\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 ...You think "Cookie" is a "who", not a "what". ...You think "Rockpile" is a "what", not a "who". ...You know what "Best Exit" means. ...Your idea of a quarterback controversy is Kemp-Lamonica. ...You remember that the only Bills home game that your Mom ever wanted to see in person was against the Los Angeles Rams, and that was because the Rams brought along Jim Nabors to sing the national anthem. ...You don't think that Bruce Smith is the greatest NFL defensive lineman of all time. Shoot, you don't think that he is the greatest BILLS defensive lineman of all time (see Sestak, Tom). ...Your dad took you to Bills games while wearing a fedora and a tie with a tie clip. …Today, you have the strongest bladder of anyone in your office because, as a kid, it was either “hold it” or use the bathrooms at War Memorial Stadium. …You have neck problems in your middle age because you spent most of the time in your youth watching Bills games in person while straining your neck in your seat while trying to look around a pole. …Your idea of a sideline reporter is Dick Rifenburg. …You thought that your Dad was the coolest because he left High Mass early with you so that you wouldn’t miss the opening kickoff. …Your dad drove to the game, parked his car on the East Side, and the car was undamaged when he returned. …You thought that Pete Gogolak was a sissy because he wasn’t a linebacker or lineman like all the other kickers in the league. …You can still identify the smell of a warm Genny spilled on wood seats and concrete. …Your parents thought that Miami was a neat place full of warm weather, people their age, and Jackie Gleason. …Your Dad would go to the game with you and would sit through rain, sleet, snow and gloom of night so that he see that twinkle-towed sissy boy Joe Namath get slapped around by Ron McDole. …More than once, you saw a Bill in the off-season in Buffalo working his part-time job as a steelworker / laborer / truck driver. …You remember snow fences and a cinder track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Qualify on every one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 ...You have heard of the team that the Bills were named after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 (Raises right hand proudly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 ...have had your heart broken by a devastating loss, oh wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Most excellent post, GBID I guess I've been a Bills fan too long! (Oh hey, I just loved the Jackie Gleason Show!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Outstanding!! I also qualify on all. One exception. We had to go to Mass on Saturday or very early Sunday because we left the house at 10:00 am for Jefferson and Best!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bflojohn Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 If you remember Dan Daraugh (sic) at QB..... Oh my goodness!! Not to mention Ed Rutkowski giving it a good effort?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 A long time....but NEVER too long! Remember Howard Cosell introducing the MNF halftime show by saying..."Miami's got the oranges.....but Buffalo's got the JUUUCE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Right hand also raised. Charter member! Great post!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 If you remember Dan Daraugh (sic) at QB..... Oh my goodness!! Not to mention Ed Rutkowski giving it a good effort?! C'mon man, ya can't reference '68 QB's then just drop a couple names. Ya gotta make rollcall: Kemp Flores Darragh Stephenson Wyche Russell Rutkowski Heck, I think even Bob Tatarek ran a few plays.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 C'mon man, ya can't reference '68 QB's then just drop a couple names. Ya gotta make rollcall: Kemp Flores Darragh Stephenson Wyche Russell Rutkowski Heck, I think even Bob Tatarek ran a few plays.. Talk about a year full of futility, 1968. Mini Max Anderson....remember him? QB injury carousel, Budding County Exec playing QB, and our only win came against the Jets when The Bills picked off 5 or6 Joe Namath throws, with Janik returning a couple of those for scores if I recall correctly. Note: Jets went on to beat Baltimore in SB III to finish that season.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneonta Buffalo Fan Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 ......you have a heart surgery every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 One more addition You can remember when there were no nets behind the goal posts. And laugh watching the police trying to chase some little kid who caught the ball, racing through the aisles at the Rockpile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 ......you have a heart surgery every week. Heart surgery is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneonta Buffalo Fan Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 One more ......you can't watch the final drive of a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Nice list. Let me confess me ignorance, and please someone enlighten me, Best Exit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 ...You don't think that Bruce Smith is the greatest NFL defensive lineman of all time. Shoot, you don't think that he is the greatest BILLS defensive lineman of all time (see Sestak, Tom). April 3, 1987 Former Bills star DT Tom Sestak died of a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hansen Forever Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Outstanding, especially the comment about the neck pain...my father always got tickets behind the poles...cause it was cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 (Raises right hand proudly) Put the beer down first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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