Favorite Robotics Quotes 2004

[Bobby Moretti]

My favorite was by a mentor. We were trying to get the robot rolling for a parent meeting that night, and all the kids had already left. I asked what polarity the motors should be hooked up as. He replied, "Any polarity, we'll fix it in software."

Five minutes later, he said, "Bobby, can you pull out that soldering iron..."

That kinda became our motto for the year. "We'll fix it in software."

[SkitzoSmurf]

I think my favorite quote this year would be "Your the stumpiest one of all" after "stumping" Julie at UTC and having the best score: 2:03 score by the timekeeper. She then had a really embaressed look on her face, and laughed.

[IMDWalrus]

I loved Dean's "This is a Line" speech at the Kickoff, personally...

"The big news is this year, don't go to law school.
We use words to mean what words mean.
This is a line.
Now I'm straddling it.
Now I am not straddling it.
I am still not straddling it.
I'm still not straddling it.
I'm straddling it.
The words mean what they mean.
It's clear.
I'm straddling the line and touching the wall.
That's all you need to know."

[MisterX]

i'll ad more to this post once I find our official list but my most memorable one right know is

"We arn't building a church here" -Mentor
"Yea, but let's just put some wheels on this chapel" -Student

[anna~marie]

my most embarassing....near the end of build season...
as mentor enters room "...Oh my gosh, its just so darn sexy...everything i EVER wanted..." *pertaing to the robot that is*

[I_AM_THE_TEAM]

About 1 week after kick-off and into planning and designing one of our programmers said: "I think our robot should have wheels."

[IamBOB]

Originally Posted by jjdebner

Prolly...
Wink Tom Wink
Why can't I do everything...
I can drive with my feet, shoot with my hands, and i'll program inbetween after i fix the robot...
Wink Tom Wink

Always wanting to do EVERYTHING...

i no someone who is just like that person u call TOM he wants to do everything for the team

my fav quote is
a penny saved is a penny more than i have

[Beth Sweet]

Said today at the Buckeye:

Me: "Ooo, ooo, I'll plug in the battery"
Davis: "If you touch that battery, you die"

also:

Davis: "Oh yeah, I hafta drive the robot"

[EddieMcD]

Well, anytime I get an excuse to post this...

• "random? well I could be random, look just watch me be random. I am so random I have said the word random 4 times so far. Well 5 now. See I am not boring I can be random... Now 6!" -Sean McDermott from 271
  
• "When in doubt, duct tape, duck tape, duckt tape!" -Mike Rosalie from 375
  
• "Life is short and so am I!" -Becky Allen from 356
  
• "VVVVVVVVV" -Lenny from 375
  
• "Okay Eddie, from now on, we're calling you Woodie." -Dave Ferera from 121
  
• "What can I say? The light goes on...the light goes off...Enough Said!" -Lora Knepper from 177
  
• "Nobody should miss the National Clogging Competition.....lol" -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "I became a member of the Duct Tape Club today. I think everyone else should. It would be cool" -David Kelly from 234
  
• "Woah..what's a life? I've never had one of those before" -Angela from 180
  
• "Life is like a party and parties weren't meant to end!" -Elgin Clock from 237
  
• "What's a sponser? Oh, you get money from those..." -Andrew Costka from 419
  
• "I can't wait for college.... cause when girls are drunk.. they can't see how ugly i am!!!" -Tom Schindler from 177
  
• "don't ask me, I'm not even sure if I met you =)" -Kristen from 180
  
• "but if she's in a state that doesn't exist, then how could i have met a person who doesn't exist" -Pat Dingle from 639
  
• "I was wondering if pepper spray would be considered "ungracious professionalism"" -Matt from 69
  
• "I woke up early one morning and found an elephant in my pajamas, how he got in them I will never know" -Kristen from 180
  
