Engineering slogans

[Conor Ryan]

"if it doesn't have a coffee maker in it yet, its not done"

[Simon Strauss]

havnt read everything on this topic but from what i have read it seems like no one mentioned the reason why all of us guys joined first(or atleast all of us on team 1155). "chicks dig power tools"

[A. Leese]

Something we always said was "If it isn't on fire, it's a software problem"

Hehe

I <3 you, Eric..but we did say this behind your back

[Jay Trzaskos]

This has pretty much been 229's slogan for 2005

"So we want a robot thats specialized, in versatility?"-JVN at kickoff

[cvhsrobotics]

If it ain't broken take it apart and fix it!

Poke it if it doesn't work!

[GennyMS]

"You only truly need three thing to fix something:
* WD-40 - if it should move and doesn't
* A hammer - if its in one place and should be in an other
* Duct tape if it moves and it shouldn't " ~My Dad~

"good enough for government work" ~Jason Joye~

if a tool went missing Allison Rooks always says "I ATE IT!"

[Arrowsmith]

"Ok team, our goal for today is to not make it do that one thing it's been doing anymore. If by chance we make it do some entirely new thing, our goal will be to get it to do the old thing again, because change makes me feel uncomfortable."

[Peter Matteson]

Always said when striking a piece of hardware with a hammer or other blunt obect to "adjust" it.

"Once is maintenance, twice is abuse."

[katiyeh07]

on our team, this is the one we shouldn't go by, but most the time do:
"measure once, cut twice, buy a new piece"
it becomes a bad bad bad habit

Most of ours are inside jokes, and I'm new on the team, so I don't get most of them. However, one that was created during my time on the team has to do with any wiring problem. This term is known as "Nick Wiring." This had to do with wiring a victor's input and outputs to power. It made nice smelling sparks.

[katiyeh07]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

"Umm ... guys? The motor just released the 'magic white smoke'!!"

- Katie

That happened to us last year the night before the scrimage, one of the students simply replied: "mmm the sweet sweet smell of failure"

[wk1989]

-"You have a brain, use it."
-"We don't care how you do it, make it work."
-"If you can do it, do it, if you can't do it, DO IT!"

[Gabe]

"Test it, test it, TEST IT!!!"
"A masterpiece of bad engineering." (Jokingly, of course.)
"Always use the right tool for the job."


[ I revived this thread because I know everyone has their own little personal saying/slogan that they have been keeping to themselves while they look for the ideal opportunity to tell all of us. C'mon now, we all do this. So let's hear 'em!]

Originally Posted by Ben Mitchell

Ok...I just thought this up:

On my team, we have the saying "righty-tighty, lefty-loosy" to teach the kiddies which way to turn the screwdriver. (if only they'd remember )


Does your team have any funny/useful slogans for remembering technical/engineering things?

ASAP! As slow as possible? As Simple As possible?

[James1902]

"George don't touch the tools we can't afford to buy new ones."

"Crap we're in the finals and our rollers bent, Robbie, get the hammer."