"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Jonathan Norris]

"it's not a wrench,
It's not a ratchet,
It's a wrench-et!"

[santosh]

"hey guys, we have a spare e-clip, set screw, and key... oh by the way, they were all stuck in the gearbox..."

[Taylor]

"get that out of your mouth."
"Do you know how much that costs? If you knew how much that costs, you probably wouldn't be doing that right now."
"Trying to escape Justice only makes it more harsh."
"Let's make like a nut and bolt."
"We're gonna need a bigger hammer."

[Tim Arnold]

"It is a guaranteed fact that at least one rookie team will name their robot 'Chuck Norris'."

[Skolar]

We've got a certain member of our team that seems to enjoy magic smoke. Maybe some of it isn't his fault, but we blame him anyway. Now he enjoys the name KFC. Kevin Fried Circuits We actually gave him the nickname last year, but he earned it again this year when I had to rewire 4 potentiometers when we realized that they were the source of the burnt electronics smell at about 1 AM.

[ZZII 527]

"Well, it's pinned." -fellow mentor, after breaking off the drill bit in our axle


"That's not yummy." -one of our HS students


M: "We can outpush anything we can't outrun...and we can outrun anything we can't outpush!"
S: "Thank you for defining geared power transmission."


"Kabir standards are in effect." -last week of build season, named for a former mentor quoted as saying, "we have low standards" as he drilled through a sprocket with a wood bit the night before ship date.

[DRH2o]

Hey !!! Loctite tasts good !!!

[ChuNalt787]

"dude ill pay for that"

after one teamate accidentaly threw a poofball into anothers month old nice laptop screen pretty much destroying the screen.

[StephLee]

Worst thing to hear the driver (well ok, ANYONE anywhere near the robot) say: My bad.

We heard that one quite a bit this year.


"Don't touch that or I'll poof your head off." (Said to my younger sister immediately after a meeting.)


E: *cuts finger* Ow, where's the first aid kit?
J: *hands E duct tape*


*Random mentor* "If there are any people within five feet of the robot, the driver's hands go IN THE AIR!!*

[milliga9]

One of our mentors after tasting loctite, "It tastes fine - except for the burning."

[Nuttyman54]

"Get me some Colgate, our transmission is stiff"

"hm....i'm not sure that hole goes there..."

"Hey! stop putting the tools away! I can't find them when there in the proper places"

[nate234]

A student: "The audience will be making three sounds this year: oos, aahs, and oh my God, watch out!"

[Levin571]

One of our engineers when talking about how fast the wheel could spin:

"Have you ever seen a poof ball go through concrete?"

[thecheatdx]

"Don't bleed on the robot!"

Said by the adult team leader after a teamate cut his hand.

[Mr. Freeman]

"Where's that blasted saw/drill that cuts stuff back on..... I can never find it"

Junior: "OK, we've been stuck on this problem for an hour or so....... LUNCH BREAK!!..... who wants Carl's Junior?"

"OK, if the mentors don't want to turn off the robot when they stick their hands through the chain then fine. But everyone else make sure to hit the kill switch first, I'd have to fill out way too much paperwork if a student got hurt"
- Supervising teacher after the mentors repeatedly tried tightening bolts on the drive train (treads) without turning off the robot first.