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

[Daisy]

when you accidently forget how many bites are in a kilobyte, you think of the Kil-A-Bytes, and hence 1024 (thank you for the help on my computer science exam!)

[James1902]

-When halls cough drops become a hot commodity because all of your team has lost there voice...and it's been three days since you got back!

[JaneYoung]

I believe this is a 1902 understatement - not sure - but possibly.

Originally Posted by wpdrummer

-When halls cough drops become a hot commodity because all of your team has lost there voice...and it's been three days since you got back!

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by Daisy

when you accidently forget how many bites are in a kilobyte, you think of the Kil-A-Bytes, and hence 1024 (thank you for the help on my computer science exam!)

Glad to help!

-Q

[Astarties]

...when your grades in school go up after the competition because you actually have time for homework now.

[Storcky]

...you are excited to get up at 3:00 in the morning to go to volunteer at an FLL competition
...you are very excited when you realize that you and your county's superintendent have matching tattoos! (removable tattoos of our team's logo)

[MiniNerd24]

Originally Posted by Astarties

...when your grades in school go up after the competition because you actually have time for homework now.

When you gain an A+ or higher in you geometry and/or physics class.

[Bsteckler]

When you make a keychain out of a peice of 80/20 (no joke).

[Mike Schreiber]

When you get sick at the end of build season (every year) for obvious reasons

[Vikesrock]

When you are on a non-FIRST related 12 hour bus ride and half the road signs make you think about what FRC teams in those cities (Schaumberg, IL, Hammond, IN etc. etc.) are doing right now.

[Karibou]

...you no longer care that your hands are perpetually silvery from making parts non-stop, or perpetually greasy from attempting to make chains that are the right size.

[Dolan]

when you wish the robot was alive so you could kill it

[EricH]

...A conference room at your college is the J.V.N. Dorr Room, and you immediately think of team 229. (And most people call it the Dorr Room.)

[Vermeulen]

Originally Posted by Bsteckler

When you make a keychain out of a peice of 80/20 (no joke).

I'm advocating 80/20 handouts next year.

When you spend your math class converting FIRST team numbers into binary (11000011010!)

When your non-FIRST friends get sick of hearing of your story of how Dean Kamen signed your shirt

When your FIRST friends get tired of hearing your story about how Dean Kamen signed your shirt

[IndySam]

When this is your Facebook FarmTown farm.