"Quotes" that were said during build season

[El Geffe]

Every time a member asks our mentor, George, where something is, its magically always "behind you."

When I was welding our frame together;

me: "Hey! my leg is really hot" (continues welding)
Someone grabs my leg, then I hear stomping (continues welding)
I finish welding and look down at a smoldering "fireproof blanket."

me: "Was I on fire!?"
Roberto: "Sure you were. We only let you burn for about 10 seconds."

[Andrew Schreiber]

"Stupid college getting in the way of my education!" - Me every time one of my professors emails me at a meeting. Our students are quite amused.

Explanation: I feel that learning to work with people and communicate problems effectively is at least as important as the stuff I am doing in my classes.

[Zuelu562]

"Anyone know the actors name who does the 'I pick things up and put them down' commercial? We're going to name our robot after him."

(I was thinking Jorgen Von Crab, mixing two of my favorite annoying characters from my favorite cartoons when I was like 7)

"What's that sound?!"
"That's the sound of complacent teenagers."

Dinner tonight. Silence over the ENTIRE table at the meeting.

[karra3204]

All from today:

Mentor to me: So, last night I was having nightmares that we made it to the championship again...

*While I'm controlling the robot arm with an XBOX controller*
Teammate: So how does this all work?
Me: Pretty good.
Teammate: I meant like what does each button do...
Me: LOL. To Chief Delphi!

*Me talking about a washer while trying to put it on a screw*
Me: Ugh, this washer is all bent out of shape.
Mentor: So just tell it to relax.

*Mentor explaining how to move the arm to pick up the tubes from the floor*
Mentor: Left control up..right control down. Left trigger...right trigger. No, again left contol up....... ugh, I feel like I'm captain of a ship or something.

[demosthenes2k8]

"I can't even post this to Chief Delphi!" -Me, after a mentor makes an amazing inappropriate joke

(After me and another programmer have been working on code integration for the last three days)
Mentor: "Go relax. Do anything BUT program. Play a video game. Just don't touch robot code."
(Later, we're discussing a Minecraft world seed)
Same mentor: "YOU BETTER NOT BE PROGRAMMING!"

[2403_Andrew]

Jag-wiring (pronounced jaguaring)

I also invented the "death stare" for the group. If someone starts to tick me off (and they know who they are) then they get the stare.

[kmcclary]

Originally Posted by Zuelu562

"Anyone know the actors name who does the 'I pick things up and put them down' [Planet Fitness] commercial? We're going to name our robot after him."

I can't find a definitive answer, but a lot on the net believe it is body builder Silvio Kersten, aka "Chris Wide" (who actually trains at Gold's Hollywood, not Planet Fitness...)

I'm not totally convinced it is him, though...

But I love the quote. I'll try to remember to use it when we're allowed to take the bot out for practice on competition week...
Thanks!

- Keith

[Zuelu562]

"Why do programmers seem to always be procrastinators?" Me to Matt from Chop Shop