Favorite Robotics Quotes 2004

[Beth Sweet]

I know that there have been threads like this in years past, but since last time I checked some of those, they were in the triple digits pages, I thought I would start one for just 2004 robotics quotes (I'm sure there'll be plenty!) I'll start off

From Dane, president of the HOT Alumni Association:
"-Gas Money to go to GM for 3 weeks......... $100
-Time spent away from friend and family to build a robot............................................. ..........3 weeks
- Money spent on the robot..........................$750
- Looks on the kids faces when winning an award and making it to semifinals............................PRICELESS"

[ReggieB]

One of our guys, Dave, got hit in the head at Chesapeak when our robot ran off the cart. He went to the hospital and got 6 staples and is fine now (and was back later that day and the next), but durring the final ceremony the guy from the naval base said: "I know your heads probably hurt by now..."

Dave said "You dont know the half of it!"

[Mike Heinowski]

We had these platforms that went over a vehicle lift and they weren’t very strong. One of our mentors stepped in a spot that he was not supposed to step on because it was so weak. We told him "Brian, you’re not supposed to walk there." He quickly replied...

"I'm a FREAKIN' mentor, I can walk on FREAKIN' water."

[George1902]

The 2004 FIRST Robotics Competition will always boil down to one quote in my mind:

Dave says, "That's pimp."

[shark_byte]

When Sam, our webmaster, was building this year's website, he was polling the entire team for catchy phrases to include on the main page. So this guy named Sean, who now happens to be our human player, suggested the phrase "No geeks were harmed in the making of this website". Immediately, and I mean like 2 or 3 seconds, after saying that, Sean leaned back in his chair and crashed onto the floor. Man that was funny stuff. Unfortunately, we didn't end up using his suggestion.

[ejthe4th]

We had 3 good quotes...all somehow applying to programming...

"It's all in the programming"
"Our robot is a BIT overweight"
"I have no faith in our program" -- this one was actually a fraudian slip from one of our mentors...he ended up being right, in the end.

[30goto20]

Well, I'd have to say that one of my favorite quotes this season would be either:
"Blame Tom!"-Everyone on Team#66 during bulid season.

or

"Maybe thatwasn't the best idea."-Me watching a qualifying match at GLR.

[jjdebner]

Prolly...
Wink Tom Wink
Why can't I do everything...
I can drive with my feet, shoot with my hands, and i'll program inbetween after i fix the robot...
Wink Tom Wink

Always wanting to do EVERYTHING...

[Vivelation]

One of our team members recorded a whole bunch of quotes from this season, but the only one that comes to mind right now (besides a couple from our team leader involving her kidneys) was from one of our alumni: "I'm a safe driver! Look! I'll even wear my safety glasses!" Too bad I didn't write down any of the quotes from when a few of us were bouncing off the walls...

My team's advisor thinks this is the funniest thing said in our team:

"Why drink Pepsi when you can program and drink Pepsi?" - Me

[30goto20]

Originally Posted by SilverStar

My team's advisor thinks this is the funniest thing said in our team:

"Why drink Pepsi when you can program and drink Pepsi?" - Me

Ohh man, that just made me think of a whole bunch of qoutes made about programming on our team.
"It might work. Lets try it! Just select that and...uh oh.

BTW all of our teams student programmers are registerd here, Hey Mike! remeber when we were trying to get that autonomus code working?

"[i]AUTO_MODE_MODE can be a constant, and by 'can be a constant' I mean it can't be."-Crop-Circles(MIKE!)

[K0r34nB0y]

Maybe not as funny as other quotes here, but I think all of us can relate:
Programmers: "It's the mechys fault!!"
Mechys: "It's the programmers fault!!"

Originally Posted by K0r34nB0y

Maybe not as funny as other quotes here, but I think all of us can relate:
Programmers: "It's the mechys fault!!"
Mechys: "It's the programmers fault!!"

What if you're a mechy and and a programmer, do you blame PR?

[Jonathan M.]

One of the funniest quotes at the time of UCF this year was said by Mr. Griffith after one of my team's matches, in which our aliance was tipped and rammed. Every one thought for sure it was a penelty. But the judges said it wasn't. We all respected this call and went back to the pits. When I over hear Mr. Griffith and an Engineer whom I can't recall discussing the match. Well soon I hear Mr. Griffth say: "Well you know, I'm not one to argue with the Empire." I was drinking a Dr. Pepper at the time, and I nearly spit it up I was laughing so hard.

[Arrowsmith]

Well, we were testing out the program on our robot, when charles, the programmer, headed off to grab a drink and come back. Unbeknownst to us, the processor in the oi blew while he was gone. The robot ceased to move right as he came back, invoking one of the greatest quotes ever, "Lets see, I was gone for 45 seconds. If we can get it to go for another minute and 15 seconds without doing that, I think we'll be good."