"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Aetas]

Members about other members: "I'll ship that."

When tired: "Sit/sleep on the headbutt pillow." (We have a pillow, made from leftover bumper material, that has a head side and a butt side.)

Me, speaking about not having time for reading, not actually being able to read: "I wish I could read."

Everyone: "Where is the duct tape; I can't believe we used ALL the duct tape-again."

[kylelanman]

Electrical Engineer Mentor: While reading the data sheet on an I2C Compass. “Your sidecar isn’t fast enough. It won’t work.”

[a day passes]

Software Engineer Mentor: “We got the compass working. It’s funny we read the data sheet and found out we were using the wrong address. You read the data sheet and concluded it wouldn’t work.”

Electrical Engineer Mentor: "I only said that because I was too tired to read and I knew you would prove me wrong."

[andres_900]

Noah (programmer): "Anyone have pepto-bismol?"

[Aetas]

Thrift Shop reference: I've got the velcro.

Said by a super nice member when cutting the band (unsuccessfully) for our catapult launcher thing: "This is how I use my pent up aggression."

"How many robotics students does it take to screw in a lightbulb?… None because we can't even figure that out."

"Your elbows are ashy… Cinderella."

[RugnarStormBorn]

My new saying when being told to run code.

'I'm waiting on comms!'

[Christopher149]

"I used to have a neatly arranged electrical board, then I took PWM to the sidecar."

"Rigidification"

-Both from a couple days ago.

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by LostWolf

Had a great quote from one of our mentors who was trying to explain field orientation for driving.

"Field orientation is like a homing pidgeon that can fly backwards."

Needless to say, this is going on our team's shirt.

Just so you spell pigeon kerrectly.

[Sylphrena]

"According to my calculations, what we just did was mathematically impossible."

(While using the search on CD, not logged in) "How the heck are we supposed to know Dean Kamen's last name?"

me--"Well, we're improving! It's working now."
mentor--"Well, yeah, if by 'working' you mean 'not working'."

[brandon.cottrell]

"Hopefully our Robot will be finished by our 2nd regional"

[Whilst hiding a a tub of licorice from the PR in the build room]
"We can't trust those animals without our commodities"

Oh and here's my favorite personal qoute that luckily was filmed for future generations.

[Chadfrom308]

Non-Programmer: "Where is the PID on the robot?" *all the programmers vaguely point to the robot*

Same non-programmer: "How much does the PID weigh?" Programmers: "Like 5 lbs"

[Zuelu562]

"Really dude? You revolutioned that? Dear lord..."

"Once this part is done CORRECTLY..."

CAD guru berating the absentee designer and his...questionable technique, which, ironically enough, was taught to the designer by the other CAD teacher.

"You go to (Insert Teacher Here) to learn how to use CAD, you come to Rath to learn how to CAD." "I see no inaccuracy in this statement."

[sarah_storer]

[We hammered on a very tightly fitting gear to a CIM shaft...it was pretty solid once it was on there. Afterwards, we realized that our original design was flawed and that we would have to take it off]

Mentor (to build team): "This is gonna have to go"

Builder: "Oh Lord. That took forever to get on there! How are we going to get it off?"

Another Builder: "Prayer, Fasting, and Butter."

Mentor: "That's going on the wall."

[sarah_storer]

Originally Posted by mmcewen

Our mentor sadly remarked that "I never get original ideas, I can only steal from people" and another mentor said "Congratulations! You're the next Thomas Edison!"

This absolutely made my life.

[MechEng83]

(We have a sponsor with a water jet cutter and another sponsor with a laser cutter)

Student: When can the parts be laser jet?

Mentor: A laser jet is a printer. Although, we might be able to 3D print them. Good idea.

[boynton78366]

"Just because you have a bag of chips doesn't mean you are on a permanent lunch break" spoken eloquently by our team captain