You've heard of the Rastaman Vibration, about Rastafarians and their music? Well then, have you heard about the Pastafarian Religion?
An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.
Later a police spokesman explained that the licence was issued because Mr Alm's face was fully visible in the photo.
"The photo was not approved on religious grounds. The only criterion for photos in driving licence applications is that the whole face must be visible," said Manfred Reinthaler, a police spokesman in Vienna.
He was speaking on Wednesday, after Austrian media had first reported Mr Alm's reason for wearing the pasta strainer.
After receiving his application the Austrian authorities had required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.
According to Mr Reinthaler, "the licence has been ready since October 2009 - it was not collected, that's all there is to it".
The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.
.A buddy of mine sent this too me thinking I'd be outraged at this guy making fun of God / religion. He was quite shocked when my ire was directed toward the over officious gub'ment jerks who dictated that regulations be put in place that made / allowed this guy (to) poke them with a sharp atheist stick!.
I have no problem with atheists, I just think they are wrong. One day, we'll ALL know who's right!
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Schteveo
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