S THE WAGO/ALLEN WRENCH SET/etc.?????"

"Is there any food?"

"GUYS! GET BACK TO WORK!"

[Nelson]

Other team at scrimmage


"Come smell the robot"


Reason: the distinct smell of ozone. later the magic smoke smell came and we discovered, rather unhappily, our robot was the one making weird smells.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by demosthenes2k8

(At the New Hampshire Science Olympiad event today, Merrimack has three teams in the Sumo Bots event, and all of them have 166 members)
Member of another team: "Whoa. It's 151 versus 166! Just like GSR!"
Judge: "Yep, field problems and everything!"
Needless to say, I was wicked excited.

Man, I'm jealous. I was going to do Sumo Bots, but when it got changed to a trial event, our coach told us to drop it and concentrate on the other building events who ended up winning?

[jtl3692]

"The penguins are going to the beach!" Beach Bots selecting Cyber Penguins as their alliance partner.

[The Zevling]

Originally Posted by jtl3692

"The penguins are going to the beach!" Beach Bots selecting Cyber Penguins as their alliance partner.

I'm pretty sure they picked D'Penguineers. But yeah, that was a fun line.