Just Jack Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 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? 18 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 all the time shopping, at a town event, cutting Christmas trees, at airports. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute 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? Down here in Florida. it is always go Bills and a go bills response. Sometimes we have broke into the Shout Song in the Store as well. LOL 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Don't see why not. Go XYZ when two fans meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 All day everyday--I'll say it and it's been said to me plenty of times also. The only thing that gets awkward is if I apparently didn't say it loud enough and the fellow fan doesn't respond at first--then my wife & or kids look at me funny like why did you just say that to us.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blainorama5 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Especially fun to do AWAY from Buffalo (I'm in the Albany area). Happens all the time at gas stations. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Somehow, "F*** Gase!" in the metropolitan NYC area would be expected at 0-5, or 5-0. Tough crowd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I'm always, Go Bills or nice hat or shirt up here around Saratoga. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 It's the "Aloha" for Western NYers. 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, MAJBobby said: Down here in Florida. it is always go Bills and a go bills response. Sometimes we have broke into the Shout Song in the Store as well. LOL I still shake my head at how many Bills fans I run into down here in FL.....just NUTS! Met some awesome people so far and I have only been hear 3 years!!! Go BILLS indeed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 15 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? Absolutely. And my wife thinks I'm crazy every time I do it. The funny thing is, she will occasionally wear Bills gear in public and every time she does, someone yells out Go Bills or comments about being a Bills fan and it seems to catch her off guard every time. (she is a casual fan, who mostly cheers for the Bills because I do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoon Blues Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Happens quite a bit here in my part of Florida as well. Hard to see the welcome smiles with the masks when we exchange "Go Bills" but starting to see a lot of Bills masks here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltonWaddams Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 We are such a rarity in my neck of the woods that it starts with a “Go Bills” and continues on to a 30 minute conversation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I don't see many Bills fans in the Midwest, but when I do, I always say, "Go Bills!" My wife doesn't think it's weird. (Or if she does, she's never mentioned it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Mike Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 The wife and I are in the Atlanta area these days, often one of us has something Bills on and we either hear that or say it all the time. Probably happens about once/week on average. Sometimes followed up with a short conversation but mostly just the "Go Bills" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 39 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? I use those words out here in Colorado every time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Always. I thought that was a given between Bills fans (especially if you are out of state). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Saw a guy on the strip in front of the Fountains at Bellagio. "Go Bills". It's a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 All the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills fan since 87 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Everywhere. All over the world, got one while vacationing in Portugal with the wife. She was like "you Bills fans" to which I smiled and thought, yep us Bills fans. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Either that or a "Let's go Buffalo" here in VA. There are a few of us around this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist_to_open Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 All the time here in Virginia Beach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills8323 Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-billsfan! Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NI Bills Fan Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBobs Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Regular occurrence down here in the DMV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaccof Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, BuffaloBobs said: Regular occurrence down here in the DMV Department of Motor Vehicles? Which office? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedbuffaloblue Posted October 22, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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