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

[Jaime65]

Originally Posted by prettycolors91

...you start refering to people from team numbers "that kid from 33" and your friends look confused. then you say "that kid from the killer bees" and they still look confused. then you say "hes a guy from robotics" and a look of dawning recognition comes over their faces and you walk away shaking your head....

this happens every day

[sporno]

Originally Posted by Jaime65

this happens every day

yep.....

[StephLee]

When you plan a rip-off of a funny Nextel commercial involving FIRST robots. (Check youtube sometime soon to find it...as soon as we film it, hehe...)

When a valid excuse (in your mind) for having no homework completed is "It's robotics season."

When your teachers accept the above excuse.

When the electronics teacher unlocks the computer lab early every morning so you can play with Inventor drawings of the robot.

When you have to choose which will be the last thing you fit into your backpake - the homework or the robotics notebook - and the robotics notebook wins by a landslide.

When you temporarily forget how to think due to sensory overload after an all-day meeting on kickoff.

When you're already so tired you no longer have control of your mouth and what comes out of it. (Don't ask.)

[Zoheb N]

when you show up to school and work looking sleepy and your teachers and bosses say season start already?

when your robotics work place is more of a home than your real home

[KelliV]

You know you've ODed on FIRST when you wonder why anyone would even try to eat a Chicklet

[eshteyn]

When your bent 90 degrees back in the wrong direction on a tool chest half way under a robot with only 4 inches clearance and your head if at least 10. Thats me putting bumpers on at regionals

[Psychoflood]

Hey everyone, i just want to say that this thread was mentioned in Robots magazine, sent with the KOP. Thanks to everyone who has replied, and to every reply in the future!

[Joe G.]

(True story a friend told me)
When you wake your brother up in your hotel room because you've been doing the cotton eye joe in your sleep, and then your brother does the same thing to you 2 hours later.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by StephLee

When you're already so tired you no longer have control of your mouth and what comes out of it. (Don't ask.)

I've called the inner tubes both tetras and balls at two different points during the season...

[Joe G.]

When you're experiencing most of these things, And Its your rookie year
(okay, I've done FLL and FVC before, but still...)

[Lovely Laine]

[quote=rocketperson44;552437]When you're experiencing most of these things, And Its your rookie year
QUOTE]

Yes. I agree with that. =]

[JYang]

Originally Posted by rocketperson44

When you're experiencing most of these things, And Its your rookie year
(okay, I've done FLL and FVC before, but still...)

I agree with that. This is my first year doing FRC and I already am in love with it.

[Zoheb N]

When you find out that an Ipod Nano is as wide as a #8-32 bolt head

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

I've called the inner tubes both tetras and balls at two different points during the season...

I've done that AND made a rather odd noise that was some weird mix of two other words (nothing to do with robotics, but it was after a meeting and my brain was fried). It was funny enough without being in the middle of Wal-Mart.


You know you've OD'd when you get in (several) arguements about arm design viability in several different chat windows and manage not to get them mixed up.

When you've re-recorded your cell phone answering message to include something about robotics (because there isn't any reception in our workshop AT ALL).

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by StephLee

When a valid excuse (in your mind) for having no homework completed is "It's robotics season."

When your teachers accept the above excuse.

Mine did too.

"Katie why didn't you do your homework?"
"I was at a Regional..."
"It was due the day after you left..."
"I was so excited I forgot?"
"Ok, fine. But I really shouldn't be accepting this."