• "jessica simpson.. bad music.. hot body..lol" -Kyle Gilbert from 45
  
• "TODD JUST FIGURED SOMETHING OUT :D" -Todd Derbyshire from 88
  
• "Nice of you to put me in your signature, Eddie" -Caitlin from 126
  
• "Ahh! Eddie's startin the playlist again!" -Joe Ross from 73
  
• "so, you can just be a one headed monster from the planet Mars? That seems to make more sense. I always knew you were too weird to be from Earth anyway. Yes, and all of the sudden things seem to make more sense about you. :)" -Christina from 271
  
• "glad I never say anything stupid =)" -Kristen from 180
  
• "Britney Spears video on TV........YES!!!!!!" -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "WOOHOO! I AM THE ONLY ONE LORA HATES!" -Bill from 70
  
• "I'm sleeping... You're welcome to come sleep with me if you a member of the club called 'The Opposite Sex" & If you pass the test..." -Sean from 330
  
• "I don't remember saying anything funny." -Michael from 271
  
• "i am mike oleary. i am not an impersonater. i am a rambot. NINNY PRIDE!" -Mike O'Leary from 419
  
• "They told me that a crazy kid with long hair and a ton of buttons stopped by. I assumed it was you, Eddie" -Lora Knepper
  
• "Why doesn't anybody ever listen to me?" -Carolyn Duncan from 86
  
• "Robot on board, baby at home" -Andy Baker from 45
  
• "i was very tempted to say somehting about eddies retreating to his corner..." Mike O'Leary from 419
  
• "I think its time to lock this thread....." -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "They're kind of small-ish, and they're plastic. That makes them ripe for becoming victims of our robots tank tread, I think :-)" -Michael Krass from 271
  
• "That has been said 55 times... How much more must we live through?" -Brett from 201
  
• "If the women dont find you hansome, make sure they find you handy!" -DJ from 45
  
• "who's a nutball?" -Dan from 550
  
• "why do ppl enjoy picking on me? lol" -Kristen from 180
  
• "you don't have any good ones from me, Eddie" -Joe Ross from 340
  
• "And you just know Eddie is going to quote that out of context..." -Jessica Boucher from 237
  
• "Wow, I've got to be careful about what I say around Eddie." -Brian from 365
  
• "you still don't have any good ones from me" -Joe Ross from 340
  
• "Our meetings consist of trying to convince people that spiking a soccer ball over the opposing alliance station wall to knock out the opposing drivers, while technically legal, is not a good idea." -ahecht from 992
  
• "nate: I think you are crazy" -Angela from 180
  
• "hot chick alert on Fear Factor..lol" Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "I think their the same person and they are both evil" -Joe Ross from 340
  
• "lalalalalalalalalalalalalala robots! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" -Ken Leung from 192
  
• "name that NUT!!" -Clark Gilbert from 45
  
• "wow me replying to QOTW 2 weeks in a row.... i feel so dirty" -Mike from 25
  
• "what we learned from Chesapeake: Ashlee is 3 SHU tall" -Steve Shade
  
• "well Ian: she was wrong once but then it turned out that she just thought she was wrong and she was really right :p" -Cory from 100
  
• "Out of boredom, the 'better things to concern myself over' has become what time Eddie will log on and post today's question." -Stephen from 122
  
• "i supposedly was pulled over because my license plate light was out (which it was)...but did it really take the 4 police cars to handle the situation..... so what did we do while the one cop was searching my car.........we talked about robots to the other ones....lol" -Kyle Gilbert from 45
  
• "MOMMY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Sean from 1197
  
• "is it pathetic that i spent a better part of my life just looking at people's away messages?" -Mike from 25
  
• "me yelling "Tomorrow I can buy Pornography!!" through the house wasnt such a good idea ;-)" -DJ from 45
  
• "I was wondering why our robot wasn't working, then I realized that it helps if it has a battery." -Moe from 88
  
• "Well Mr. Ian you are sentenced to be kicked until you take a shower" -DJ from 45
  
• "like, not to be mean ash, but were you high that night or something? :p" -Ian from 810
  
