Gugny Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 50 minutes ago, Just Jack said: Anyone else do this, you see someone in a store, they have something Bills on, and as you pass you just say "Go Bills" they usually reply, and you just keep walking? My wife thinks it's strange. Do any other team fans do something similar? 100% of the time.
dollars 2 donuts Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 51 minutes ago, Just Jack said: Anyone else do this, you see someone in a store, they have something Bills on, and as you pass you just say "Go Bills" they usually reply, and you just keep walking? My wife thinks it's strange. Do any other team fans do something similar? 50 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: all the time shopping, at a town event, cutting Christmas trees, at airports. Absolutely all the time. You have to get your house in order over there, JJ, and straighten out whatever is going on with your wife. 😉 1
H2o Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 Either that or a "Let's go Buffalo" here in VA. There are a few of us around this area.
LabattBlue Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 I’m just getting old and cranky 😂, but I mostly stopped wearing Bills gear when out of town(I’m in WNY), because of this. I don’t mind if I’m sitting at a bar while on vacation, and someone wants to talk about the Bills season(if I happen to have a Bills cap on), but just randomly yelling at strangers “Go Bills”...no thank you. 1
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 59 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: Don't see why not. Go XYZ when two fans meet. XYZ fans are a holes 1
msw2112 Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 I usually exchange a quick "Go Bills" or "Go Buffalo" comment when I see people wearing Bills or Sabres gear. I was wearing a Sabres hat on the beach in southern California around Labor Day and a guy spotted me and stopped to chat - he had some kind of Bills gear on. We did the "where are you from?" and talked for a couple minutes. My favorite of these interactions was at Octoberfest in Munich a couple of years ago. I had a Bills hat on and out of nowhere I heard a couple of guys screaming "Bills Mafia!" We exchanged high-fives and moved on. I think the comradery of Buffalo natives and fans is great and seems to be much stronger than for people from other markets. I like it and take pride in my hometown and hometown teams.
ColoradoBills Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, msw2112 said: I usually exchange a quick "Go Bills" or "Go Buffalo" comment when I see people wearing Bills or Sabres gear. I was wearing a Sabres hat on the beach in southern California around Labor Day and a guy spotted me and stopped to chat - he had some kind of Bills gear on. We did the "where are you from?" and talked for a couple minutes. My favorite of these interactions was at Octoberfest in Munich a couple of years ago. I had a Bills hat on and out of nowhere I heard a couple of guys screaming "Bills Mafia!" We exchanged high-fives and moved on. I think the comradery of Buffalo natives and fans is great and seems to be much stronger than for people from other markets. I like it and take pride in my hometown and hometown teams. "Let's go Buffalo" is my Sabres fan greeting.
thenorthremembers Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 Always do a Go Bills and sometimes even go in for the high five. The only time I think twice about it is when its a female without a male companion. Feels kind of odd in that situation.
bills8323 Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 Being from the Albany area I see far too many Giants and Jets fans. You bet I hop on the opportunity to salute anybody who feels the same pain I do. Go Bills baby
jimmy10 Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Just Jack said: Anyone else do this, you see someone in a store, they have something Bills on, and as you pass you just say "Go Bills" they usually reply, and you just keep walking? My wife thinks it's strange. Do any other team fans do something similar? 100%. And the overall excitement and volume of the exchange increases at a rate proportional to my current distance from One Bills Drive.
KD in CA Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Just Jack said: Anyone else do this, you see someone in a store, they have something Bills on, and as you pass you just say "Go Bills" they usually reply, and you just keep walking? My wife thinks it's strange. Do any other team fans do something similar? It would be strange if anything different happened in that situation.
NC-billsfan! Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) Anytime I see someone in NC with Bills paraphernalia the first words out of my mouth are go Bills, I have never had a reply other than Go Bills! Edited October 27, 2020 by NC-billsfan!
NI Bills Fan Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 I often think to myself how nice it would be to walk past someone and say that... and have it said back to me with a knowing nod and a bit of a fist bump threw in for good measure. Sadly... it is extremely unlikely to happen unless I jump on a plane! Although shout out to poster 'Dont stop Billieving' who I learned last week resides a half hour away... so maybe that changes soon. Anyway... Go Bills!
BuffaloBobs Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 Regular occurrence down here in the DMV 1
MJS Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 I get that even out here in the west. 1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: XYZ fans are a holes Yeah! Such bandwagoners! 1
chaccof Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Just Jack said: Anyone else do this, you see someone in a store, they have something Bills on, and as you pass you just say "Go Bills" they usually reply, and you just keep walking? My wife thinks it's strange. Do any other team fans do something similar? Absolutely - when you don't live in WNY it sort of is a bond. I ran into a guy at the outerbanks of NC he was decked out in Bills stuff and so was I, we started talking and turned out we went to HS at the same time he in N. Tonawanda and me in Williamsville so that was cool. Wife thinks is strange but she's from Philly.
LabattBlue Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, BuffaloBobs said: Regular occurrence down here in the DMV Department of Motor Vehicles? Which office? 😂
SinceThe70s Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 I never wore Bills gear too often so 'Go Bills!' was never a thing for me. I started noticing it when my son got a bunch of 'Go Bills!' on vacation a few years ago and in some unexpected places. Since then I don't pass up the opportunity when I see someone in Bills gear. And I'm more inclined to put on a Bills shirt or hat if I'm on vacation just to see who else is out there.
Bleedbuffaloblue Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 Definitely, all the time. Here in Watertown you’d think it would happen more, but between all the Fort Drum personnel from all over the country and the Giants fans, alas not that often.
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