Posted on 09/12/2006 3:12:05 PM PDT by kingattax
EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) - After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Gary Weddle began following the news so closely he forgot to shave. After a week he decided not to shave until Osama bin Laden had been caught or killed.
Nor has Weddle, 46, who expected the al-Qaida leader to be caught within a month or so, trimmed his facial hair in the succeeding five years as he went from substitute teacher to science instructor at Ephrata Middle School.
At the start of each school year he gives students a brief explanation of his beard, which stretches more than a foot long and has started turning gray.
"I still get emotional over the families who lost loved ones. I just don't feel there's any closure on this until they get that guy," Weddle told The Wenatchee World for an article published Monday. "I don't have to know anyone personally who lost family in 9/11 to understand the devastation that he's responsible for."
His wife Donita hates the beard, while their three daughters, who attend Eastmont High School in East Wenatchee, don't mind and "mostly their boyfriends think it's cool," Weddle said.
He said he would keep the beard, untrimmed, as long as bin Laden remains at large - "even if I get buried with it."
That's it, I'm not changing my underwear until he's caught.
Cuz he's DEAD!
Hey, if his beard gets long enough, maybe we can arrest him and call him Osama.
I believe there is a Minnesota Vikings fan who swore that he wouldn't shave his beard until the team made it back to the Super Bowl. Their last appearance was during the final days of the Ford administration.
I'm not marrying Angelina Jolie until Bin Laden is caught.
Let's just hope no one mistakes him for "the Tall one".
He's likely dead.
No pic of this Gary Weddle?
Looks like he isn't going to be gettin any from his wife for a long time.
i couldnt find one
wait..you're supposed to change it??????????? ROFL
And I'm not emptying the dishwasher or taking out the trash. We have to draw the line somewhere.
For some this reminds me of the guy who said, "If I can't get an extra-dry martini and a medium-rare steak served to me within fifteen minutes, then the terrorists have already won."
Ha...his wife should pack his bags and tell him to go look for him, since he's probably starting to look like him.
Last week there was a thread about a guy who hasn"t wore shoes since 1972. He is waiting until we win the Vietnam war.
Now THATS what I call a handlebar moustache.
wore = worn. lol
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