"Quotes" that were said during build season

[apalrd]

Week 2-3 ish:

(Jim is busy folding the first piece of sheet metal for the chassis)
Tim (founding mentor):Jim, we need to discuss a bot beautification plan
Jim (lead mentor): Look out in the hallway and tell me what you see
Tim: I see robots from 2002 to 2009 with clear plastic and honeycomb on them. What should we do this year?
Jim: Why don't we do what we always do?


Two Saturdays ago:
"Mom" (Carolyn): Hey, Jim, look at this!
(Mom motions to large bee-hive shaped 8-sided display board, roughly 4 feet by 4 feet square)
Jim: That isn't going in the pits is it?
Mom: No, its for Chairmans.
(Mom wheels bee-hive to cad room)
Eric: That isn't going in the pits, is it?
(everyone assumes it will go in the pits)


This Saturday:
"We tested the lifter. We estimate it can lift 1 yharmatter. (Eric)"
"Wow. That's alot."


Norman: You post on that quotes thread way to much.


"I had an idea for chairmans. Since we are over on words, lets remove some spaces and combine words. We could make the whole essay one big German word."


Mom: "If anyone isn't doing anything, they can come with me and make antennas."
(everyone asks mentors if there is anything to do)

[waiakea2024]

"the code is perfect! i fixed it so the robot will move smoothly...okay well youd better move just in case..."

[Sharkbyte]

While downloading code:
"Hey, do you think if I stand on the cable, the code will download slower?"

While wiring: (Note: John=programmer, Eric=Electrical)
John: "It's not working."
Eric: "Maybe it's a bad wire."
John: "Maybe it's not programmed correctly."
Eric: "Programmed wires?"
John: "Yep, you can overclock them too."
Eric: "Overclocking them in the sense of running too much current through them? I guess it's like overclocking a processor then, it gets hot, starts on fire, and then things start blowing up."

[keehun]

The hole is too deep!

Perfectly set up for "That's what she said!" =p

[tanguma26]

ok we are worn out from this week and everything comes out sounding totally wrong so this is what happened

(i was using the vaccume to clean up shavings under the robot and our frame is made from 80-20)(there was a thread fastener in it...)

me: omg this is so cool i can make the thingy move back and forth
mentor: what are you talking about
me: look its so cool
mentor: oh your sucking the nuts to make them come

(everyone busts out laughing and i nearly fall out of chair because of the statment)

[carolynn4848]

Originally Posted by tanguma26

ok we are worn out from this week and everything comes out sounding totally wrong so this is what happened

(i was using the vaccume to clean up shavings under the robot and our frame is made from 80-20)(there was a thread fastener in it...)

me: omg this is so cool i can make the thingy move back and forth
mentor: what are you talking about
me: look its so cool
mentor: oh your sucking the nuts to make them come

(everyone busts out laughing and i nearly fall out of chair because of the statment)

*is laughing while my dad gives me a weird look*

[StephLee]

Erik: Why is there a bag on the control panel?
James: It's covering the switch of randomness, I keep flipping it and it confuses me.


(After half the claw fell off during testing) Awww, it's got a boo-boo! Bring it here, let me kiss it...

[FRC4ME]

From the first page:

Originally Posted by Eldarion

"I just have to tune the PID loop!"!"

...and he still isn't finished.

[GillSt.Bernards]

"Marshall stop using the stable gun on your shoe"

[Dad1279]

"Hello Officers" ....

..... when we stayed at the school late one night, and didn't realize the alarm turned on automatically at midnight!

[kjolana1124]

Originally Posted by Eldarion

"I just have to tune the PID loop!"

"It's still downloading!"

We say that one a lot xD

Also a favorite from last year's pep rally:

Parent: And what happens if the mentors find out a human player throws a moon rock into your own trailer?
Matt: Ohhhh there will be yelling...

It became almost a catchphrase and even went onto our shirts for the mentors.

[Jreed129]

While brain storming for our animation, the head animation mentor said:
"Animation is like the illegitamate red-headed step child that nobody wants."


this is really amussing with all the speculation about animation and how long it will be around....

[Jesse177]

One of the best quotes I heard came about 3:00 AM Saturday morning before the UTC Scrimmage
"Lets reinforce the Duct tape with duct tape"

And another from the same team member

J: "Why did you make it like that?"

D: "I made it to the dimensions you gave me"

J: "Why would you listen to me?"

[Collin Fultz]

Me to the students: "It wasn't a mistake...it was an engineering miscalculation."

One student at the open-house: "And due to an 'engineering miscalculation'..." he said as he smirked at me in the audience

[S1LK0124]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

Me to the students: "It wasn't a mistake...it was an engineering miscalculation."

One student at the open-house: "And due to an 'engineering miscalculation'..." he said as he smirked at me in the audience

I'd like to hear more about that! Lol