"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Jevin H]

"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"

[Otaku]

*a mentor's phone rings*
Weaver: "bananaphone!"

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*I write "Notebook of Smiting +8" on my robotics notebook*
me: "Here blake, go hit him with this."

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A mentor: "So, do we have a mentor who's experienced with forklifts, forklife repair, design, etc...?"
(It's funny because one of our other mentors, Ken, is a forklift mechanic, and the way that the mentor said it)

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"We could have prongs on it to make it hold stuff better."
"...like a forklift?"

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*When playing the south park song "What Would Brian Boitano Do?", during the chorus*
me: "Now what would Dean Kamen do, if he was here right now? I bet he'd build a 'bot or two, that's what Dean Kamen'd do.

[Eric_teh_Red]

"Frick it still freezes."

-A programmer

[Seraph117]

this is one i said... oops

"Just turn the ball sideways to fit it though the door"

[Schmoll52]

Devon- "Its only to big if its to big"
Brent - "That Doesnt make sense"
Devon - "Mr. Clark said it"
Brent- "OOOHHHHH"

[Otaku]

Mentor: "Baker, do you have a job?"
me: "No, I've got nothing to do."
Mentor: "Oh god, that's dangerous. Baker with nothing to do."
me: "Hmm. I think I'll go read delphi. =p"

[Rochelle435]

"Hey guys? I think this screw just fell off the bot."
"...uh...NOT IMPORTANT."

[usbcd36]

"JON! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" (many times over multiple seasons)

Things Jon was doing when this was said:

• making a blowdart gun out of extra PVC pipe, pool noodle and nails
• using a can of WD-40 and a match to make a flamethrower ("JON, stop making flamethrowers! You're going to set the floor on fire!")
• cutting (expensive) robot parts
• making holes/cuts in things with Dremel
• setting steel wool on fire
• attaching fans together, then stripping the nuts so the contraption could not be taken apart (at regionals)


(somebody says something that would've made our lives easier if said about a month ago)
*pause*
- "WHY?"
- "Because we're stupid."
- "Oh…"

"It's robotics season; we don't have time to study for midterms!"

- "PROG!"
- "PROG'd!"

- "Why didn't you tell us you had a machine shop in your basement?"
- "…"
- "…"
- "I dunno…I never really thought about it…"
(Note: I don't really have a machine shop in my basement; it's a wood shop. I did meet a guy who has a machine shop in his basement, though.)

"In the absence of Jon, we all become Jon" (said every time someone does something without thinking that results in wasted time or parts and Jon is not present)

"Somehow, we got ahold of some good juju."

"We had to seal the basement to protect the juju."

[Otaku]

*I begin to walk towards a table where people are messing around with infrared stuff*
me: "...OH GOD, A SOLDERING IRON!"
*I run off*


(Soldering irons + me = bad)

[Nin_estarSaerah]

"its not working because you didnt program it right"
*wheel falls off*
"never mind"

[StephLee]

"Wow, that one broke it..."

"OH MY GOD, IT'S A NINJA!"

[BigJ]

After a rousing discussion of Mario Kart...

Me: "We should shoot green shells on the track."
Person A: "We can't detach mechanisms from the robot."
Me: "I don't think a turtle shell is a mechanism!"

I proceed to ask everyone whether they think a turtle shell is a mechanism, until person B arrives...

Person B: "You don't need to detach it. just tether it to a string and reel it in quick with a motor."
Me: "IT CAN BE OUR BUMP TO PASS!"

I explain the funny series of events to a few people in the shop...

Person C: "Why a green shell, why not the blue one?"
Me: "The spikes would be a puncture risk"
Person C:" Nah! We'll have Joe file 'em" (Joe hates filing)



Looking back, if person C would have said red shell, I would have said "too much autonomous programming."

And yes, programmers on 1675...

"Program State!"
"PROGRAM STATE!"

[JayZ]

while discussing using sonar to detect trackballs:

"it might just absorb sound. that nylon is very......clothy."

[RoboGeek99]

Mentor:Scott you are mechanical and hardware. JD you are hardware...
JD:Hey i want to have 2 too.
Mentor:Fine you are the mechanical and the Team Scapegoat

Oh yeah almost forgot
(We were trying to decide what kind of mechanism to put on the robot to lift the ball)
Buschman:Maybe some sort of fork lift
Johnny:No...it has to has to be curved to hold the ball...like a spoon!
Mentor:...Hey how 'bout a Spork Lift?

[Blair Frank]

Mentor: "If your prototype works perfectly, you've been working on it too long."
"The opposite of life isn't death. The opposite of life is robotics!"
"No matter how much they say it is, not being plugged in is not a software problem!"