04/07: What is a Tilbilly?
All my life I've lived in Tilbury. I've always been an "off colour" element in Tilbury, a bit of a geek, not your standard Tilburian. I try to avoid most of the Tilbillys and just observe their behaviour from a distance, it's often very entertaining. I've been fighting the Tilbilly element in me for years. For those who don't know, a Tilbilly is a delightfully unrefined, uneducated person that lives in Tilbury, Ontario. There are many different things that can make you a Tilbilly - I've come up with 20 simple true/false statements to help you figure out if you are infact a Tilbilly.
If you can answer true to any of these statements, you might be a Tilbilly
1) You live in Tilbury, Ontario.
2) You've had your drivers license suspended for DUI.
3) You ride a bike everywhere you go, because you lost your car to alcohol related debt.
4) You spend in excess of $20 a night on alcohol.
5) You enjoy the activity "standing up town" watching traffic go by.
6) You are under 18 and have more than one child with more than one person of the opposite sex.
7) You kill small animals for sport with small arms such as pellet guns or 22cal rifles.
8) You are not employed and consider having more children as "a source of income".
9) You wear more than one piece of nascar attire at a time.
10) You have never heard of "The Internet".
11) You shop at "St. Vincent De Paul".
12) You rummage through the donations bin at "St. Vincent De Paul" afterhours before they have a chance to pickup the donations the following morning.
13) You start shopping for a new snowmobile every year in August.
14) You snowmobile in October on the first frost of the year.
15) You have been in more than 1 alcohol induced snowmobile accident.
16) To you Orange lined camoflauge hunting jackets are "cool".
17) You drive an american pickup, and have more than one decal on the rear window of "Calvin" pissing on the other big american and asian car manufacturers.
18) You cut your own mullet.
19) You still give the "peace" sign as a drive by greeting.
20) You consider a mustard-stained 1987 aerosmith world tour t-shirt as acceptable wedding attire.
I'd say if you answer true to 3 or more of these statements, you're certainly a Tilbilly.
If you can answer true to any of these statements, you might be a Tilbilly
1) You live in Tilbury, Ontario.
2) You've had your drivers license suspended for DUI.
3) You ride a bike everywhere you go, because you lost your car to alcohol related debt.
4) You spend in excess of $20 a night on alcohol.
5) You enjoy the activity "standing up town" watching traffic go by.
6) You are under 18 and have more than one child with more than one person of the opposite sex.
7) You kill small animals for sport with small arms such as pellet guns or 22cal rifles.
8) You are not employed and consider having more children as "a source of income".
9) You wear more than one piece of nascar attire at a time.
10) You have never heard of "The Internet".
11) You shop at "St. Vincent De Paul".
12) You rummage through the donations bin at "St. Vincent De Paul" afterhours before they have a chance to pickup the donations the following morning.
13) You start shopping for a new snowmobile every year in August.
14) You snowmobile in October on the first frost of the year.
15) You have been in more than 1 alcohol induced snowmobile accident.
16) To you Orange lined camoflauge hunting jackets are "cool".
17) You drive an american pickup, and have more than one decal on the rear window of "Calvin" pissing on the other big american and asian car manufacturers.
18) You cut your own mullet.
19) You still give the "peace" sign as a drive by greeting.
20) You consider a mustard-stained 1987 aerosmith world tour t-shirt as acceptable wedding attire.
I'd say if you answer true to 3 or more of these statements, you're certainly a Tilbilly.
Joe wrote:
I'd like to state for the record that you made the cut-off to being a Tilbilly 3 because you answered true to 2 of them. I'm guessing that but I'm pretty sure that is in fact the case because I only know of 2 of those that would apply to you.