Dave Lavery

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1 Synopsis
2 Random Facts
3 See Dave Live
4 Dave Work Poem- By Dave Lavery
5 Related (Literally!) Links
6 External Links

Synopsis

It's not because the kids look up to him that [Dave] gets picked on, it's really because it's just so much fun. - Heidi Foster

It is hard to try to sum him up. He's rather mysterious, and FIRSTers are always running into ancedotes about him. Some think he is the Che Guevara of the FIRST revolution, at least in the fact that his face has turned into a subcultural meme, forever associated with "That's Pimp." In the early nineties Dave was a wholesome NASA engineer with a penchant for those little black ties NASA loves so much. He looked like this, well at least when he was on grainy public access:

In recent years we've seen the development of a newer, more edgy Dave, focus group tested to be "down" with today's youth.

Pimp Pin on the big screen

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Random Facts

Became a finalist for the Woodie Flowers Award at the 2005 Chesapeake Regional
Works at NASA Headquarters (On the Mars Exploration Rover project, and others)
Teller of the Tooth story.
Was taken away by aliens at the VCU regional last year.
Has a t-shirt: "My other car is on Mars"
His teammate Heidi is fond of photoshopping the dignity out of him.
Embarrassed by the exclamation: "That's Pimp" (unconfirmed)(is now embarrassed of his crazy badger dance - see birthday link)
Has a remarkable fashion-sense, usually appearing in incredibly stylish Hawaiian shirts. (Usually only at robotics competitions or special robotics events.)
He is the Krispy Kreme King.
He loves badgers, mushrooms, and snakes. See Dave Lovin' His Badgers
Has three "Davelings", the youngest being a vicious female who enjoys abusing FIRSTers. Sean Lavery is the first Daveling to reach the robotics team.
Dave is reported to be able to fly like a nun. (confirmed)
Also, according to Sean, Dave is rather psychotic. (unconfirmed)
At one point, Dave was within weeks of being put on TLC's "What Not To Wear." His Hawaiian shirt collection was saved only when the producers cancelled.
A Virginia Tech Alumni (B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Goofiness)

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See Dave Live

The key to Dave's Office:

If Humphrey (a pink flamingo) is in my chair, it means I am on travel and not in the office today.
If I am in my chair, it means I am not on travel and am in the office today.
If I am not in my chair, and Humphrey is not in my chair, it means I am lost and probably wandering the halls looking for my office.

see past sightings of Dave

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Dave Work Poem- By Dave Lavery

This is Dave's office
This is where Dave works
Work, Dave, work!

Do you see Dave?
Is he working?
If Dave is not here,
then he is working somewhere else
Work, Dave, work!

Do you see Opus?
Opus is a penguin.
From the Antarctic.
Penguins don't work (much).
Don't work, Opus, don't work!

Do you see Humphrey?
Humphrey is a flamingo
He doesn't work either
Don't work, Humphrey, don't work!

Humphrey and Opus help Dave work
by answering most of his e-mail.
But they can't really help much
because their feathers keep
getting stuck in the keyboard.
That is why most of Dave's messages
look like this:

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