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"Dale Irby is a creature of habit. The Dallas, Texas, physical education teacher wore the exact same polyester shirt and knit sweater vest for the past 40 years of yearbook photos. \nSEE ALSO: 20 Greatest Yearbook Trolls of All Time\n\n\nThe 2012-2013 Prestonwood Elementary School yearbook marks the outfit's final appearance. According to the Dallas Morning News, Irby retired after a 40-year career.\nIrby's work wardrobe consisted mainly of athletic clothes. With few formal options, he chose the shirt and sweater combo for his first yearbook photo in 1973. The following year, he accidentally repeated the outfit, he told the Dallas Morning News.\n\u201CI 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,\u201D he said.\nHis wife, Cathy, a language arts teacher, dared him to repeat the outfit for his third yearbook photo. Irby thought it would be funny to extend the prank for five years. \u201CAfter five pictures,\u201D he said, \u201CIt was like, \u2018Why stop?\u2019\u201D\nThis video, compiled by the Dallas Morning News, depicts the 40 nearly identical yearbook photos. Irby says the shirt still buttons if he \"sucks it in a little.\" \nWithout any yearbook photos in his future, Irby says he's ready to retire the ensemble. \nWhat's your yearbook outfit go-to? Share with us in the comments below.\nHomepage image courtesy of Dallas Morning News"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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