Teacher has same outfit for 40 years of photos

by veya_victaous Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:51 pm

http://www.zgeek.com/dale-irby-you-legend/

"Dale Irby is retiring after 40 years. And so is his yearbook outfit.

For his entire career at Prestonwood Elementary in the Richardson school district in Texas, the physical education teacher wore the same disco-era shirt and dirt-colored sweater each year for his yearbook picture.

At first, Irby told the Dallas Morning News, it was an accident when he wore the same outfit in the yearbook two years in a row.

“I was so embarrassed when I got the school pictures back that second year and realized I had worn the very same thing as the first year,” he said.

Then his wife, Cathy, dared him to make it three....."

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20130629-richardson-teacher-s-retirement-ends-one-last-echo-of-disco-fashion.ece

by veya_victaous Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:53 pm

Video also show that styles in Glasses frames seems to have come back around. Rolling Eyes

by Ben Reilly Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:49 pm

That was really cool -- wish they'd had the years by the photos, though. I thought it was bittersweet to see how long he looked basically the same, and then age really started smacking him around toward the end ...