Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo

gregmon writes "An Austrian follower of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has finally won the right to don the religious headgear of his choosing (a spaghetti strainer) in his driving license photo. After a three year battle with the un-enlightened Austrian authorities, Niko Aim can now wear his colander in all official photos."

Comments

Heresy

[Alex Belits]

That must be some heretical Pastafarian sect. Traditional Pastafarians wear pirate hats, not strainers.

Re:Heresy

[Shag]

Clearly some sort of Eastern/Byzantine Orthodox Pastafarian. Probably celebrates all the key holy days a week off, too.

Re:Heresy

[williamhb]

That must be some heretical Pastafarian sect. Traditional Pastafarians wear pirate hats, not strainers.

I just think it'd be fun to see the follow-up each time he's pulled over for any kind of traffic check in the next five years.
Excuse me, sir can I see your license please. Thank you. Yes, it's all in order, except... why aren't you wearing your confessional pasta strainer today? Go on, you said it's a religious requirement, put it on!

Re:Heresy

[Evtim]

Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"

He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me, too! What franchise?" He said, "Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?" He said, "Northern Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"

He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region." I said, "Me, too!"

Northern ConservativeBaptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912." I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.

Re:Heresy

[mcgrew]

Q: Why won't Southern Baptists have sex standing up?

A: They're afraid someone will see them and think they're dancing.

Re:Heresy

[Oxford_Comma_Lover]

And you Jehova's Witnesses, GET OFF MY LAWN!

My grandmother had a better solution. When the Jehova's Witnesses came over, she told them they could talk to her if they changed the tire on her truck.

They did, so it really worked out quite well.

Heh.

[Anonymous Coward]

That's using his noodle.

Re:Meh

[Spigot the Bear]

Do you feel that a driving an automobile does not require a license that shows at least minimum capacity to actually operate said vehicle?

You just don't understand Libertarianism. In Libertarian Fantasy Land (tm), the Free Market (tm) solves all problems. Got run over by a guy without a license? Guess you'd better vote with your wallet next time!

Re:What an ass

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Those people, who ordinarily would keep their faith to themselves, get pissed off at the trolls and fight back.

You, er, might want to re-calibrate your sample...

Re:Why not?

[evanism]

Being a bit snippy aren't we ;)

Re:Why not?

[c0mpliant]

Seems more testy to me

Re:Un-enlightened Austrian authorities? No.

[Dexter Herbivore]

To be fair, given enough extremely good weed...

Re:Typical suppression of Rights and Morality.

[Anonymous Coward]

Hence the psychiatric evaluation.

Re:Not quite the entire story

[Andy_R]

Actually, I think they probably would do a psychiatric evaluation on anyone who attempted to wear a mutilated penis on their head in an Australian driving licence photo.