You know you've been in FIRST too long...

[Arkorobotics]

When you have memorized the geometry of all the robots...

It accually comes in handy..

[lukevanoort]

When almost every sentence ends with. "Well there was this team at nationals..."

[Joohoo]

When you spend more time in the technology wing than in a day than most teachers do at school.

[TheShadow]

When almost anything you see or hear can trigger the conversation, "Remember that time at (a regional/nats)?"

[Cuog]

You cant remember what it was like before FIRST

[InnocentBlond]

When your biology teacher is giving a lecture about tetrahydrocannabis and the only thing that sticks in your mind is Tetra.

[FuzzyJo470]

When you excitedly tell everyone that you got 8 different colored rolls of duct tape for Christmas from your parents, then as an after note you tell them about the XM radio....

[AndyB]

When you have actually offered to sell bodily fluids and or organs so you could go to nationals (multiple members of my team)

If you have ever looked disappointed at a christmas tree because it didnt have a tetra on it

If you have ever seen how fast you could stack your mothers rubbermaid containers

If you and your mentors have email conversations regularly at 3AM

If youve ever had to set up an alternate gmail account just because your other one was full of robotics shtuff (Me)

If youve ever asked a girl what team she is from and what division she is in as a pickup line (2004-05 Nationals)

If you have ever thought of an ultimate christmas gift as a pair of dean kamen worn jeans and matching denim jacket

If you have ever considered denim fashionable for that matter

If you have ever bragged about the number of mySQL databases your host supplies

If when you here the word woodstock, Woodie flowers instantly comes to mind

If you've ever offered to shave your head if your team gets their 3D animation in on time. (Greg Owens)

If you have ever brought a backpack to regionals and nationals just to fit your 2 2 liter bottles of mountain dew in

If you've randomly started asking people to deciver what really is "a shovel's show"

If you've ever been forced into robotics via peer pressure

If you keep a bundle of zip ties with you in your back pocket, just in case...

In engish, you've been downgraded for putting the word 'first' in all caps

If you've ever gotten off on a tangent about why dean kamens hair never moves

If when hearing the words red white and blue, you think FIRST over america

Youve gotten addicted to playing your teams computer simulation for that year's game

If when saying the ABC's, you shout the letter F, I, R, S, and T as they come in that order

If youve considered buying a laptop just so you could make scouting easier this year

If youve ever been working on your teams website at school, looked at the clock and said to yourself, shoot, i have school in 3 hours...

If after winning a regional, you wore your medal around school and bragging about how you double stacked on the center goal with 2 seconds left to all of your non-FIRST friends

If youve ever gotten in a fight with a band-geek that FIRSTies are cooler than Bandies

[varcsscotty]

You do all of your "homework" in class because you never go "home" and then think that that is a pretty good excuse.

You gather a crowd because you get overly excited because of an Inventor drawing.

The janitor stays as late as you because he's fixing the holes that your robot put in the walls.

Kill switches are an everyday lifesaver.

Your mother saves money on groceries because you eat all of your meals at school.

[BradL]

You know you've been in FIRST too long when you tell your friends that Christmas does not start till January 7 and is six weeks long.

[i_am_Doug]

you know when Daves hair looks (you know the "I JUST WOKE UP look)...Ok

[Chief Samwize]

Originally Posted by AndyB

When you have actually offered to sell bodily fluids and or organs so you could go to nationals (multiple members of my team)

If you have ever looked disappointed at a christmas tree because it didnt have a tetra on it

If you have ever seen how fast you could stack your mothers rubbermaid containers

If you and your mentors have email conversations regularly at 3AM

If youve ever had to set up an alternate gmail account just because your other one was full of robotics shtuff (Me)

If youve ever asked a girl what team she is from and what division she is in as a pickup line (2004-05 Nationals)

If you have ever thought of an ultimate christmas gift as a pair of dean kamen worn jeans and matching denim jacket

If you have ever considered denim fashionable for that matter

If you have ever bragged about the number of mySQL databases your host supplies

If when you here the word woodstock, Woodie flowers instantly comes to mind

If you've ever offered to shave your head if your team gets their 3D animation in on time. (Greg Owens)

If you have ever brought a backpack to regionals and nationals just to fit your 2 2 liter bottles of mountain dew in

If you've randomly started asking people to deciver what really is "a shovel's show"

If you've ever been forced into robotics via peer pressure

If you keep a bundle of zip ties with you in your back pocket, just in case...

In engish, you've been downgraded for putting the word 'first' in all caps

If you've ever gotten off on a tangent about why dean kamens hair never moves

If when hearing the words red white and blue, you think FIRST over america

Youve gotten addicted to playing your teams computer simulation for that year's game

If when saying the ABC's, you shout the letter F, I, R, S, and T as they come in that order

If youve considered buying a laptop just so you could make scouting easier this year

If youve ever been working on your teams website at school, looked at the clock and said to yourself, shoot, i have school in 3 hours...

If after winning a regional, you wore your medal around school and bragging about how you double stacked on the center goal with 2 seconds left to all of your non-FIRST friends

If youve ever gotten in a fight with a band-geek that FIRSTies are cooler than Bandies

In that last one im both. Im in band and FIRST at the same time. TALK ABOUT NO FREE TIME!

[Chief Samwize]

.........When you realize that so many people have posted on this topic that it is almost impossible for another person to find a different post!

.........When you realized you have read every single post on this page.

[Ryan Albright]

When you are tryin to take a hiatus and CD is the first webpage i visit everyday

[Chief Samwize]

..............If you have ever writen a team name for an answer in your math class.

.............. If your the only one still posting on this subject. (ME )