"Quotes" that were said during build season

[ekovacs]

"Is a hamster considered a raw material?"

Said by one of my FTC team members while trying to figure out how to get enough power to lift our alliance members robot.

[JJackson]

"Why does the battery always die on the drill when you are using it?"

[jwallace15]

September 2012, I was new to FIRST and was asking stupid questions.
Here's a few examples.

"What's an Allen Wrench?"

(I point to a treadmill) "Joe, we should use the motor from this treadmill on next season's robot."

Ekcrbe: What teams do you know?
Me: Uh... Us... The Juggernauts... The Killer Bees... Rush...
Ekcrbe: That's it? Oh my god. (lists off teams 1-200 within 2 minutes)

This was during our Robot 102 lessons on the same day.
(Electrical made a visual encoder mount for Programming on a BaneBots motor. Electrical just got done wiring it)

JosephC: James!!! Come here!!!
(I walk over to the programming area)
Me: Yes?
JosephC: You wired this encoder wrong!!!
Me: What's wrong with it?
JosephC: You put it on the PWM outputs!!! Not the inputs!!!

(programming mentor was testing his code. Ekcrbe and I are walking out from a meeting. We notice a great deal of smoke and a very bright blue light emitting from the slot on the side of the BaneBots motor)

(both of us at the same time): OH MY GOD!!!

(run over to the programming area)

Mentor: Nothing to see here.
Ekcrbe: What happened???
Mentor: I forgot to change the settings to this motor from the CIM we were using earlier.

(A mentor brings in an electric wheelchair to be repurposed as a turkey leg carrier)
M: Holy crap!
Me: What?
M: This wheelchair is powered by 24 volt CIMs!!!
(everyone within earshot) WHAT??? (run over to wheelchair)

[JGecko146]

Quotes I've been meaning to add to the thread for a while:

"Why is there blood on this tube?" Overheard at the GSR (Logomotion)

"FIRST: If it's changing your life, you're doing it right." - JGecko146

"It was really epic...but in a bad way." - JGecko146

[kws4000]

"I hope you step on a Lego, in the dark, barefoot!" - haven't laughed that hard in a long time

[dubiousSwain]

We were painting bumpers during crunch weekend

Female senior: So what do you guys want to do as a career?

Male Junior: I want to be a genetic engineer

Female senior: Cool, that way if i cant, you can come over and make my babies!

Us: 0_o

[karomata]

Student: "Maybe if we block the feeder station the human player will feed our robot."
Mentor: "I hope not."
Different Mentor: "They could load 5 Frisbees into our robot."
Mentor: "It's called a slanted top."

[elsenor]

1. "Life starts with FIRST Robotics. Life ends with FIRST Robotics. Life is FIRST Robotics."
2. "Hey you there. Yes, you! Do not drink the soda near the robot. We don't want this year to be like 2009!"

[Gregor]

Me: Seriously, frisbees? This must be a joke.

[Whippet]

At 5:00 this morning before we left for kickoff:

"Watch this, it's probably going to be something ridiculously obnoxious like frisbees."

[knuckleduster]

"lets just invent Anti-Gravity, that way we are never in contact with the carpet, have no weight restrictions, and will be rich for the rest of our lives."

"Only if you test it first."

[CLandrum3081]

Discussing whether to have our robot lift other robots (before we read the rules )
Person A: But why exactly would we want to do that?
Me: Because it'd be really cool...

Me: Sleep?! Why would I sleep when it's build season?!

Mentor: I thought Catherine over there was going to explode [during the game reveal].

While frustrated over not understanding a game rule and taking a snack break...
Me: Food makes everything better...

(Quoting physics teacher): Me think now talk good...

Safety first! (Takes glasses off before banging head into table, only to be held hostage by safety captain until agreeing not to bang head anymore, then doing it anyway.)

It's so annoying when our safety captain actually does his job.

[moogboy]

"So like guys, tanks have flat chests..."

[bristyn_96]

Last year during band class two of the trumpets on our team yelled "Safety Glasses!" really loud (which is what we yell when were about to use power tools, and everyone is supposed to repeat after them and say it too) I almost yelled it back at them

[CLandrum3081]

Also (regarding robot in three days thing):

T: But what if you build a piece of crap in three days?
B: But what if you build something AWESOME in three days?
T: Then we all bow down to you because you must be GOD.