"Quotes" that were said during build season

[12fitzjon]

"It's compiling"

[onecoolc]

This conversation ensued after our new parts had just come back from being made spiffy (can't remember the name of the process), and amongst a large amount of other talk:
(Romar is last year Robot)

"Romar is looking at the new robot parts with jealously."
"Maybe it's not jealousy! Maybe it's something... else."
"These parts are really sexy after all."
"What gender is the new bot?"
"Male!"
"See? Romar doesn't lust after him then."
"No way! The new bot is female! Lala designed it in CAD!"
"No! All robots are male!"
"THEN MAYBE ROMAR IS GAY!"
"No way!"
"Hey! Enmar, is Romar gay?"
"No."
"See?"
"The new bot could still be a girl."
...and then it just continued until the food arrived. xD


And another, one from my years on team 1432:
"Why is this wire labeled 'Don't Ask'?"

...One more edit. A reject sentence from our Chairman's essay:
"We massacred their brains with knowledge and shot them up with logic..." (In referance to hosting a FIRST Lego League)

[Chris is me]

As for robot orientation, I think robots are like ships, always female... So I guess straight males / gay females can call parts sexy if they really want? I dunno.

[NullEntity]

One of my favorites:
[quote='Josh']Why do you call (electronics or code) sexy?[/code]

[FRC4ME]

Carrying on with the theme of this page...

About a week ago, we got a new pair of wire-strippers:

Student 1: "Ooh! New strippers!"
Student 2: "What should we name our stripper?"
Student 1: "I know how to find out!"
<student 1 goes to online "what is your stripper name?" quiz>
Student 1: "Her name is Crystal!"

So those wire strippers are now called Crystal. Today, we got another new pair of wire strippers. These are the automatic spring-loaded kind.

Student 1: "Aww...but we already have Crystal."
Student 2: "These can be the male strippers!"
Student 1: "Awesome!"
<student 1 checks stripper quiz>
Student 1: "His name is Dave!"

So those wire strippers are now called Dave.

My team actually named every one of their batteries. 'Nuff said.

[The Megan 2207]

Originally Posted by FRC4ME

My team actually named every one of their batteries. 'Nuff said.

My team has named EVERYTHING this year. The chassis frame, gearboxes, wheels, wheel brackets, bumpers, camera, battery cart, and most of the team members' stomachs all have names. The best part of that is all of the mentors know all of the names and refer to the pieces by name.

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by The Megan 2207

My team has named EVERYTHING this year...

We do have fun with the label maker. Most bots have a common "If you can read this flip me over" on the bottom, as well as reasonable part names ("the beak" from 2007), but others have no purpose. Examples:
"You spin me right round baby right round" - 2009 crab pods, 2006 ball sorter
"Handicapped Entrance" - 2009 sucker, 2004 sucker
"Wheeeeeeeeeeee" - 2009 shooter wheel

Some parts are also named, generally not with actual names. Most ball collectors are named "Ball-O-Fiers", we once had a tubulator (2007), the initial shooter in 2006 was the "flingificationator", and the ramp-climbing feet on the 2003 robot were named "happy feet".

Some names originate in "chetspeak", the way Chet talks. Ball-O-Fiers are a great example.

[NoQuestions]

My team's got a couple. Slightly paraphrased in some cases.

Head Mentor: *While collecting lunch money* Jeeze. You guys need to carry more ones around with you. Go to more strip-clubs. *Pause* Wait. No.

Noah (The team's Freshman): Robotics is kind of like a zombie video-game. Fun, but hard. And when you run out of ammo you die.

Someone: Well, the good news is the arm will work. The bad news is we need a very small person inside the robot to make it work. So... Any volunteers below 40 lbs?

Noah *After making his first Human model in 3ds Max* Wow! It looks better then the graphics in Runescape!

[Phoenix Spud]

Originally Posted by The Megan 2207

My team has named EVERYTHING this year. The chassis frame, gearboxes, wheels, wheel brackets, bumpers, camera, battery cart, and most of the team members' stomachs all have names. The best part of that is all of the mentors know all of the names and refer to the pieces by name.

Our team has Frankenstein, Bruce, Saturn V5 rocket, and a shell, all of which make up Wombot!!!

[nathanww]

We've named our mallets "the fine-tuner"(it's this giant sledgehammer), and "the hand of Rag"(whch used to be the Hand of Rage until the E got smudged off.

See also:hackersaw

Also:
"Kick the kicker!!!"
--said while testing the pot that measures the position of the kicker

"I need more robot bait!"
The robot bait is the person who moves the target around, so named for the occasional tendency of the robot to just attack them

"Our robot is done sucking balls. It's going to kick balls now"