Austrian driver's religious headgear strains credulity

[harvey007]

Source: BBC

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.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523

[sakabatou]

1. RAmen!

[patrice]

4. rofl!! You win!

:rofl:

[Warren Stupidity]

2. As a fellow Pastafarian I am insulted by the insinuation that

our worship of the divine noodles is somehow any more ridiculous than all the other idiotic religions of the world.

[Lucky Luciano]

5. LOL!! nt

[rhett o rick]

7. Add some Marsala sauce and I'm in. nm

[pitchforksandtorches]

8. Yes, the Church of the Reformed Alfredoists declared

Chef Boyardee and his pirates as heretics, with their tomato based sauces, leading to the great church schism that haunts us to this day.

[Warren Stupidity]

11. For a while I thought the Pestotic Schism would be the end of us.

But then we learned to mix Alfredo and Pesto, and now Pestofredic Unity has been acheived.

[patrice]

3. Awesome!!! I BELIEVE in almighty Pasta! nt

[csziggy]

6. At least he does not insist on driving with the approved eye patch!

That could be dangerous.

Niko Alm :yourock:

[Tempest]

9. Pastafarianism is going mainstream

It's about time.

[JDPriestly]

10. Already posted in the Lounge, but great article.