Dale Irby, a school teacher from Dallas, Texas wore the same polyester shirt and vest for his yearbook photo for 40 years.
What started as an accident became a running joke
that never got old. A sports teacher, Irby usually wore clothes
suitable for exercise. He picked the vest and shirt combination in
order to look presentable for his first yearbook photo in 1973 and
accidentally repeated the outfit the following year.
His wife dared him to repeat the outfit for a third year. Instead, Irby continued the joke for a further five years.
After the five years was up, Irby thought, “why stop?” Irby
retired this year after 40 years of teaching. Whether he plans to
retire the running joke is unknown. Read more
