"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by fortinj1354

"Why does the build site smell like a bonfire?"

Ours smelled like a bonfire because our work shop (graciously loaned to us by a parent) was heated with a wood stove.

[jeleser]

Not really during build season, but last week in class (our robotics team is run as a class for an elective credit), I was half asleep with a headache, and while organizing the tool chest:
R: *pulls out small box of random drill bits* This definitely needs to be organized.
Me: Yeah, just a bit.
R: Ha, I see what you did there...
Me: What? Oh, wait...

"WHERE THE HE11 ARE MY STRIPPERS???" (Wire strippers)

[ghandler94]

Washington DC Pit Admin: "Team #### is looking for a robot. Team #### lost their glass slipper, if you've found it, please return it to Pit Admin before midnight........"

...oh lunch break

[Kyoshirin]

C: Safety glasses are hard hats for engineers!

Mentor: What happened to you? You're all covered in mud!
Me: Yeah, I got in a fight with centripetal force. And lost.
(There was a merry-go-round outside the loading dock at states. Had some fun with members from Frog Force and Virus)

[bam-bam]

Originally Posted by ghandler94

Washington DC Pit Admin: "Team #### is looking for a robot. Team #### lost their glass slipper, if you've found it, please return it to Pit Admin before midnight........"

...oh lunch break

You do know that this is illegal by the rule book, right?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by bam-bam

You do know that this is illegal by the rule book, right?

It is also a frequently-ignored part of the rule book. If Pit Admin wants to not make that announcement, they can choose to say that no, I can't do that, I have to keep the microphone for official announcements.

Most Pit Admin people, however, figure that both they and the teams need something to break up the "Teams X, Y, Z, report to queuing immediately... Team A needs tool B... No running in the pits" announcements, and ignore the rule if there's open time on the mic.

[Lledargo]

If it is all in good fun, what is the problem. It is not like a Pit admin would choose to make a joke over making a real announcement, so why not give the people working in the pits a bit of humor when they can?

[rtfgnow]

Originally Posted by Lledargo

If it is all in good fun, what is the problem. It is not like a Pit admin would choose to make a joke over making a real announcement, so why not give the people working in the pits a bit of humor when they can?

I can see the fun in it, but it could get out of hand. If I got the announcer to say "703 is looking for a left handed screwdriver", would you be having fun?

What about the people that spend ten minutes trying to find an adjustable metric wrench to lend a team? Are they having fun?

What about the people in a pinch trying to get to the field in time but pause to hear an announcement?

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

I can see the fun in it, but it could get out of hand. If I got the announcer to say "703 is looking for a left handed screwdriver", would you be having fun?

What about the people that spend ten minutes trying to find an adjustable metric wrench to lend a team? Are they having fun?

What about the people in a pinch trying to get to the field in time but pause to hear an announcement?

I would go find their pit and shake their hands and have some friendly dialog. The pits can have some flared tempers and human congestion; it's good to know we're at the competition to have more fun than anyone else will that weekend.

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"Jack, why did you run over the minibot?"
"I didn't mean to!"
"You did three times until it got stuck in the drive train."
"Oh. Well, that's why we made three."

[flippy147852]

At Chipotle

"Wow, this burrito weighs more than the minibot!"

[Zuelu562]

At BAE/GSR (It happened while I was in the queuing line): "Ladies and Gentlemen in the pits: We have had our first request for a flux capacitor!"

[Kyoshirin]

(I'm sorry about this long lead-up to the actual content. A thorough understanding of what you are about to hear is necessary for it to actually make sense)
About half of the people on our robotics team is an avid member of our schools table tennis club.
Today one of these multi-club members (MCM) was setting up a table, whose net-holder-bot was stripped at and around the length of the threads required to apply any force to the table.
Our club meets in the cafeteria. One of the other MCMs notices him walking toward the broken net-holder, holding three wrapped straws and two plastic knives.
MCM 1 looks MCM 2 in the eyes and says with a straight face:
"It's OK. I've got tools."

[Kusha]

"Our robot is now can-bus free"

[Barngirl425]

Juliet: "I love him but he is being so awkward and everything"
Katelyn: "And that is how babies are brought into this world"

Announcer: If you have lost anything or found anything please report it to the pit admin
Me: My sanity?
Announcer: al except the following items mind, sanity and dignity
Audrey: its like he knows you
Me: me does

Programmer: Honestly my dignity is public property

Teacher: No getting hit by cars. Getting dead is a red card
Me: I dont see anything in the rules about it
Teacher: No getting dead! Getting dead is a permanent red card!

2495!
2495!
2495!
Plus shipping and handling

"nick is a female Hitler"

Mr. G: "What Mrs. G doesnt know is that my dancing is a male mating ritual"

Our safty captain spelled safety wrong so he is no longer safety captain he is safty captain and that lead to many quotes
"Safty captain save us!"
Safty FIRST!

Nate: "Im trying to stop it but it has a mind of its own! Its sensitive it has emotions too, love and rage!"
CJ: "That is two more emotions then nate has"
Ben: "nate has two emotions, sadness and hunger"

"Elegant? We are not going to put it in an evenging gown"

"Ahhh the mini bot is evil!"
"Napoleonic Complex"

Programmer: "Wait I understand the programming now!"

Mr. G "When people ask us how we build the robot we answer we pimp out our girls.
CJ: "Hormones and Duct tape"