"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Sparks333]

This is one by me, when working with some complex sensors (lovingly nicknamed 'Codename Weasel') in a very noisy environment with lots of programmers.

"Shh... I can't hear the ultrasonic sensors."

And, when they actually worked, the programmers in the stands:
"WEASEL!!! WEASEL!!! WEASEL!!!"

(I imagine we got a lot of strange looks. If you're curious about the nickname, watch Hotshots!)

[Viper37]

It seems to me that our best quotes are said outside of the actual event:


"Wait your from Poway!? Do y'all know Tom DeLonge? Course we do, we know Sally too. YOU KNOW SALLY!?" - A blink 182 fan in the pits

"Matt looks like a Marine. Matt's not wearing Green. Who am I marrying?"

[Zach Wydick]

"Jon Dudas..."

[Grant Cox]

Originally Posted by Zach Wydick

"Jon Dudas..."

AAAHHHHH

I swore, if I ever saw that name again...

[Zach Wydick]

"I'm the best male electronician ever..."
"Hey Mr. Steele can I get a tactometer..." (we told our secretary that the calipers was called a tactometer)

"Team 1983 needs a 2ft peice of Robert's Steel." (Our coach is named Robert Steele...this was announced at Vegas)

[Stephi Rae]

Originally Posted by Zach Wydick

"I'm the best male electronician ever..."
"Hey Mr. Steele can I get a tactometer..." (we told our secretary that the calipers was called a tactometer)

"Team 1983 needs a 2ft peice of Robert's Steel." (Our coach is named Robert Steele...this was announced at Vegas)

That's because the best electronician is a girl... aka me... ya that one was said at about 3 am 2 or 3 days before ship... and in the first week of the build season, I was teaching myself inventor and wanted the (what I now know as) calipers, but the guys told me they were tactometers... our coach looked at me like I was crazy. We also asked for some tactometers at the Portland regional... the pit announcer says, "oh yea, I know what those are!!" and then she announced it. We couldn't stop laughing for half an hour. And then in Vegas after we announced that we needed some Robert's Steel, three teams came over with different types of steel asking if we could use it. That was the best. There's plenty of others, but there on poster board up in our physics classroom, I'll have to go take a look.

[Stephi Rae]

Originally Posted by GeeForce

AAAHHHHH

I swore, if I ever saw that name again...

Our team is like obsessed with that name!!

one of the guys coined the term "dodeum" (pronounced dotam) early in the build season, our name for anyone who does something stupid, pretty much everyone... so we are working on making a "dodeum pole," but the most recent quotes seem to be made up of...

"you're such a dodeum! Who's your hero, Jon Dudas??"

and some of our most recent cheers include

Who are we? SKUNKWORKS!
Where are we from? SEATTLE!
What does it do there? RAINRAINRAINRAIN!
What is this? THIS IS MIST! THIS IS MIST!
(the "rain" in atlanta after the "wrap party" on sat.)

and...

Who are we? SKUNKWORKS!
Who's our hero? JOHN DUDAS!
Where does he work? PATENT OFFICE!
PATENT! PATENT! PATENT!

Too little sleep... too much spirit... too late...

we can't get the championships out of our dreams or our thoughts either... and I don't want it to go away! but I can't make it until january!!

[JBotAlan]

"The fans weren't spinning, so I turned up the voltage..." (a freshman who I mistakenly left with my cruddy $25 inverter and the bench power supply; we were modding it to have fans and he had wired it wrong.)

"Try cutting the ground wire off. It will give me better resolution." <SNIP> "Umm...I'm not getting *any* signal from that pot now..."

As he carelessly flicks the Disable switch off: "OK, let's try this..." The arm starts moving to the (impossible) position the software wants to get to; the other guys in the pits start yelling "STOP STOP STOP DISABLE DISABLE!" as I dance in success--my code moved the arm where I wanted it to! (even though it blew out yet another BaneBots tranny...oops )

"The solenoid cracked. It's alright, I can fix it in software!"

[MGoelz]

student:I don't get full; I just get less hungry.
(motto on food consumption)

[Gboehm]

Andre: Greg, What the hell happened?...
Me: Somethin broke...

[Viper37]

During a pep talk before a match with our other 2 alliance partners:
"This is our house, and nobody comes into our house. Now lets go out there and drive like a bunch of pissed off teenagers!"

[Brian J. R.]

Originally Posted by Stephi Rae

Who are we? SKUNKWORKS!
Who's our hero? JOHN DUDAS!
Where does he work? PATENT OFFICE!
PATENT! PATENT! PATENT!

Too little sleep... too much spirit... too late...

Not to creep anyone out or anything.....but a couple team mates and I (I started the chant above) founded a religion based wholy on Jon Dudas, called Dudianity. You see, it is all a way to keep the bewildered little freshman in line...Teach them the holy ways......(and yes, I am kidding, but we really did talk about this that night...)

Originally Posted by Zack Wydick

"Team 1983 needs a 2ft peice of Robert's Steel." (Our coach is named Robert Steele...this was announced at Vegas)

I was standing in our pit at the time and someone came up and asked "I know its kinda stupid of me but what is Robert Steele?" I found that pretty funny. I then told him that that was the name of our mentor.

[1359th Scalawag]

Originally Posted by wondoman

What to say to a female you are trying to pick up at the FIRST robotics competition....

you- Hey you look like a keeper

XD

this came up at dinner with team 675 and non of us had the chance to use this awsome line

"Team 675, stop blowing bubbles in the pit"
--admins at Davis

No doubt, you were the most random team at the Davis Regional.

[Joohoo]

Secret Lovvvveerrrrrsss

Don't ask.

[Cartwright]

Student (myself): Don't force it honey!
We were bending plastic for the top of our chassis. It was hilarious