"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Thing2_1723]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

You do know the origin of that phrase, right? Hint: it derives from the trial of the century (nothing to do with OJ)

Yes, we are. We say it because we are so surprised by out outcomes that it seams almost unreal

[Karibou]

"I'm pretty sure that falls under the category of "we REALLY shouldn't be doing this"!"

[sashboy226]

Safety Judges: "Hi, is your safety captain here?"
Me: "Right here. I'm Matt."
Safety Judge 1: "Hi Matt. First off, can you guys work on your robot inside your pit? Take care of that then we'll talk to you."
*we then rearranged our pit to fit the robot*

[The Zevling]

Originally Posted by Triapod

After having many watchdog errors during build and test season, the mechanical team always asked
"Guys, Did you clean up after your watchdog?"
each time before we tested.

"Kill the watchdog"
"The watchdog is starving!"

and best of all:
"We disabled the watchdog - why in the world are we getting watchdog errors?"

[RookieWookiez]

Something me and one of my teammates yelled out at the beginning of most of our matches in Elimination.

Me: "Let's do this!"
Both: "Leeeeeeeeeerrrrrooooyyyyyyyyy Jjjjjjjeeennnnnkkkkiiiinnnssss!!!"

[chris 545]

"our job is to program the controls to be idiot proof"

[huberje]

"This is Lunacy!"

I don't remember when this was said, but it was early in the season and it may have been a reaction to the change in the seeding system.

[Barngirl425]

Student "svet how would you like to use my body"

The funny part was our faculty advisor started laughing before it clicked to all of us

[Lee Reid 3136]

While getting driving our robot in the hall and after getting my legs pinned to the wall.

Jessie:"They're coming for you man!"
Me:"Yeah, they pinned me, but they backed up before the 5 seconds was up so we're cool."

[Phoenix Spud]

Originally Posted by Vector MycroftH

Mentor: Make a spacer out of Lexan. Quarter inch thick, diameter doesn't matter.

First Year Student: What's Lexan?

Mentor: It's polycarbonate.

First Year Student: What's polycarbonate?

I had the same problem, except it was because I am American and called it Lexan. In Australia, it has a different name!!!

[tsa256]

Mentor: "You're just irresistible."
Me: "Of course I am.."
Mentor: "Never let another man tell you that"
Me: "Will do"
Conversation while trying to isolate all electric circuits on our robot, I ended up connected two isolated circuits with both my hands.

"I code my own Friday nights"
General response of the system teams when asked about what they are doing on their Friday nights.

Me: "If it doesn't require duct tape, cable ties, or hot glue; then you didn't build it right"

Me: "Sleep is an accessory not a necessity, just like strippers I can use my teeth"
Once our team was stuck without any wire strippers, so I resorted to using my teeth to strip the insulation.

Student: "Anybody have a hair tie"
Me: "I've got a zip tie"
Student: "Perfect!"

Mechanical Team "So when is the code going to be done"
Programmers "We are working on it"
-Next Day
Programmers "We have boycotted coding until we get unlimited Oreos, cookies in code out"

Student: "We are missing a nut on the robot"
Me "Connor get on the robot"

Student: "I forgot my belt"
Me: "Here is a CAT, join the club"
Network cables work as great belts

Me: "We need pot!"
Student: glares
Me " Lets order by the kilo"
Student: "We build robots, we're not a drug cartel"

[plnyyanks]

continued from above:

"She's drop dead gorgeous!"
said when the 2GO PC arrived

Student (to safety captain): Have you read the safety manual?
Safety Captain: <pauses, looks around> ...No
Needless to say, he was safety captain the rest of the year

"Sometimes, the concept of sleep is irrelevant"
said to a reporter

"When i get married, i'm going to propose with a PWM ring"

"It's a hardware problem."

[Norman J]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

"It's a hardware problem."

"It's always a programming problem?"
"Yes."
"What if the robot's on fire?"
"Don't worry, we'll fix it in software."

[Karibou]

Homeland Security guy: 'What's that symbol for...gearhead?"
Me: "Actually, yes, it is..."

[Vermeulen]

Electrical mentor: "How many software engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"
Me: "I don't know, how many?"
Mentor: "None, it's a hardware problem."