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

[Psychoflood]

who needs prom, just get 11, 247 and 1251 to start a cart party and dance with all of your FIRST friends. that owns the prom.

[thatphotochick]

who can forget MOE?

btw..that cart party was hilarious! i was gonna join in but we had to leave...i mean i love doing the macarena

[FIRST Rocks]

Up to 230 now! I'm never going to have this list finished!

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by FIRST Rocks

I'm never going to have this list finished!

You never will as long as I can still think!

...Cats are bread differently. There are your X-Cats, Robocats...
...Same with dogs.
...You never see the same BEAST, but the same beatty engeneered and student tweaked machine.
...you couldn't help laughing when the announcer calls three robots on the platform a 'Tripple Play'
...You started talking about the flashing Red, Blue, and Green lights on the ride back home.
...You scream when the webcast goes black.
...your girlfriend or boyfriend is on a better Robotics team than yours.
...You know who the real Ed is cause you studied his pictures.

[Jaysun42]

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

-You save every scrap of Scouting paper so you can ceremoniously burn them in a post-season bonfire (Friday night by the way ).
-Your suitcase is 3.5 lbs overweight because of your wet clothes you wore in the Olympic Fountain the night before.
-You bring a pedometer with you so you can measure the distance you travel betweent the field and pits.
-You're so absorbed in the comptetion you realize the last day you go a mile out of your way to get food when there are restaurants near the pits (I had no idea Foodworld in GWCC existed until Friday afternoon and I've been to Atl. twice already!).
-Three days after the competition, your bag is still lit up from all the glowsticks you snagged from Team So and So.
-You have to double check and make sure you don't have any pins in your carry on bag so that you don't get forcefully ejected from the airport.
-You have battle scars on your fingers from ringing cowbells for each and every one of your team's matches.
-You go insane trying to catch the ripped Poof balls the refs are throwing into the stands.
-You come to the realization that FIRST has been the best thing in your life for the past four years and you have no idea what your going to do without it.

11 MORT FOR LIFE 11

[Pavan Dave]

When you reply 3 thou in front of the class when the teacher asks you a math problem..
WHen you constantly look for Multimeter's whenever you hear the words "Low Battery"
When you go to school with electrical tape and when people ask why you say, "Because I'm Prepared"..
When you see somethingthing flashing green blue and red your attention is diverted..
When you stop when you se a locker numbered 118 you gaze at those beatiful numbers..
When the teacher asks you to get prepared for class, you pull out notebook paper and take a visual inventory of items you need next year for FIRST. (almost 2 D-Halls lol. But my teachers love me)


Just some I came up with..

[hallk]

-you were actually hoping (and believed) they would change the game to the flashing colored lights
-when the game didn't really change you didn't stop thinking about how the robot would work
-when the announcer was introducing teams with his feet while doing a head stand you couldn't stop thinking when the real Dave was going to show up

[RoboMadi]

when you eventually start talking in C language, even during your AP Exam week.
when your social life is nothing but hanging aruond with your robot and team members in empty school hallways
when you think your robot comes before your prom date.

[JaneYoung]

a lot of these would make great:
- buttons
- posters for the shop or garage or closet wall
and tee shirts
- humorous letterhead for thank yous
- great give-aways with your information on the back and your button attached

[SarahBecker]

Originally Posted by Loco4Robots

....you wear only the shoes that are in your team colors

My shoes last year had my team number imprinted on them... (and that's why i bought them! hehe)

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by hallk

-when the announcer was introducing teams with his feet while doing a head stand you couldn't stop thinking when the real Dave was going to show up

That is the real Dave. He is, by far, my favorite MC, and will be, my insperation to be an MC one day.

[prettycolors91]

Dave is amazing. I'm lucky to have him as a mentor

[Barry Bonzack]

1 When you find yourself watching a hockey game with a group of friends

2 You know you're addicted when while you are watching the hockey game you think for a split second that the big number on their jersey is their team number.

[RoboMom]

When you finally realize that "Cold Pizza" is actually a tv show on a channel you've never watched (ESPN2) and you spend 15 minutes trying to figure out which of the 4 remotes will get me there (including the one given to me by my brother-in-law that consolidates all the remotes) but none of them work, before giving up and am surprised at how disappointed I am.

[pyroslev]

When you fall asleep trying to get the camera ready for next year and those freaky light changes... (Not there yet but we'll see after finals...)