Funny things to ask for on the PA system

[funggiss]

1825 needs 10 lbs of depleted uranium to weight there kicker
1825 needs dilithium crystals. This one they told us they would say when they ran out of real announcements

[yp673mp]

A couple members of our team were doing a scavenger hunt and one of the items was a 1/4 in pop rivit. We told them to ask other teams...we ended up hearing, "Team 2851 needs a 1/4 in pop rivit" over the PA. All for one team's free T-Shirt.

[akoscielski3]

in GTR one year some members had the announcer say Congratulations Adam, and <insert girls name here> from team 772 on the proposal!". That was soo funny

[Ankit S.]

One thing I want to do next year is "Team 2489 needs some sleep."

[SGS]

"Will everyone please return the plaid skirts to team 3103. They need them for school Monday."

We always wear our school's uniform skirt to competition and loan extras out to whomever wants to wear one (surprisingly many boys). Never would you think we have a hard time getting them back.

[lauraleeane]

Last year in St. Louis we did:
"Team 771 is looking for (name of a team member). If you see her, please return her to 771"

GTR last year, some team did:
"Team ____ has lost their marbles"
and
"Team ____ is looking for a new robot"

[Slix]

This year at Wisconsin, I asked for the elements of harmony.

Someone else on my team asked for a taser.

[2185Bilal]

we have tried
"Tom from 2185 is looking for girl-friend

[gracie.]

At buckeye a mentor told me to ask for a metric crescent wrench. i just agreed and ran to the station to ask without thinking it through... then i realized he was referring to adjustable crescent wrenches *facepalm* (you suck, arkady)
some poor fellow didn't get the joke and brought us a set of metric wrenches

[Siri]

Originally Posted by gracie.

At buckeye a mentor told me to ask for a metric crescent wrench. i just agreed and ran to the station to ask without thinking it through... then i realized he was referring to adjustable crescent wrenches *facepalm* (you suck, arkady)
some poor fellow didn't get the joke and brought us a set of metric wrenches

Au contraire, metric Crescent wrenches and adjustable metric wrenches both exist. And they are tres cool.


Note that "Crescent Wrench" has multiple official and colloquial meanings. In US vernacular, "crescent wrench" is actually a generic trademark for adjustable spanner, originating from the Crescent(R) brand of hand tools. However, the brand was not limited to adjustable wrenches, and thus metric Crescent(R) wrenches do exist. In some places a further colloquialism has developed for "crescent" as simply any open-ended wrench. (This seems to be considered incorrect more often that the proprietary eponym version though, I believe). Regardless, industry does make adjustable metric spanners, and the Crescent(R) brand is attached to some metric wrenches. However, I don't think Crescent(R) ever made adjustable metric wrenches (no "metric Crescent crescent wrenches").

[ButtonUp_Goddess]

At the Seattle Regional this year, a team asked for a Companion Cube on the PA. There was a lot of giggling in our pit due to the large amount of Portal fans.

[Macktack]

"Steve from team XXXX is looking for a prom date." (you should ask for this one around prom)

[Michael Hill]

This reminds me of my uncle who is a retired Air Force captain. He told me once when he was a aircraft mechanic, they'd tell the new guy to bring back 50 feet of flight line for the next morning.

[399thegeneral]

Originally Posted by Macktack

"Steve from team XXXX is looking for a prom date." (you should ask for this one around prom)

Or you could ask for a RoboProm date

[kalfuswi]

"Team XXXX is missing their sanity, if anyone finds it please return it at once."