FIRST Catch Phrases

[Erin Rapacki]

"We put the fun in disfunctional "

-Don't you have a social life?
"FIRST is my social life."

Soda + Pizza = Robot

[Wetzel]

Originally posted by dlavery
the exact contents of the "registration kit" are still being finalized, so we will all have to sit and wait a while longer to find out the answer to that question.

But if FIRST followed a "truth in advertising" philosophy for the registration kits, they would contain six cannisters labeled:

"Stress"
"Anxiety"
"Confusion"
"Insomnia"
"Dietary Inadequacy"
"Unbalanced Priorities"

And a really big seventh one labeled "Fun"

-dave

Wetzel

[Greg Perkins]

"look at the screw from the nuts perspective" - Chris Carnevale

or

"pull out! its too big!" (refering to bolts too big for holes)

[Elyse Holguin]

"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." -Robert Hughes

[JVN]

Originally posted by Greg Perkins
"look at the screw from the nuts perspective" - Chris Carnevale

*shakes head*
Want him back?





Just kidding, I don't think we could function without Chris. He's the man. Plus, he provides hours and hours of amusement.

edit: "It made sense in my head before I said it!" /edit

[dez250]

"a robots diet includes many many speed holes!" a quote from this past build season when we weighed our bot and it showed up as 130.5 lbs

also there is the famous "It's not a problem, it's a feature!"

~Mike

[Elgin Clock]

Originally posted by JosephM
I don't know who said it, but it has stuck in my mind forever, and I have quoted it from time to time....

"DOWN WITH PANTS, UP WITH RANKINGS!"

My team might actually be able to take credit for this one.... SWEET!!
And it actually starts out with a hearty yell of, "Hey, Do you like pants?" You tend to get a few stares, then you start the forementioned chorus.

Anyways, There is the old classic, "We'll fix it in programming."

[IMDWalrus]

I know...my first two suggestions were weak. So I'm making up for it here.

Take a look at the CD Spotlight if you haven't already. There are a ton of great quotes in there.

One of my favorites, from Matt Leese: "If it's not on fire, it's a software problem. "

[Redhead Jokes]

Originally Posted by IMDWalrus

Take a look at the CD Spotlight if you haven't already. There are a ton of great quotes in there.
One of my favorites, from Matt Leese: "If it's not on fire, it's a software problem. "

Thank you to everyone who posted in this thread, and for the link to spotlite cuz I was having trouble finding it yesterday.

Our school's given us additional space upstairs for storage, and it had an unexpected bonus - a very cool clubroom. We are creating some mythology about it, and I used a lot of quotes from here and spotlite, word program, different cool fonts, the kids and I tore and tea stained the quotes.

Some of quotes weren't tea stained, and were posted in our downstairs bathroom that we share in common now with construction technology cuz the quotes were generic to tools and would apply to his class too.

A few stained quotes are posted around our downstairs facility - cuz they're really for FIRST.

The rest are for the ambience of our

Ancient Team's Room

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[Mike Heinowski]

Our teams been using the expression "FIRST Its An Obsession"

Not to mention AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[jonathan lall]

FIRST Frenzy: Who capped ya?

[Elgin Clock]

What about... How many drill motors did you say we had left?? 50?? Not enough, order some more - pronto!!!

Not a catch phrase per say but true none the less... lol

[Matt Krass]

Originally posted by Elgin Clock

Anyways, There is the old classic, "We'll fix it in programming."

*grinds axe* I HATE THAT........

Another favorite of my team...well at least me

"Hey didn't we have another piston on this side?"

[TomWx]

"Inch by Inch, we're going metric." -Dean Kamens

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE DUCT TAPE?!?!?" -me

"We really need a food sponsor..." -me

"Oops." -any rookie

but of course, top 10 FIRST lies:

"Yeah, we'll be ready for inspection."
"Our robot works fine!"
"Yes, that was an accident on the field."
"We'd never ram MOE."
"It's not my fault, I did it the right way!"
"Yes I'm a freshman. No I didn't get metal shavings in the electronics."
"I meant to do that."
"Our robot is ready!"
"We only need a minute to fix it."
"No, I don't know the prancing mascot."

[Alaina]

Our team thing is "Feel the burn of Spicy Mustard" but I don't know if that'd qualify for a catch phrase for FIRST...