You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

[ScoutingNerd175]

Originally Posted by Psychoflood

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
-You come home with a suit of armor made out of buttons from random teams.
-Every time you hear "FIRST" you proudly show off the finale party wristband... which you still have on your wrist.
-You type "FIRST" into google just to see it appear on the top of the list.
-Upon your return home you try and convince your entire group of friends to join FIRST
-90% of the words out of your mouth are inside jokes from the trip to Atlanta
-You carry a pair of safety glasses on you at all times... in everyday life.

I have all the buttons on BAE bandannas from last year and they are hanging on my wall. Yes, I still have the wrist band, it is plastic, so it will last. FIRST really does come up first! My best friend says she will not join robotics at my school, she is too busy with earth club. My mom can't wait for me to go to college so that she won't have to hear about first any more. My safety glasses have been in my purse since... build season.

-Your Latin class is numbered 103, you looked at the clock and it said 2:36, you looked up again and it said 2:52... so you waited until it said 2:54, You saw a road sign that said 451, and you notice your team number everywhere.

-You had to stay home sick because you caught something awful (viva la Championships petri dish)

- You didn't finish any home work because you have been online ever since you got home, even though you had a day more off to do your work.

[Tetraman]

...You know at least 50 team names and their numbers by heart.
...You believe 71 is possibly the greatest number of all time.
...You know who's hot.
...You watch scary swamp movies and swear 179 leaped out of the bog!
...You see '33' enscribed on most bumble bees.
...You believe cheering for your high school's basketball team will give you the Team Spirit award.
...You've got designs, plans, names, and ideas all ready to begin your own FIRST team.
...To you, the name Technobots is like the last name Smith.
...You don't make Canada jokes anymore. It's not very Gratious and Professional.
...Your best English essay included FIRST
...You only listen to songs on the DJ list.
...You can't wait for Winter. (build season)
...Your Myspace has at least one Atlanta/Regional Picture.
...You don't feel akward when Dave, Woodie and Dean partisipate in the "You-ought-to-know" Gameshow during kickoff
...You want to play a FIRST video game SOOOOOOOO badly
...You want a water game challenge for one year no matter how hard it would be.
...Friends hear you talk about FIRST and they think you got draged into a cult.
...Mountain Dew is the beverage of builders.
...You have a medal from a year you mentored.
...You school grades drop a letter in Janurary than go up two after April.
...You have a FIRST keychain on your keychain. (I got ours and 71's)
...You accidently called a Triangle a Tetra in Math class
...Your photo project for Photography includes a Robotics picture
...Regionals pwn that Kindergarten Field Trip to the zoo you had.
...You cheer everytime your team number appears anywhere
...You use your Nickname you got from your team members in fourms other than FIRST fourms.
...People think you are nuts when you start talking about Thunder Chickens, Explodeing Bacon, and Mad Cows.
...You call any intervention a Bovine Intervention.
...You swear Tricorner hats with long cyan feathers were stolen from Tech Fusion
...The weather forcast predicts wind and rain, you say 1511 is coming.
...You all Go Nuts (robots, robots!)
...You never have trouble finding Waldo.
...On your last test, when asked what was Newton's greatest accomplishment, you answered "He got my team to visit Einstien"
...You can prove to your friends Martians exist! And this time they broguth more!
...You tell your gym coach you want 10 seconds automous mode before the start of the dodgeball game.
...At the end of the dodgeball game to run to the end of your side of the field for 5 bonus points.
...to you: 4's company, 5's a crowd, and 6 is someone off-sides.
...You actually dream to be an MC
...Flowers is an awsome last name.
...Legos are a serious business
...Atlanta is your Mecca.

[ahirsch2589]

omfg i seriously miss wasting my days on FIRST, i cant wait until kickoff. in the meantime i will begin the construction of a car made entirely out of first buttons, anyone have donations lolz jk

[Veryser127]

How do i know robots are going to take over the world, they have already taken over my life!

[HyPhire111]

yes!! ...to you: 4's company, 5's a crowd, and 6 is someone off-sides.
that 1 genious

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by HyPhire111

yes!! ...to you: 4's company, 5's a crowd, and 6 is someone off-sides.
that 1 genious

Yea, I love it too.

[Cynette]

you look at the clock and it says 2:29 and you think what a great team. Then you wait for 2:30 and think what a great team, then you wait for 2:31 and you think, what a great team...then you wait for 2:32 and you think hey what ever happened to them?

By then it is 2:33 and you think what a great team...

and now it's 2:37 and you realize you've just lost 9 minutes of productive time...

[ahirsch2589]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

you look at the clock and it says 2:29 and you think what a great team. Then you wait for 2:30 and think what a great team, then you wait for 2:31 and you think, what a great team...then you wait for 2:32 and you think hey what ever happened to them?

By then it is 2:33 and you think what a great team...

and now it's 2:37 and you realize you've just lost 9 minutes of productive time...

lol i love it!

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

you look at the clock and it says 2:29 and you think what a great team. Then you wait for 2:30 and think what a great team, then you wait for 2:31 and you think, what a great team...then you wait for 2:32 and you think hey what ever happened to them?

By then it is 2:33 and you think what a great team...

and now it's 2:37 and you realize you've just lost 9 minutes of productive time...

you look at the clock and it says 1:74 and you think what a great team and what a bad clock, I need a new one.

[Zoheb N]

when u find out u have a robotics shirt for everyday of the week

when u argue with your physics teacher and start off with well this past weekend at the FIRST Championships...

[Shayna]

...when you've been living at robotics since January
...when you see your mentors more than your parents
...when you don't know what to do with your life now that nationals is over... can't wait for off-season events
...when you CANNOT IMAGINE life without robotics

[Tetraman]

...when, for your Digital Animation Final Project, you design a FRC game field with a animation of how the game works. I'll post it up in a week when it's done.

[Robocat1]

A team member pointed this out to me:

When you buy a new vehicle based mainly on whether or not its cargo area is big enough to transport a robot and/or display/fundraising items (its a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it works!). My prior Jeep Wrangler just didn't work out!

[jacob07]

Originally Posted by Shayna

...when you've been living at robotics since January
...when you see your mentors more than your parents
...when you don't know what to do with your life now that nationals is over... can't wait for off-season events
...when you CANNOT IMAGINE life without robotics

Amen to that

[artdutra04]

... when ever you type the five letters f-i-r-s-t into a keyboard you automatically type them in all caps, regardless of whether you are referring to FIRST or not.
... when you read the above line and then go back and italicize FIRST to be correct.
... when go to Google and type in a team number to see if a team's website will show up in the first page of results. It works for 228 and 1511.
... when you notice that you've only been on Chief Delphi for a year, despite the fact that it seems so much longer

Originally Posted by mocat1530

you look at the clock and it says 2:29 and you think what a great team. Then you wait for 2:30 and think what a great team, then you wait for 2:31 and you think, what a great team...then you wait for 2:32 and you think hey what ever happened to them?

By then it is 2:33 and you think what a great team...

and now it's 2:37 and you realize you've just lost 9 minutes of productive time...

I do the same thing, but I'll start at 2:28.