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."
It is my plan to not stop shaving until OJ catches the real killer. I'm surprised that I haven't been interviewed by the media...
Ewww. Ewww. Ewwww.
[sprays febreze about wildly]
Bingo! It's voting day, and that's my vote and has been my opnion for quite some time now ...
We're in good company ... Rush thinks he may be no longer hogging oxygen ...
It's a good thing he wasn't around making the same threat about Hitler in WWII...lol
Geeez,,,first no marriage by Brad until gay marriage becomes legal. And NOW no shaving until Osama is caught?...LOL
These threats are soooooooooooooooooo intimidating. /s
It looks like Osama has also decided not to shave until he has been caught as well.
Maybe he would change his mind if Mrs. Weddle decided not to shave her legs until he shaves his face. Just a thought ...
Unfortunately, in our system, some of the stupid aren't weeded-out with enough alacrity. :{)
It's not surprising to me that people engage in meaningless endeavors--what surprised me is that it MAKES NEWS anywhere outside his own home! Who cares? Geeez.
Big deal. My husband hasn't shaved in 37 years.
But I do make sure that he shaves his ear hair.
True enough, one must never forget the agenda of the publisher.
Look under the rocks at Torra Borra and you will find OBL....they have been doing a rummy of a job keeping this bast... alive!!
I'm declaring an end to my social life until he's caught.
Then again, I didn't have a social life before this all started, either.
Does someone have an email address for this guy? I think he needs a copy of this thread.
I'm not going to shave until Vannity learns English grammar.
I'm not going to shave until the Democrats show respect for America and support our military.
Love the graphic!
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