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

[Athleticgirl389]

... you go to Virginia for the NASCAR races and every time you see a team number, you either take a picutre of it or yell out the team name... [this photographer had on a 103 ID bib... couldnt help but say "woooo cybersonics"]

... you're engineering teacher says, "oh my gosh ashley. you aren't wearing a robotics shirt today... gotta be the first time in like a month. are you feeling ok or something??"

EDIT: ...you just realized your post number is at 303 and your first thought was, "Bridgewater!!! Now I must change the post I just made and add this..." and then you do =]

[Bum Liaison Jr.]

... you dream of electric sheep

... your team's robot is a registered student at your school

[MishraArtificer]

...when your parents ask after build season if they need to cook food again.

...when you realize that macaroni and cheese and bratwursts are essential food groups, and Dr. Pepper has more caffeine than Mountain Dew.

...when you can't wait for the next regional to see if you can finish your button-mail armor.

...when you keep playing "One Day More" from Les Miserables the last week of build season.

...when the people around you start saying, "We know you're a nerd! You can stop playing 'The Cantina Band' already!"

...when said people say the same thing about the Badger Song.

...when Magic, the Gathering gets into Robotics. (For those who know...Coalition Victory. Look it up.)

...when you can name something "Sexy Lexy," and get away with it. (Lexan.)

...when you start passing notes in class written in C++.

...when you ask someone for an Allen wrench, and they always hand you the one you want. (5/16ths. Every time.)

...when a band director will retract a comment against the robotics team for fear of starting a revolt.

...when summer vacation is not considered a welcome relief, but nerve wracking as one waits to check on the robotics room.

...when noobs are a good thing for next year's team, as we are losing half of it, including me, to aging out- sorry, graduation. (Where did I pull that drum corps reference?)

...when Legos suddenly become cool again as a senior in high school.

...when your school is hosting Band and Orchestra Festival the weekend of the GLR, and you split the difference between them.

To be continued...

[Storcky]

...you get really upset because you can hardly find your team number everywhere
...you solve the above problem by finding stuff that says 429 (1629 in non-military time)

[Stephi Rae]

... when John Dudas is applying for admission as a student in your high school, and is accepted without interview by two members of the interview team that are also in robotics.

... when John Dudas is also running for office in your high school ASB.

[Libby K]

When you get weird looks because you're flipping out over the morning announcements.

Hey-- You would too if the principal said "Amanda Morrison and Andrew Baker please report to the main office"...!

& No, I'm NOT joking.

[Akash Rastogi]

....when Dean Kamen autographs your team uniform and you think, "Wow, this is gonna be worth a million bucks in a few years."

....when most of your closet is filled with robotics shirts from your team and other teams

....when you have made more friends on other teams in the first year you've been involved in FIRST than you've made in your first year of high school

....when you sat the whole day on your couch thinking of things to write in this thread

[Storcky]

...you go to PARC and want to buy a small t-shirt, but they don't have anything smaller than an XL and you buy one anyway
...you wear said shirt the rest of the day
...you want to wear the shirt to school, but decide that swimming is not good in school
...you leave for PARC on Friday, compete on Saturday, have a demo on Sunday, and another demo on Wednesday, and still think that you should have another meeting on Monday or Tuesday

[Kelly]

You write an english paper about robotics.
You draw a picture of a robot on multiple IB exams.
Your chemistry teacher bans robotics related conversations.

[Stephi Rae]

...your third big test in two weeks (this time AP Language and Composition) somehow manages to include robotics... again... (regarding the topic of charity and incentives)

...when your spanish teacher, (who just happens to have a thick japanese accent) introduces a new term "dudar", and the three robotics members can't stop laughing for the remaining twenty minutes of class, coming up with phrases such as Juan Dudas... and no me dudas... lol...

whatever would we all do without John Dudas

[MishraArtificer]

[quote=Stephi Rae;627753...when your spanish teacher, (who just happens to have a thick japanese accent) introduces a new term "dudar", and the three robotics members can't stop laughing for the remaining twenty minutes of class, coming up with phrases such as Juan Dudas... and no me dudas... lol...

whatever would we all do without John Dudas [/QUOTE]
I live out in the Midwest, and I don't get it. Hate me if you want, but...

WHO IS JON DUDAS?!!

[Stephi Rae]

hahaha, don't worry about it.

There was an ad or something for Jon Dudas on the big screens at the champs in Atlanta. He works at the patent office. Our team has been obsessed with the word dodeum (not actually a word, but a "creation" by a team member), so I guess the close connection set them off. When mentioned previously on this thread I believe, we were all astonished by a post acknowledging that we were not the only team to have noticed Jon Dudas. Therefore I really am not surprised that you have never heard of it. And it is definitely a sign to me that we have clearly overdosed on FIRST. Late nights create new words, and then more late nights and exciting competitions just take it to a whole new level!!

[234smidget]

when you wait for your team number to appear ex.Cyberblue234 on your clock and you become excited when that moments come.

or you will just shout out in middle of your friends conversation to tell them it is 2:34.

[Kyle A]

When you sit and read all 568 posts in this thread because you are bored.

[mormannoob]

When you use your safety goggles to keep grass out of your eyes while cutting the yard.