2007 Paul: I love it here in Michigan, but with these Midwest summers, I feel like I don’t get enough use out of these pool toys. Seems so wasteful. Maybe I should find a job down south somewhere…
Ken: You know, I don’t like the control system. I don’t like to carpeted field. I don’t like when my opponent triples my score.
Paul: I’ll suggest something to Dave, but you’ll have to wait until 2009. I’ve been told the 2008 is already planned.
Ken: “Hey Paul - just look at all these red and blue ringers next to each other. This reminds me of my favorite color - purple. I sure do like purple.”
Paul (distracted by a stray aluminum rivet on the floor): “Why don’t you marry it, then…ooooh, a shiny!!!”
Ken to Paul: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
Paul: “I think so, but where are we going to get 2000 rivets?”
Ken: “Maybe we could get some from Team 1501.”
Ken: You take the blue ringer - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want it to believe. You take the red ringer - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Paul: Now, Ken, let me get this straight. YOU were the one who suggested a water-slide game to the GDC, right? And then it snowed at the events back home, so we had an ice slide instead of a waterslide, right?
Ken: That’s what happened.
Paul: So YOU get to tell the kids that all that training went for nothing and we can’t do anything because both of our robots flipped over on entry to the pool, riiiight?
Paul: “You know, Ken, I always thought of these game pieces as giant Gummy Lifesavers. I always got really hungry during team practices”
Ken: “Oh, me too, but I never got hungry during our practices. With a team of hungry dog-- I mean, students with power tools, we didn’t see much of the game pieces for a lot of the season.”
Paul: …but I want to play on Einstein again. sniff
Ken: Man, you went all the way last year. Most people never get that far. I doubt that I’ll ever have a chance at another World Championship and you might have to get used to that idea too. Unless you think you’re better than Beatty or something.
Paul: SIGH You’re right. It’s all about inspiring people anyway, isn’t it.
Ken: Absolutely. You rock!
Paul: This mentoring stuff never stops for you, does it?
Ken: Nope.
Paul: It’s no wonder they call you Captain America!
