"Quotes" that were said during build season

[FRC4ME]

Originally Posted by scarletrain

Me: I just typed in Powersurge on google and a website on menopause came up.
Mentor: [laughs] We're going to name our robot "Hot Flash".

One of our programmers had a similar experience looking for Jaguar support:

Student: "Black Jaguars"
<gets pictures of cats>
Student: "Darn it!"
...
Student: "Silver Jaguars"
<gets pictures of cars>
Student: "No!"

[Vermeulen]

IT guy: "Guys, the twitter account for 'BadgerBOTS' is taken"
Someone: "By who?"
IT guy: "It says team 2103"
Me: "We're going to Massachusetts..." *holding the Robotics Club, a piece of 2x2 80/20*


Mechanical team head: "Why are you playing minesweeper instead of working on CAD? That's not important."
Me: "You tell that to the brave digital sailors whose digital lives I'm saving."

[FRC4ME]

At VCU last week:
Students, pointing at 339's pit in awe: "Look at those guys!"
Me, staring at empty pit: "What about them? There's no one there!"
Student: "I know! They're...done."

[Karibou]

(yelled from across the shop)
"MALLORYYYYYYY, THE ROBOT CART HAD AN ACCIDENT!"
Mallory (walking over to see that the robot cart was dripping fluid from the hydraulic lift): "...I TOLD YOU TO DO THAT OUTSIDE!"

[dragonrulr288]

"Make friends and influence people, shoot the refs!" -one of the Troy announcers

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by dragonrulr288

"Make friends and influence people, shoot the refs!" -one of the Troy announcers

"I am not a goal" - that one ref that was the "ball magnet"


"If you like it then you better put a nut on it"
"Palardy is flashing the robot again" or "Palardy flash the robot again" - The process of downloading is known as "flashing"
"Palardy can fix it in software" or more commonly "Palardy fixed it software"
"PAAALLLLARRRDDDYY!!!!!!!!" ~On autonomous kicks being 0ft instead of 33ft

[kmcclary]

There's a cool quote from Bab5, that makes a great "speech" to stand up and declare at a FIRST build. Try it out, to rally the troops...

"We are Dreamers, Shapers, Singers, and Makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocation of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things..."

... It was said by Elric, Babylon 5, in "The Geometry of Shadows".
(I had to go search the net for the exact text of it. Finally found it...)

- Keith

[Hansen302]

"Trying to teach a nerd to be sensitive to girls is like trying to teach a dog Jamacian, and expect it to talk back"

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by Hansen302

"Trying to teach a nerd to be sensitive to girls is like trying to teach a dog Jamacian, and expect it to talk back"

wow...this explains so much...*facepalm's self*

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

wow...this explains so much...

Mon!

[Vermeulen]

"3-d. Our shoes are not 3-d. Our efforts to make shoes are." ~ An e-mail really early in the morning from our team president over google groups. I thought it was a metaphor, but apparently he was sleep-emailing.

[sashboy226]

Originally Posted by apalrd

"I am not a goal" - that one ref that was the "ball magnet"

Lol, I remember that, our driver hit him a few times......we laughed....

[Grim Tuesday]

Me: I got to plug the jumper into the bumper
My Friend: JUMPER IN THE BUMPER HAHAHAHAH JUMPER IN THE BUMPER
Mentor: *Spazzes out* HOW COULD YOU BE PLAYING AT A TIME LIKE THIS WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE IN A VERY SHORT TIME!!!
It was within hours of ship date, so I couldn't blame him.

Student: We need to think up some neat button designs for this year...
Mentor: Well, we kick balls and then we hang ourselves. What can you make of that?
Mentor: How about "Code Red Robotics: Go For The Balls"

[angelawence11]

Wow! Our kicker has more power than a Ford Prius!
Needless to say, he's kinda still getting mocked for that one

[ttldomination]

This wasn't really in the build season, but it was still pretty funny.

We were in a semi-finals match, and we were in the middle and getting warmer. The coach was getting excited and directing me towards an empty a goal. After the kick, this is what the coach said.

"HOLY CRAP, WHO PUT THAT ROBOT THERE?!?!?!?"

Turns out there was a robot sitting in front of the goal. Regardless it was HILARIOUS in the heat of the match.