"Quotes" that were said during build season

[raymaniac]

1:"Hey animation geeks..."
2:"Don't answer him. He called us geeks."
1:"Fine, animation nerds."
2:"Much better, now what do you want?"

[Sila741]

"We can just drill speed holes in the pneumatics!"

[BlondeNerd]

"This curly fry is amazing!" - there is an Arby's right down the street; the fry was about 10 in long.

As someone was stripping wire with a pocket knife:
Me: "There are strippers right there"
Teammate 1: "Kate's looking for strippers?!?"
Teammate 2: "No, she already knows where they are"
I guess I had that one coming.

[Nuttyman54]

overheard at team dinner:

"...because elephants are UFOs!"

[Matt21q]

Most commonly used sayings of team 810:
"guys... we gotta build the robot"
" the parts cost how much?!?!?!
"duch sauce" (inside joke)

[synth3tk]

Since I... assumed the position of safety captain, I've been doing my duties by telling them "As Safety Captain I don't condone that type of activity" and tell them why it's wrong. They're getting pretty annoyed by it.

[csi235]

"That can't be right. It makes too much sense."

"Remind me again: why are we doing this?"

"We may have to build the crate early, just so I can shove you in it. Don't worry, I'll put some air holes in. And some chips. Not any water, just chips."
"Cameron, STOP CALLING YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"
"Cameron, if that's your girlfriend, don't even think about answering it."

"What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with that l... stupid macros."
"What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with tha... stupid variables."
"What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with that li... stupid semicolons."
"Why is the code not worki... stupid longs. (changes %d to %ld)"
"Back to the future again! (kicking desk)"

"10 mi/h down. Only 60 to go!"

- "(leaving lab) That battery is just now getting close to being charged."
- "So?"
- "I put it on the charger nine hours ago."
- "Take it off before you leave."

- "I know why the manual said the Vex batteries need three hours to charge."
- "Why?"
- "The two-battery charger can only charge one battery at a time."
- "Brilliant."

[RDayan932]

Me-Hey Nick
Nick-I'm not Nick

[Jak DiGriz]

"I bet someone's going to make a thread about 'quotes' said during build season."

[MishraArtificer]

Something I wrote on the board at the start of the season that as far as I know is still there amongst all the other junk:

"You can build a perfect machine out of imperfect parts."

The mentors were somewhat less than amused.

[Blair Frank]

Engineering Mentor to Student:

"You might want to check the polarities of that (a 12v wall wart) before you plug it in, but that's just one man's opinion."

[EricH]

One of our mentors on Friday:
"It [fiberglass] is about half the weight of fiberglass..."
At that point, the walk-in freezer we were meeting in (don't worry, it was warmer than the rest of the build area) resounded with laughter.

[AdamHeard]

It worked in CAD..............

[Diriye]

During our FLL team's techincal presentation:

"Our mentors are like the backbone, and we're like...like...the hands!!!"

[Uberbots]

"I'm sure the software guys will come up with some sort of algorithm"
gah if i had a penny for every time i have heard that i would have a friggin Andrew Jackson.