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The next story comes from Australia, where a self-described pastafarian went about mocking the rules set up for firearm ID pictures by wearing a colander on his head. Guy Albon convinced the photographer that he was a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster so that he could wear the colander - a symbol of the satirical religious movement whose members refer to themselves as Pastafarians. The 30-year-old said he exploited a law that allows headgear to be worn in photos.
'The law stipulates you can have something on your head,' he said. 'You have to have your entire face uncovered and if the headgear is being worn it has to have some religious significance. I thought 'I've got this one in the bag - it was an absolute scream.'
Officers came to his home, where they seized two handguns and two rifles and ordered him to see a psychiatrist. According to Mr Albon, the psychiatrist immediately declared him as sane and 'laughed it off'.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 26 2014, @09:06PM
Here's what I imagine happened:
Someone noticed this crazy guy with a colander on his head in the photo-id database. They then forwarded it all of their buddies to have a laugh who then forwarded it to all of their buddies.. At some point in the chain it got forwarded to someone who didn't have a laugh but did have a stick up his arse. As these things go, sticks tend to find their way into the asses of people with authoritay. So he used that authoritay to get the colander removed, since he obviously can't get the stick removed.