Back in olden times, when a young man and lady got married, the dowry often included livestock and farmland. In this photograph, Josh displays the dowry for a FIRST mentor’s daughter.
My, how the times have changed.
I dare you to drink all this and then sit on that record player on the second shelf while we douse you in water and throw unpopped popcorn kernels at you.
As you can see, our team barely has enough supplies for half the students for one week. Thats we we need you donations today! Call now at 1-800-FEED-587 and you can help a starving team member today.
Kid in picture: This is where the food and drinks are stored for an emergency robotics meeting. We meet here when a possible snowstorm breaks out and our robot is still in shambles.
(DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to offend or make assumptions about the team. It’s just a caption.)
587 has finished modifying their crate for the first public demonstration of the unconfirmed “ship the freshmen” approach to finishing the robot by week 1.
This picture was taken 5 seconds before josh announced to the team “Free Food and Drink!” What we can’t show is the stampede that resulted.
Josh is recovering nicely and will be on his feet in a week or two.
Inspired by recent movie offerings, 587 has designed a robot that transforms to resemble an pile of refreshments when other teams are scouting their pit.
Update: 587 had a pile of refreshments confiscated from their pit for violating the “no food or drinks in the pit” rule.
“I threw away that pile of useless parts and filled the space with something much more useful…Wha-? That pile of useless parts was our robot!!! ooops…”
“Here we have Billfred’s personal food storage. Since it can often take him days to judge a caption contest and he doesn’t want to get up for anything, Billfred keeps all the standard rations within five feet of his computer.”