"Quotes" that were said during build season

[sithmonkey13]

During our closet cleaning day:
Me: "When you finish vacuuming the floor, can you go out an vacuum off my chassis?... Wait, that sounded dirty, but could you do it anyway?"
Other team member: "Make sure that makes it to Chief Delphi"

[FRC4ME]

Originally Posted by sithmonkey13

During our closet cleaning day:
Me: "When you finish vacuuming the floor, can you go out an vacuum off my chassis?... Wait, that sounded dirty, but could you do it anyway?"
Other team member: "Make sure that makes it to Chief Delphi"

If "vacuum off my chassis" is a double entendre then I give up on teenage communication.

"Oh crumb. I forgot my doohickey bugger."
"That's not necessarily necessary."
"I understand their point. I mean, I'm not going to use their point, but I understand it."
-339 programming mentor

[J93Wagner]

Neil deGrasse Tyson did an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit recently. There was quite a bit of gold in there.

Q: "What is your favorite short science fact you like to tell people to really make them think?"

A: "That our bodies atoms are traceable to supernova stars that scattered their chemical enrichment across the cosmos, spawning the birth of star systems that contain planets, at least one of them containing life."

Q: "What never fails to blow your mind in physics?"

A: "1) The fact that an electron has no known size -- it's smaller than the smallest measurement we have ever made of anything.

2) That Quarks come only in pairs: If you try to separate two of them, the energy you sink into the system to accomplish this feat is exactly the energy to spontaneously create two more quarks - one to partner with each of those you pulled apart.

3) That the space-time structure inside a rotating black hole does not preclude the existence of an entire other universe.

MindBlown x 3"

Q: "If you could add one course to a student's curriculum, what would it be?"

A: "Course title every university should offer: "How to tell when someone else is full of !@#$.""

Q: "Can we inspire more kids to pursue space-related science and research? If so, how?"

A: "Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. The beat the curiosity out of the kids. They out-number kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults."

Q: "What do you think it will take for the US to seriously reinvest in the space program?"

A: "A foreign threat. That seems to be the only thing around that motivates bickering political parties to act in harmony."

The original post on Reddit (I highly suggest you take a look): http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...sse_tyson_ama/

EDIT: It looks like this thread isn't so dead anymore!

[linuxboy]

"I thought that was a capacitor, not an LED"... The "LED" proceeds to smoke and fall off.

[nssheepster]

There's a guy on my team, and the summer before the season started, he got hit by a car. A month or so after he healed, he got hit again. When we went to Cleaveland, he was fine, but every time we'd cross the street, whoever was in trouble was told, "Go stand next to the car magnet." That was his new nickname, the car magnet.

[nssheepster]

"Ninja skills? I don't have ninja skills, I got mad fu skills!"
"Fu skills? What the heck are those?"
"I don't know, but it beats the heck out of your "skittles"."

Postneccesity explanation: Fu skills -> Fu -> Kung Fu -> Ninja skills.
Yeah, it was a bad joke. Sadder still is we really sad it. Nerds to the end.

[Ankit S.]

"I CAD, therefore I am."

For those of you who are taking/have taken AP European History, this may sound familiar

At freshman robotics meet #1:

Me: Alright everyone, now that you've watched the game video (2011), draw out ideas of what robots you think would be the best.

*Freshman get into groups and draw around 20 ideas*

Me: (Looking over the papers) Huh. I see. Does anyone know what's wrong with every single one of these pictures?

Freshman: What?
Me: There's no drivetrain. None of these have wheels

Best part!

One excited freshman: WHAT?! You never said the robots had to move!

[mdiradoorian]

"But it worked in Inventor!"

[bardd]

"The robot is too heavy!!! We can't pass inspection!!!"
"Don't worry guys, we'll fix it in software"

[TACG]

Well, this year my team is gonna bring back "psych!"

[MechEng83]

Me: "... True stress is actually something called a tensor."
Former Student: "True stress is actually what you go through during build season."

[Radical Pi]

In the meeting discussing how to deal with our robot being overweight

Me: "It's okay guys, I've got about 30 #s in the code that I can strip out"

Me at the doctors office, having a physical

Doctor (who used to be in FRC): Ok Andrew, let's make this quick. Everything looks good, but now by procedure I have to ask you: Are you doing any drugs?

Me: Well, I've been on Chief Delphi a lot lately...

Doctor: I'm sorry son. There is no cure.

[Nick LaPosta]

After kickoff this year some of our team went to lunch at a diner. Most of it was uneventful... until one of our graduate mentors ordered.

Backstory: He is muslim and was curious to know what the deal was about bacon. This will forever me called...

"THE BACON EXPERIENCE"

Waitress - What would you like?
Mentor - Delix Breakfast please.(Comes with 3 pancakes, eggs a choice of meat and toast)

Waitress - How would you like your eggs?
Mentor - BACON!
...um scrambled?

Waitress - What kind of meat?
Mentor - BACON!

Waitress - What kind of toast?
Mentor - Umm... toasty toast?
Student - Just get him white.
Mentor - WHEAT!

"END OF THE BACON EXPERIENCE"