"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Pretzel]

I ask new electrical team members to weigh all the batteries when they're getting a charged one for testing. I tell them to bring me the heaviest one since it will have more electrons in it. A couple of them have fallen for it so far.

[CoachC]

Originally Posted by Adnewhouse

To any rookie on the team who looks bored:

"Go get me the metric crescent wrench"
"Go get me the wood welder"
"Go get me the un-crimpers. Careful they're quite rare"
"Go get me the hammer-through tap"
"Go get me the wireless LAN cable"
"Go get me the porcelain drill bit"
"Go get me some programmer fluid"
"Go get me the solid state drive lubricant"
"Go get me the wire stretchers"
"Go get me the octane fire suppressant"


We are evil people....

Please add:

An Air pump for the bot tires
A can of wifi frequency grease
A backup battery for the pneumatic cylinders
And......A 20 amp hydraulic switch!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by CoachC

Please add:

An Air pump for the bot tires

The teams who use pneumatic tires don't try that one unless they mean it.

[Jarren Harkema]

"I didn't injure myself. It just hurt."

[pikachuguy3389]

me:*holding new hammer*
student1: "can i see the label maker."
me: "sure". *grabs label maker*
student1: *types "mjolnir" into label maker*
me: "why did you name it mjolnir?"
student1: "because the newbies are not worthy of its power."
me *laughs*

[rhinobot]

Me and a few students had spent HOURS making a bunch of custom gussets as per CAD designs sent to us by another mentor for an assembly made of versa frame.

*Mentor comes in for the day, we had finished the gussets and were working on the rest of the assembly*
Me: We finished the gussets, now were are working on the rest of the parts
Mentor: What gussets?
Me: These ones *points to drawing*
Mentor: Oh....we are using the 90 degree versa gussets for this I should have clarified...
- huge gasp by the students and I -
Me: You just crushed our dreams...

-later that day im in the storage room-
Student: Im looking for the things
Me: Things?
Student: The dream replacers
Me: oh...right here *hands 90 degree versa gussets*

[Munchskull]

Today while picking up sheet metal parts from a small town with a Bugerville ( a really awesome northwest buger chain).

*Student1 and mentor are talk in the front seat.*
Mentorsomething)...shank.
Me:I like chocolate shanks.
Mentor: vanilla shanks are good too.

Later at bugerville drive through.

Mentor: I would like 1 medium chocolate milkshake, four medium chocolate hazlenut milkshakes and ONE straw.
Me: So what is the plan for the straw. Share it?
Mentor: No the straw is for ME you guys will figure something out.

[nicool]

Backstory: this year our team has been wiring in the neatest, most organized fashion we have ever done.

Mentor: Wow, that looks really nice! The only downside is that we can tell exactly what wires go where. It takes out the suspense of tracing by hand.

[riverdrake250]

"Next year, we should build the robot out of toothpicks."

[Tinmint1]

Two teenage boys walk into our shop...
Boy 1: what kinda store is this
Coach: This is a Robotics meeting place
Boy 2: where is the robot
Coach points to trash can, both boys stare for a minute
5th grade FLL girl practicing near by: are you two actually stupid.... It still has trash in it.

[Captn_Dave]

"If David drops this allen wrench, I am going to punch you..."

[Jarridj4009]

Marketing captain-"This is a clamp right?"
Me (Build captain)-"No those are pliers..."
Marketing captain- "Whatever, I deal in money not tools"


I'm sitting in our machine shop playing with our custom screw that has a pulley dead center. The pulley pulls free and just about flies across the room.
Me-"I DIDN'T KNOW IT DID THAT!"
Build mentor- This is why we can't have nice things.

Build mentor-"It's within 2 thousandths, its close enough."
Team Machinist-"Not in my world." *continues placing piece back in the mill.

[Jarridj4009]

There is a small scrimmage the Sunday before bag and tag and we found a large flaw in our design. After staying up all night the previous night to finish the wiring for the scrimmage. Our team is at one of our mentors garages where i have my own personal bedroom. I just delegated tasks to have completed before morning.
"If you value your life, wake me up only after its done, or if there is a DEFCON 4 emergency. When you do wake me up, make sure you have dew ready."

[xXhunter47Xx]

"Guys I think I'm devoting too much time to robotics, I'm coming in at lunch to CAD"

"Thank you for joining the rest of us on the team"

[1uan]

Robotics is not a time to play with your noodle