Funny things to ask for on the PA system

[Sl3dman]

Originally Posted by CaptainKirby

Some good ones I heard at the Utah Regional:

"Team ___ would like some pneumatic fluid"- we brought them an empty water bottle which they thanked us for and taped to their robot for the rest of the regional.

That happened to be our team . We didn't know how much to bring and just about ran out Thanks again 1619!

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by CaptainKirby

Some good ones I heard at the Utah Regional:

"Team ___ would like some pneumatic fluid"- we brought them an empty water bottle which they thanked us for and taped to their robot for the rest of the regional.

"Team 1619 is looking for a left-handed metric adjustable box wrench" - One team came over to our pit and asked if his adjustable was metric or US standard, another offered us some headlight fluid, and finally another team brought over a mystery tool that none of us figured out what it did.

Originally Posted by Sl3dman

That happened to be our team . We didn't know how much to bring and just about ran out Thanks again 1619!

Did you get re-inspected for making a modification to your robot?

[Pretzel]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Did you get re-inspected for making a modification to your robot?

After we brought them an empty water bottle (freshly filled with pneumatic fluid), they summarily attached it, re-inspected, and played through the playoffs with it as a part of their robot. It made my day when I looked onto the field and saw it actually on their robot!

[planetbrilliant]

At the Indianapolis District Event a couple weeks ago someone asked for a toothbrush "clean and still in it's original packaging"

[O'Sancheski]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

We always enjoyed asking for things like a "left handed ratchet" or "left handed adjustable crescent wrench." Then they staffed the pit admin with people who actually knew tools, and we just got that "....really?" look every time we tried. :/

yeah... our joke to the freshman is can you go get me a left handed metric adjustable wrench... it gets them all the time

[millerbot1]

MN Northstar Pit admin is pretty no-nonsense and sharp, but we have got away with requesting an "FTL Drive" for two years in a row.

[Dragonhawk]

just thought of this one

"team XXX is in need of three gallons of rocket fuel"

[seventhapollo]

At Lonestar this year, we enjoyed a good joke - we asked for WildTime Orbit Balls

In addition, the team immediately after us stated that they needed more pylons

[seannoseworthy]

Team 2200 is requesting aluminium magnets or 3 sticks of dynamite.

[pakratt1991]

Originally Posted by seannoseworthy

Team 2200 is requesting aluminium magnets or 3 sticks of dynamite.

Heard this in Davis one year and couldn't stop laughing.

[DinerKid]

Originally Posted by seannoseworthy

Team 2200 is requesting aluminium magnets or 3 sticks of dynamite.

We actually got one of our team members to look on page 52 1/2 of the McMaster catalog for aluminium magnets one year. He came back 45 min later and said "I couldn't find any"

~DK

[mtaman02]

I happened to like all the funny pit announcements simply because they're all funny and of course they're always announced at the right time. =). I always here the common Flux Capicator but I wouldn't mind hearing some new ones =). NYC and NJ I think was full of the funny annoucnements although I'm not too sure about SBPLI.

[TomH]

Piston return spring

[gorrilla]

Someone asked for "mojo" at the 09' Florida Regional.

I had to stop what i was doing to laugh

[FRC4ME]

I've heard "roflcopter," "pneumatic programming wrench," and, "six weeks of our lives back."