"Quotes" that were said during build season

[b1nary]

"mr. dognaux"
"we can't put holes in the wall here" (our robot drove into a classroom wall twice, and we got a new facility that we were loaned)

[Gravity]

"We should apply some WD40 to the duct tape, now we don't have to choose."

[Theseusgoats]

Holy crap did we really just break the duct tape. (Heard while queueing)

[Gravity]

"Just... why?"
In response to finding a bag of chips clamped with a quick-grip.

[evanperryg]

"Why isn't there an Australian team named Koality Robots?"
"LOOK AT THAT BEDFORD EXPRESS"

[IronicDeadBird]

"I get it you guys went to iHop without me"

[Hitchhiker 42]

At the end of the meeting:
Captain: Anyone have anything else to say?
Going once...
Going twice...
Me: OOOOOH!! Nevermind, I got nothing to say...

[nardavin]

"Do the clouds move faster in St. Louis?"

[Jonny_Jee]

"We always seem to take one step forward and two steps back"

[frcguy]

"This City Museum thing is a death trap"

[The Sofa]

"So I'll be going to Office Depot for the parts."
"You mean Home Depot?"
"No dude, I'm going to get all the paperclips."

[Ngang]

One of the mentors, while trying to see if the compressor was connected to the rest of the electronics while the robot was on: "It's fine if it shocks me, I'm an adult and we'll know it works."

[WSiggs]

*Pulling MIG wire out of the tip of a welding gun* "This is so satisfying, it's better than popping a zit." -Our lead mentor

[emeraldstorm]

P1: "What was 217 called again? ...The Lightning Ducks?"
P2: "I feel like 33, the... 'Friendly Hornets', are going to win."

*entire team breaks into churning out name spinoffs*

[TheDoctor_1]

This alone warranted a post:

"The hottest balanced-breakfast based album of 2016."
-Team 980 member

Andy FS
Team 980