Teacher who vowed not to shave until bin Laden was caught or killed finally shaves

[stevedeshazer]

Link: http://www.dailyastorian.com/free/teacher-who-vowed-not-to-shave-until-bin-laden-was/article_a8860868-74d2-11e0-afbf-001cc4c03286.html

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. - A teacher who vowed nearly 10 years ago not to cut his beard until Osama bin Laden was captured or proven dead said he cried Sunday night upon hearing of the terrorist's death.

"I spent my first five minutes crying and then I couldn't get it off fast enough," said Gary Weddle, 50, who lives in East Wenatchee but teaches middle school science in Ephrata.

Weddle has wanted to cut his beard for years. His wife, Donita, has wanted him to cut it, too. But for Weddle a vow is a vow and so he hadn't even trimmed it until Sunday night.

Weddle was a substitute teacher in Wenatchee when the infamous al-Qaeda terrorist attack occurred on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, killing 3,000 Americans. Weddle was so caught up in the news that he neglected to shave. A week or so later, he vowed not to shave until bin Laden was captured or proven dead. He figured it would just be a month or two.

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[Taverner]

1. Now that's cool. I don't care if he's R or D, that's just cool

[KT2000]

2. That is some beard!

Very nice that he kept his commitment.

[hyphenate]

3. Whew! Thank the stars that it was a MALE

teacher. I'd hate to have one of those female teachers braiding her hairy armpits, or those few coarse hairs on her chin that might be three feet long by now. ;)

[LiberalFighter]

4. I don't think many females would even think of doing that.