• "the water in rhode island tastes funny..." -Mel from 86
  
• "that annoys me too, when people assume i know everything, and yell at me for something that i have no idea what they're talking about..." -Ian from 810
  
• "hmm if you had my robot in your car complete with control system, and batteries, would you be talking online right now?" -Mike from 25
  
• "weee... my old train set is running! round and round and round it goes... weee.... fast! yall are boring" -Jon from 186
  
• "Mike!!! You killed it again!!!" -Jeff from 201
  
• "i thought philosophers were supposed to be quite sound of mind... do you sit in bathtubs and say things like "Eureka!" alot?" -George from 1083
  
• "dj, guilt? that would mean he would have a conscience" -Kristina from 691
  
• "Or would he be locked into an elevator with 20 gassy monkeys and the only music playing is that Macarena song?" -Heidi from 116
  
• "I honestly think I got stupider (is that a word) from reading this thread. Its like a bad version of photoshop phriday. AHHH!" -Patrick Duffy from 108
  
• "'confused gorilla'!!!! Why, I am insulted! I am never confused. Startled, not-yet-decided, still-making up-my-mind, still-need-morning-caffeine, perhaps. But not confused. I was thinking more along the lines of an 'optimistic orangutan' or something similar. Or perhaps a late-60's refugee 'assuming the position' for 'illegal display of a party hat in public.' Or perhaps, 'mild-mannered bureaucrat rejoicing over the wanton destruction of PaintShop Pro software vendor facilities and loss of all active copies of the program.' But, what ever..." -Dave Lavery
  
• "I almost never choose sides, good or bad. I prefer neutral (chaotic of course)." -Heidi from 116
  
• "My boyfriend did that to me... I text messaged him 'I <3 you' and he returned... 'aww, I less than three you too.' I cracked up so much, and it was an inside joke of ours. But now I understand that it's not too uncommon. (erin shrugs and lowers head in disappointment) now it's 'I < x u (x = integer sqrt4 < x < 4)'" -Erin Rapacki from 125
  
• "*Looks at Trivia forum. Sees last post is by Eddie* *Thinks to self* 'Oh, it's the question for today and no one's responded yet! Maybe I can get it!' *Open thread. No question.* Evil, evil, evil. :p " -Katie Reynolds from 93
  
• "Look! It's a bird, it's a Mars Rover! It's, it's... SuperDave! Will he be in time to stop the Evil-Eddie from polluting the world with Dunkin Donuts? Find out next week in the continuing adventures of SuperDave..." -Heidi Foster from 116
  
• "*looks out the window* watch out Eddie its the Lavery Signal, defender of truth juctice and the Krispy Kreme way!" -Mike from 25
  
• "My recent donut adventure - kidnaping KK's, and having them travel over 400 miles to New Hampshire with me in trade off for slurpees!... and, well, there has been some other adventures before too! ;)" Ashley Weed
  
• "This thread has 'Dave Lavery' written all over it." -Amanda Morrison from 1020
  
• "Wow, I was so confused by that statement until I looked at the lineup and the team name was actually "Your team name". I guess I'm truly living up to the ValleyGirl name. And Patrick...you mean it will be funny WHEN I beat Cory. Oh man, my cockiness is going to get me in trouble with you guys." -Kristina from 691
  
• "Eddie, do you have a little too much time on your hands?" -Mike Murphy from 88
  
• "whoa... there are people here?" -Jeff Waegelin from 201
  
• "I find it hilarious that 1 can of Miller Light has more benifits for you then 1 can of Coke. so instead of giving your kids a coke, give them a miller light...lol" -D.J. Fluck from 45
  
• "hola! and i'm glad to be an NU student. at my DEKA interview me, dean kamen walked past me in the lobby. he recognized me. turned and said : why does your face look so familiar?! lol the interviewing engineer was like: woah he knows you? normally that doesn't happen... lol." Erin Rapacki from 125
  
• "Who else besides me reads these trivia threads not for the question Eddie asks, but moreso for the clever reply Big Mike comes up with?" -Andy Baker from 45
  
