"Quotes" that were said during build season

[dudeman2009]

Some of my favorites, I wont give names as they like to frequent this board.

"I did the math, it will work"
"Those forces are negligible"
"That problem wont happen in competition" Talking about an issue that reoccurs every hour or so.
"Did we test that on carpet? No, just tile, guess I get to tune that again"
My favorite of all "My code is exactly the same as his, line for line, but mine doesnt work"

[CJ_Elliott]

"Not moving in a match is my favorite way to lose a match"

[Calvin Hartley]

"Your elbows are surprisingly spikey."

[Squillo]

This one is more of a "quote heard" than a "quote said".

We were out to breakfast with about 8 team members this morning, after the Utah regional. One mentor asked for some hot sauce, only to be met with several puzzled looks - we all thought he'd said, "Please pass the Cheval de Frise".

[Tv_Eater]

Talking to member, "I see you are still not able to park,"
Member, "My sister drove today,"
First person, "Aw I see it runs in the family".

[GeeTwo]

During competition, in the stands and on the sidelines:

"OHHH! They got assaulted on the battery" (actually the BATTER in this case)

Announcer: "Team #### lost their battery; they may be disabled for that."
3946 student: "May be? Does that mean they might NOT be disabled?"
G2: "Well, since I can see their Anderson Connector about five feet behind the robot, and wires only on one side it doesn't much matter what the refs decide; it's disabled."

(overheard on sidelines) "YOW! Even a robot's gonna feel that!"

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In/around the pits:

"Mikey, here's a clip that should fix the riveter you broke."
"I didn't break it; I found it like that."
"You found our hand-riveter with a quarter-inch rivet jammed inside?"
"Sort of.."

"The chain's pitch is ... five and a quarter inches. What ANSI size is that?" (Our pit display features such a chain.)

Here's one in three parts, first and third both quote-worthy.
T.S.:"The numbers won't stick on the bumpers, even with heat. We need something else to help hold them on."
G2: "I just happen have an unused roll of clear gorilla tape in my car."
T.S.: (does double take, eyes open wide) "Gorilla tape is insane. Clear gorilla tape..that's double insane. Can we use it?"

T.S.: (An hour or so later) "Do you have any more clear gorilla tape?"
G2: "No, but there's a hardware store a mile down the road where I can probably get some."

(In store)
G2: "I'm looking for tape. Clear gorilla tape."
(clerk, leads me a couple dozen feet down) "Here it is, the entire gorilla collection."

(You can't make this stuff up.)

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Background: Starting about 1 Jan, I did not trim my beard, hoping to get it long enough to braid. I didn't get it that long, but it's considerably bushier than in my WAI. I sprayed it green again for Bayou.
M.E. (student): Mr. Gus, how did you get your beard like that?
G2: "I just don't shave it."

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There were several more good ones at the mentors' decompress at the Mexican restaurant across the street from Slidell High, but I can only think of one I can post where the students might see it. As background, our founding head coach, Jesse, is leaving high school science teaching for self-employment. It's the only job he's held more than about three years, if you count vastly different jobs within the US Army separately.

Larry: "So, what are you going to do, Jesse? Take that educational job with NASA"
Jesse: "I don't think so. I don't really know what I'm going to do next. It's not that there isn't anything that seems right, it's that there's so much I want to do next, and I can't decide."
G2: "Don't worry; that's actually a pretty common situation for people coming out of high school."

[logank013]

Originally Posted by dudeman2009

My favorite of all "My code is exactly the same as his, line for line, but mine doesnt work"

Forgot a semicolon?

[waffle_dynasty]

Pit Scout: "What Defenses can you guys cross?"
Team: "Absolutely zero! We can't cross a single defense."
Pit Scout: "Okay? Good luck this weekend!"

[sawhneyjalaj]

Hmm... these two are ones I've said altogether too much in this build season
"AARGH! Give me the hammer. The big one."
"Oh. My. God. Solidworks. I hate you so much. I hate you with a burning passion. I hate you so much that if you were a person, I would run you over with a robot."

This is what pretty much every one says whenever someone bumps the robot into something or messes up in anyway shape or form:
"Welp, (so and so student) broke the robot. Get away, it's gonna blow!"

[axiomofdarkness]

Originally Posted by sawhneyjalaj

"Oh. My. God. Solidworks. I hate you so much. I hate you with a burning passion. I hate you so much that if you were a person, I would run you over with a robot."

That's me, but with Eclipse.

[Ninjastahr]

Originally Posted by axiomofdarkness

That's me, but with Eclipse.

Same here.

[frcguy]

"I have a list in my mind, it will soon be translated to a tangible form others can read."

[Daniel Vijay]

"We have to make it go BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!" ~Neelish

"I am apologize" ~Raahul

"Don't worry, just zip-tie it, it'll be fine" ~Trevor

"Sharkbait---HOO HAH HAH!!" ~226 Drive Team

"Double decker buses aren't real" ~Daniel

[sawhneyjalaj]

Oh also this one was during FTC competitions but it went like this:

Mentor: "so i just found out, we are in 28th place."

Me: "How many teams are there

Mentor: "Use the match schedule to figure it out"

Me: *does calculation on phone*... this is either gonna make you laugh, or just depress you."

Mentor: "What?"

Me: "There are 28 teams"

*The entire pit cracks up*

Other Mentor: "at least we have a sense of humor"

[Cam_Team 2619]

Not necessarily a quote, but our scouters have taken to calling the defenses by some... unorthodox names.

Rock wall = Trump's Wall
Moat = Banana Moat
Ramparts = Ramp Parts
Rough Terrain = Lil' Giblets
Drawbridge = Sneaky Beaky Port
Sally Port = Deport Sally
Cheval De Frise = Shovel the Fries
Portcullis = Pork Cutlets

Way to go scouters.