"Quotes" that were said during build season

[thegnat05]

The most common thing said on our team was, "like they say at NASA, good enough!"

[Christopher149]

It's not build season, but I can't not share it:

I was watching My Cat from Hell, and they had a cat named Foley. He had night terrors where he would throw himself off of elevated places he was sleeping on.

And so: "Foley! Freeze!"

[belle94]

I've been writing down funny stuff people say since the summer of 2011 (and I know a lot of funny people) so this is my new favourite thread. Some of my favourites:

One of our head mentors: "That's our job as mentors: to stand in the corner and laugh."

The same mentor: "I'm a genius. I'm so worth the money they pay me."
(5 minutes later) "Oh my god, I'm such an idiot. I'm so stupid."

In 2012, we were working on our bridge lowerer and we decided it needed to be 1 kilo heavier, and this was the comment one of our mentors made:
"We need to figure out a way to add weight without adding weight. Like weight with a purpose. Add a bunch of bolts."
Me: "You want to add a kilo of bolts?"

"Why does the robot spaz out when we're deploying code?"
"I think it's like it's about to die and this is its one last croak."

"If we turned the robot on now, it would be like a fake campfire."

"Let's file this. It's like digging our way out of prison with a spoon. I'm all for it!"

[Whippet]

At the regional this year, after the round of applause for the mentors during the opening ceremony, our field coach emitted the following words of wisdom:

Originally Posted by Mr. Lindner

"Thanks, guys! You couldn't have done it without me!"

[RKazmer]

At any time during the competition our lead mechanical member in the pits found a random screw or bolt
"Well that's terrifying."
And whenever our driver came back with the arm broken
"Okay does someone have a stopwatch? Old record was 6 minutes."

[dmaciel10123]

"This should, theoretically, possibly, hopefully work."

[asid61]

Every time somebody said the words "let it go" everybody started singing... ugh it was horrible. And you would be surprised at how many times that phrase was invoked.

[evanperryg]

"Did you measure it" "No, he did, I just drilled the holes" "then why don't they line up?" "well I drilled them where he measured" "No you didn't" "oh"

The team has started making a multitude of vague Space Jam references. Also, one of our mentors, a former member of 1592, has taken on a number of nicknames, including "Slick Brick" and "Steezy Beezy"

[jkoritzinsky]

We named our electrical board test program "Everything is Awesome".

[asid61]

Everone chanted:
"We are not a cult. We are not a cult. We are not a cult".

[Tinmint1]

Said at a meeting, "the robot and I have a special connection, driver to d link, I kick her and than she's nice to me again. Easy as that"

[Whippet]

During our most recent meeting, when we were letting the newbies try driving last year's robot:

"Wow, I feel like a Gundam pilot!"

[Wayne Doenges]

I you think you can or cannot, you are correct.

[dubiousSwain]

"Im trying to reach the ballmer's peak of caffeine!"

*the captain is holding one of the mentor's cats and talking to a new student*
"oh yeah, theres always a cat in here. He steals all of our stuff"

[Team118Joseph]

Me: "Who plugged the lights into a Victor?" <----Day before filming release video

Mentor: "Is the spring tensioned?"
Loud smash accompanied with ball smashing into the driver station glass
Student: "Um... no"

Student 1: "Ok don't shoot"
Student 2: "I think he said shoot"
Student 3: "FIRING!"
Student 1: "Ow! my nose is bleeding!"