Funny things to ask for on the PA system

[kirtar]

Originally Posted by Fireworks 234

I heard one of our other mentors talking about asking the pit admin for an AC Battery

Yeah we sent one of our people at BMR to ask for an AC battery because an alum of our team was working pit admin.

[M. Mellott]

At the Buckeye '08 Regional, I heard the PA announcer say, "Team XXX is in need of a new robot"...not a good sign!

[Engineer]

Here is one that might get a lot of attention. "Team XXXX needs a Geiger counter. They think they have a leak.”

[kirtar]

Originally Posted by Engineer

Here is one that might get a lot of attention. "Team XXXX needs a Geiger counter. They think they have a leak.”

How about something to repair our dilithium chambers while we're at it?
I'd mention unobtanium, but if somebody falls for that one...

[DinerKid]

Originally Posted by seannoseworthy

Team 2200 is requesting aluminium magnets or 3 sticks of dynamite.

We actually got one of our team members to look on page 52 1/2 of the McMaster catalog for aluminium magnets one year. He came back 45 min later and said "I couldn't find any"

~DK

[mtaman02]

I happened to like all the funny pit announcements simply because they're all funny and of course they're always announced at the right time. =). I always here the common Flux Capicator but I wouldn't mind hearing some new ones =). NYC and NJ I think was full of the funny annoucnements although I'm not too sure about SBPLI.

[kirtar]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

"an unlimited supply of Xena tapes and Hot Pockets...."

reference the movie Armageddon... and the computer geek...

I thought that was from The Core, but I haven't seen Armageddon, so I wouldn't know.

[Rion Atkinson]

Originally Posted by kirtar

I thought that was from The Core, but I haven't seen Armageddon, so I wouldn't know.

It is...

[Elizabeth Waters]

"Today is Mr. Hodge's birthday, and Team 624 would like to recognize him in song. 'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...'"

[Damaku250]

hahaha, before we found this thread it was going to be flux capacitor, shortly followed by warp core.

[Racer26]

I would love to see someone ask for unobtainium, and be provided with a past-or-present FRC game piece that was at one time or another, deemed unobtainium.

[MagiChau]

What about asking for a "Chuck Norris" xD

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

Nothing funny was asked for at the two regionals that I attended: Philly and FLR.

Au contraire, good sir! You just weren't listening hard enough! (see my post below)

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

This year at NJ:

Team 2495 needs there drive team to report to queuing for a match NOW

I remember that, but it definitely happened to my team multiple times, especially at Philly because we were always late for our matches.

Originally Posted by DinerKid

We actually got one of our team members to look on page 52 1/2 of the McMaster catalog for aluminium magnets one year. He came back 45 min later and said "I couldn't find any"

~DK

Hilarious!

Anyway, at Philly this year a couple of the kids on my team got one of the freshmen to get spare parts to say "423 needs bocky" on the loudspeaker. In the high school from where most of my team hails (where is that? look it up yourself, it will be an adventure!), bocky is a slang term meaning...erm...you know, when a woman wants to do something special for a man...a more common vernacular is a compound noun, starting and ending with b...I don't have to spell it out for you, do I? A nod's as good as a wink, no?

Good times.

I hope everyone is using April Fool's Day wisely at any regional they might be attending (although the above story is 100% purely true).

[Alan Anderson]

It's a shame nobody can hear announcements in the pits at GWCC. I'd really like to see the reactions to "Team 45 would like to borrow JVN."

[Dragon Princess]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Test for stupid drivetrain freshmen "Go find me the left-handed screwdriver"

The funny part is that I use this to test how well the rookies on my team know their tools.

The sad part is, I think a few are still looking.