"Quotes" that were said during build season

[ttldomination]

Anyone who has gone to the Peachtree Regional knows the following quote.

"ROAD TO THE GEORGIA DOME"

Although the regional has not occurred yet, the quote above is a staple throughout the competition. Courtesy of Sir Charles.

[ZInventor]

at the oregon regional awards ceremony:

me: oh, rookie all star, we'd never get that.
friend: yeah, rookie innovation maybe, but not all star...
me: OH MY GOD WE'RE GOING TO ATLANTA!!!!!!!
everyone jumps up screaming.

-Z

[Karibou]

"And here's 1189, who made me wear this silly poncho!!" -Paul Copioli
He was MCing at Kettering...we asked him to wear one of our mascot ponchos when he was announcing the teams.

[dragonrulr288]

Originally Posted by GGCO

This was said during the Traverse City District event over loud speaker.

"To all computers on the network: computer name 'SS39'...you have a virus".

I remeber that! It was funny!

I got to talking with someone from a team, and he was wondering:
1.Why was I carrying around a stuffed dog
2.Why does it have a pair of saftey glasses on...?


My answer:
"The dog has a name you know! His name is Brutus. He is a bulldog, and so is our mascott [288/216 Robodawgs]. He has saftey glasses on because we are in the pit, and EVERYONE needs a pair! Duh!"

He just kinda looked at me blankly, and I laughed ^_^

[GillSt.Bernards]

While practicing softball with a couple members of the robotics team on the newly done gym floor

"Ahh. It's like throwing on Regolith!"

I got may strange looks on that one

[GillSt.Bernards]

We let Nate one of our programmers play with the autoadjustable wrench for a few minutes

Nate: "ahh. I closed it on my nose.!"
Me: "This is why we do not let you play with the powertools, Go back to your laptop,"

[GillSt.Bernards]

Student at the competition to a random team

"Do you have any canned air? We got saw dust in the control system?"
*Very weird look.*

[Ryan Caldwell]

Student: what ya doing?
Mentor: bending lexan
Student: by melting it?
Mentor: by heating it untill it acheaves plastic deformation
Student: right melting it because its made of plastic
Mentor: yes and at the same time a great big no

[GillSt.Bernards]

Our build site is in our school chemistry lab
Mentor: "Why is there a drill bit in this syringe?"

Marshall: "Well I am going to be honest here. Amanda looked like she was getting dehydrated again so I saw the syringe. I took some water from the sink and squirted her with it. Well at least I think that it was water. Actually I hope it was water. Well anyway I pushed the plunger thingy down with so much force that it cracked."

Mentor: "So there is a drill bit in it why?"

Marshall: "I wanted to make sure it was really cracked so I stuck a drill bit in it"

Mentor: "OOh that makes a lot of sense *rolls her eyes* come on guys you have to pay attention. we are in a chemistry lab and what if that was not water that you took out of the sink. You have to watch what you are doing and where you are putting things and move things that can be harmful. (turns around and almost knocks over the 6.0 M hydrochloric acid)

[Cody Michl 2811]

on saturday at the oregon regionals, one of our team members [Keaton] brought in a Mr. peanut suit and the shortest team member [Ian] had to wear it. then when our boeing mentor Kyle said "Hey Ian, I heard on a news report that there was a giant squirrel out to get you!"

[Salbert]

"Mrs. XXX told me not to by any paddle balls, so I ordered 4 dozen! She told me not to buy any hacky sacks, so I got 4 dozen. She told me not to buy any more boas, so I ordered 50! She told me not to buy any more aliens, so I bought, I don't even know how many!"

MARS is gonna have lots of goodies to give out in Orlando.

[Herodotus]

"I think I might be a robot stalker. I sit around on Chief Delphi waiting for teams like Beach Bots and Pink to release photos of their robot."

[Raging Min Pin]

On our packing of the controls we withheld-

"It looks like a demented Missile Silo decorated for Christmas, but it'll hold."

[ATannahill]

A student during Bacon's social "I met people who are like me"

[NorviewsVeteran]

over the DC pa system... "attention in the pits, team 365 needs hugs, team 365 needs hugs."

Monday after we got back, Kevin sat down at the lunch table and said, "I felt like I fit in there." All I could think for a minute was, 'this is so cool- I feel like it's my fault he said that'