Volunteer: Okay, let’s take it from the top. [sing]I’m a little teapot, short and stout / Here is my handle, here is my sp–[/sing] No, no, no! You’re supposed to keep your left hand on your hip! For the ten-thousandth time, teapots don’t have two spouts!
Inspector: “You only need to answer one simple question: ‘Why is Billfred using this in the Caption Contest 187 weeks early?’”
Student: “I don’t know!”
Inspector: “Bzzzt, wrong answer. As punishment, Dan will be assigned as FTA and have to debug the field system in Week 1, working through all meal breaks.”
Despite having volunteered to drive the robot for a match, renowned code monkey David had no idea how to turn on the robot. After the match, a disgruntled drive team would have no more of the line, “it’s a hardware problem.”
Lunacy mentoring during the skills practice test for YMCA:
Exactly what part of Y don’t you understand? You know your team has gone ape over the fact that you have qualified for this, so no monkey business - I mean it.
469 team member: Y oh I thought you wanted WHY?
Lunacy mentor: Why would I ask for Why when I know why and only want Y?
Ok, you’ve got M, now C.
469 team member: Now see what?
Lunacy mentor: mutters what is he going to do when we get to the Chicken Dance? ok… C …
FIRST in Michigan event volunteer, holding menu: “Where in the world is Dan Swando? I can’t decide between the hamburger and the salad for the volunteer lunch, and I need him to make the call!!! He always gets it right, dangit!!!”
FIRST in Michigan Student: “I don’t know. He’s not here. The FiM people told me he was off on ‘special assignment’. Try Ohio.”
[npoe] In case you were wondering…personal bias toward parties involved in relevant discussion topic…neutral. [/npoe]
Guy on Right: “OK, in this scene I want you the extrapolate Pi to the 1000th position.”
Student: Good Gosh man, I’m a high school student not Woodie Flowers!"
