"Quotes" that were said during build season

[SoulianPride]

"My delta is we haven't made a Princess Bride reference in over 20 minutes."

"Thank you for using my formal name: Pretty Pretty Princess."

"Well, it fits with this year's theme... we all have the plague."

[D_Price]

So our chain came off of our drivetrain today. Of course we had not put chain tensioners on them yet.

Mentor: There are bolts in the wheels right?

Team Member #1: Umm....maybe...BECCA!!!

Becca: Umm..nooooo.

Mentor: No wonder we aren't turning correctly!

**Week Zero**

[2521 Robotician]

"Stop trying to zip-tie my ear!!!" - I got bored one day and there were zip ties in arms reach....

"Not good." - Our shooter prototype started flailing around and slammed into the table.

"Where does the ____ go?"

"That's not what that's for."

"There's a limit to how serious you can act while eating animal crackers."

[Van.Augur]

"Close enough for government work"
"Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls"
"Transmission grease doesn't taste good"
"At 300 miles an hour, no one will tell the difference"
"See, Damon smart."
"You need to stop worrying about all your stupid math"
"This is the type of thing I think they'd teach you in engineer school"
"They don't teach you that in engineering school"
"What would Foss do?"

[Turhan Ay]

No problem with codes.Blame the mechanics.-Programmers

[Cam_Team 2619]

Hey, that will work! Oh wait, no it won't.

[rlowe61]

When a Student drops a large piece of aluminum, thus making a very loud noise, he/she is told...

"You found the Floor"

[Peyton Yeung]

Originally Posted by rlowe61

When a Student drops a large piece of aluminum, thus making a very loud noise, he/she is told...

"You found the Floor"

We usually heckle by saying, "You dropped something."

[Cam_Team 2619]

Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung

We usually heckle by saying, "You dropped something."

Another appropriate response is to look around at the people in the room and pronounce "NAILED IT." loudly and with confidence.

[MasonK]

Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung

We usually heckle by saying, "You dropped something."

I usually say: "Don't worry, the ground caught it!"

[squad1706]

We have a running quote that we say. When someone asks for a tool or part that we know is somewhere in the facility, but not completely sure where, we just say,

"Did you check your pockets?"

[Cothron Theiss]

The following exchange was between a mentor and a student after a student went outside to channel his frustrations.

"Where did Higgins just go?"
"He went outside with a hammer and a bearing."
"Oh. Poor bearing."

Next one is between another student and I after the part I designed came back from the water jet cutter.

"It looks like a duck!"
"That's upside down. It goes this way."
"Nope. We're changing the design. Now it looks like a duck."

Finally, this was between the same student and I after the I pulled a completely different part I designed off of the 3d printer.

"Crap. I made another duck."
"You're right! It looks like another duck!"
"Yup. I know."
"It's about time you did something right!"

[VacioArconte]

"Thou shalt not covet thy mentor's jumper wires."

[kyle_hamblett]

Originally Posted by rlowe61

When a Student drops a large piece of aluminum, thus making a very loud noise, he/she is told...

"You found the Floor"

We respond to things like that with applause

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by kyle_hamblett

We respond to things like that with applause

We outlawed applause for dropped items over a year ago. Individual comments, delivered sotto voce, are expected to be witty, or at least half-so.

No cheap shots at members of your own teamfamily.