User:Darrylsdreams1985/Gaunches Unite

On Tuesday morning January 18,2011 Eric Knauer posted on Facebook, "Attention 86 Gaunches". I havn't seen or talked to him in years, but I posted back, "83 Gaunch reporting for duty sir!" He replied back, "We must Unite!"

From those few simple and silly words between two friends four day ago to what we have accomplished and become together tonight, we have united in an unbelievable way! 248 members, 136 pictures, pages and pages of stories, laughter, and reunions, and a party in the works! Amazing!!!!

No other group of people have held onto their bonds of friendship and their past identity as stongly and as proudly as the "Gaunches". We are one of a kind! What do you think would have happened if someone shouted out "86 Quaker Football" or Jocks Unite! You know and I know the answer to that. Not an F-ing thing! Because while we were made to look like the rebels and the outcasts, the truth is

WE WERE THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REAL AND STOOD THE TEST OF TIME!!!!

This exciting proclaimation was stated by Charles Pellien, one of the administrators of this Facebook phenomonon. People that attended the High school in Orchard Park New York are reconnecting at a furious pace and new relationships are being formed as well as old ones rekindled. Their was much discussion on defining the term "Gaunch". The final decision defines "Gaunch" as: Gaunch was a term coined by a Varsity Football player in 1977 and popularized by a Phys Ed teacher in the 1980's. The term was used as an insult but proudly embraced by a group of school age boys and girls dressed in leather and denim who liked to drink alcohol and occasionally indulge in recreational illegal substances. They would gather together often and share in their love of fast cars, loud music, and keg parties. Many "Gaunches" seem to have been in trouble with the law, ranging from misdemeanors to felonies. School was not as much a place of education but as a playground to bring teachers and administrators to their knees. Fueled by the love of a good time and an irreverence to the status quo. "Gaunches Unite" is a group currently on the popular Social networking site Facebook.