"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Dancing_Chuck]

"So.... what?"

[Spark Hawk]

*At Six Flags event, calling the half of our team that was at lunch*

"Um... Yeah, we've got a problem... Pedro (our robot) broke..."

Response: "WHAT?!?!?!" (This was audible 5 feet away, no joke)

[Dancing_Chuck]

That is absolutely true.

[Spark Hawk]

More:

"That would make too much sense"

"I'd kill you for saying that, but there's too much paperwork."

"The camera's smoking. That can't be good."

"Yeah, every time we used the aiming system, we missed, so we stopped using it."

[cgredalertcc]

Originally Posted by Mike200

"I made it invisible, so I could see it better."

I've done this one before lol curse you inventor and your visibility options.

[Jaime65]

1 -

“what is this, what do it do” (student 1)
“i dont know you put it there” (mentor)
“your suppose to know” (student 1)
“well i dont know what it do play with it and find out” (mentor)
*student plays with it 2 minutes later*
“opps” (student 1)
*10 mins later*
“hey who did this” (student 2)

2 -

“hey thats another sound effect”

3 -

“this is a family show”

4 -

“hey were is our engineer” (student 1)
“i dont know i think he left” (student 2)
“oh well i need him” (student 1)
“lets go look for him” (student 2)
*students go walking around in search for our engineer and comes back 10 minutes later with no look*
“hey look at the white board” (student 1)
“student 2 looks at the board to find our engineer cellular phone and a message that reads “call me if you need me” (student 2)

5 -

“what about scouting”

6 -

“we said we was going to keep it simple” (student 1)
“oh screw that lets do cool and complex” (mentor)
“okay!” (student 1)

7 -

“go back to the bolt bin this bolt if the wrong size”

8 -

“why” (engineer)
“because thats the only one i know” {student}

9 -

“thats so absurd”

[Matt Krass]

Hartford Regional

Me: No no, that number is too big, let's halve it
Mark: Alright...
(five minutes later our robot turns exactly half the distance it should have and proceeded to hammer the goal with 10 balls right next to the opening)

SBPLI Regional

Me: Whoo we scored 8 in autonomous, if only I could get the tracking working
Mark: I put the tracking in two matches ago, it does work
Me: What?! It's not done!
(Apparantly I had finished it late at night, with no memory of doing so...)

[Matt21q]

Most commonly used sayings of team 810:
"guys... we gotta build the robot"
" the parts cost how much?!?!?!
"duch sauce" (inside joke)

[synth3tk]

Since I... assumed the position of safety captain, I've been doing my duties by telling them "As Safety Captain I don't condone that type of activity" and tell them why it's wrong. They're getting pretty annoyed by it.

[csi235]

"That can't be right. It makes too much sense."

"Remind me again: why are we doing this?"

"We may have to build the crate early, just so I can shove you in it. Don't worry, I'll put some air holes in. And some chips. Not any water, just chips."
"Cameron, STOP CALLING YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"
"Cameron, if that's your girlfriend, don't even think about answering it."

"What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with that l... stupid macros."
"What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with tha... stupid variables."
"What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with that li... stupid semicolons."
"Why is the code not worki... stupid longs. (changes %d to %ld)"
"Back to the future again! (kicking desk)"

"10 mi/h down. Only 60 to go!"

- "(leaving lab) That battery is just now getting close to being charged."
- "So?"
- "I put it on the charger nine hours ago."
- "Take it off before you leave."

- "I know why the manual said the Vex batteries need three hours to charge."
- "Why?"
- "The two-battery charger can only charge one battery at a time."
- "Brilliant."

[RDayan932]

Me-Hey Nick
Nick-I'm not Nick

[Jak DiGriz]

"I bet someone's going to make a thread about 'quotes' said during build season."

[MishraArtificer]

Something I wrote on the board at the start of the season that as far as I know is still there amongst all the other junk:

"You can build a perfect machine out of imperfect parts."

The mentors were somewhat less than amused.

[Blair Frank]

Engineering Mentor to Student:

"You might want to check the polarities of that (a 12v wall wart) before you plug it in, but that's just one man's opinion."

[EricH]

One of our mentors on Friday:
"It [fiberglass] is about half the weight of fiberglass..."
At that point, the walk-in freezer we were meeting in (don't worry, it was warmer than the rest of the build area) resounded with laughter.