• "There is a lil' Lavery~?!?!?!?!?! 0_o May God have mercy on all of us.... -_-!!!" -Ken Leung
  
• "This just in: The latest NASA research vessel has just crashed into Palo Alto, California. Reports of damage and injuries are still coming in, but it is believed that Ken Leung, long time participant in the FIRST Robotics Competition, was the only fatality." -Jim Gold from 258
  
• "NOOOO!!! Not KEN!! !Eeeek.. sucks for the research vessel too" -Dan Richardson from 710
  
• "You know, when I worked at APL, I always joked that the TIMED folks were going to get fed up with us (the Satellite Tracking Facility) and deorbit it directly into our building." -Matt Leese from 73
  
• "Thank you Dave... I don't know if your post made me smarter or dumber. :D" -Erin Rapacki from 125
  
• "Dave, for some reason, i dont see you sporting "Quzi-Futuristic Clothing", being bald, holding your pinky to your lower lip, or plotting to take over the world..... but in the off chance you are..... who is austin powers..... *realizes he gave someone a photoshop idea*" -Big Mike from 25
  
• "Let me just tell you, having two Lavery's is just mind boggling. This will bend the fabric of time and all that stuff." -Joseph M. from 384
  
• "Is anyone as confused as I am? <goes to get some advil>" -Michael Lee from 125
  
• "haha, an outhouse can fly" -Lee Machado
  
• "But if FIRST followed a 'truth in advertising' philosophy for the registration kits, they would contain six cannisters labeled: 'Stress', 'Anxiety', 'Confusion', 'Insomnia', 'Dietary Inadequacy', 'Unbalanced Priorities' And a really big seventh one labeled 'Fun' :)" -Dave Lavery
  
• "Where's team 1337?" -Duke from 862
  
• "Immediate, smart-alecky, knee-jerk, wise-a** response: 'hey, you think it is so easy operating a stupid rover in the middle of a planet-wide sand storm from 300 bazillion miles away with a communications pipe just slightly better than two cups and some string, then let's just see YOU do it!' :D " -Dave Lavery
  
• "i mean who would leave there computer on and then go die... i mean Think of the Electric Bill WONT SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE ELECTRIC BILL!!!!!!" -Mike from 25
  
• "BICYCLE! BICYCLE! i want to ride my BICYCLE!" -D.J. Fluck from 45
  
• "yeah. i just watch it for the sarcasm and the chicks ;)" -Brandon Martus
  
• "My suggestion; Don't rob the bank in the first place and if you absolutely must, check with an English professor beforehand." -Erin from 365

You know, when in Rome...

[Lisa Perez]

At the Southeastern Michigan Kickoff...

"FIRST is like a bean burrito... You are the beans, your mentors are the wrapping, and your sponsors are the lettuce, providing the greens."

i Yo quiero FIRST !

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by Lisa Perez

At the Southeastern Michigan Kickoff...

"FIRST is like a bean burrito... You are the beans, your mentors are the wrapping, and your sponsors are the lettuce, providing the greens."

i Yo quiero FIRST !

Oh my gosh! I remember that, but I thought that the mentors were the beans because we were making fun of our mentor who we've banned from Taco Bell?

[kristinL356]

Originally Posted by dlavery

"I am a non-functional decoration!" (bumper sticker placed on several of our team members)

-dave

Do you mind if I borrow this?

[kristinL356]

"LEDs: The new FN light."

[Alex Cormier]

pratice match at buckeye:
"Did you turn on the robot?"

[tenfour]

We have a few over at 696.

Hoses. (we have them on our wheels)
How much?
Over There. (in strange middle eastern accent)
Chris, come... (in strange middle eastern accent)

Some Sort of Something. (in strange middle eastern accent)

Biznatch!
OOOOO.....my truck. (King of the Kill)
Yes you are. (emphasis on words)
Yes I am.(emphasis on words)
Yes it is.(emphasis on words)
I Fix Broke Thing. (in strange middle eastern accent)