Wash. teacher finally shaves with bin Laden caught

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: KREM/KGW

Ephrata Middle School teacher Gary Weddle vowed on September 11, 2001 to stop shaving until Osama bin Laden was caught.

On Monday, after almost ten years, he finally shaved off his lengthy beard.

KREM 2 News covered this story back in 2003, when he had not shaved for almost two years.

At the time Weddle said, "Everyday I'm reminded that there's terrible tragedies in the world and this isn't the first and it won't be the last."

Read more: http://www.kgw.com/news/Wash-teacher-finally-shaves-with-bin-Laden-caught-121111664.html

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[Agent William]

1. I remember hearing about this story when I was last in E. Washington.

The ironic thing is that he and his beard had a striking resemblance to OBL and his beard.

[valerief]

2. I wonder if any female teachers didn't shave under their arms for the same reason. nt

[woo me with science]

3. pics

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Ironically, he ended up looking like Bin Laden.

:rofl:

[Bladian]

5. Hey you!

Stop stealing my thoughts!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. It would have been even more ironic if he got himself shot for looking like a "dirty muslin"

[freshwest]

10. That was my second thought.

[freshwest]

9. Ah, someone got there faster than I did with word ironic.

[provis99]

6. huh. This guy is just like the ancient germanic Chatti.

wouldn't cut their hair or beard until their enemy was dead.
From the Golden Bough by Frazier:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=4bT3ACjkRasC&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=cut+their+hair+until+killed+chatti&source=bl&ots=eMABfAYzVF&sig=QykejkIH4-2mFUQeRHc8oGBB6BU&hl=en&ei=_4vATaTSJNOErQHB4tG0Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

[RedCloud]

8. What was he doing shaving with bin Laden?