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Australian Police Confiscate Pastafarian Man's Guns Because He Posed For His ID Wearing A Colander:

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 26 2014, @08:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the in-a-lighter-vein dept.

AnonTechie writes:

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'.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by stderr on Thursday June 26 2014, @09:24PM

    by stderr (11) on Thursday June 26 2014, @09:24PM (#60577) Journal

    I have to take my colander off to Mr Guy Albon and his 100% commitment to this gag.

    FTFY!

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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday June 27 2014, @03:33AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Friday June 27 2014, @03:33AM (#60708) Homepage

    I call prior art!! Once upon a time back about 1990 my sister took me shopping at IKEA in Los Angeles. I hate shopping. I was very bored. I selected a red plastic colander from a display and wore it on my head until we left the store, whereupon I bought the colander as a souvenir.

    However, the Flying Spaghetti Monster did not appear to me, so perhaps plastic colanders are heretical. I'll try a metal one next time.

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  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Friday June 27 2014, @01:35PM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Friday June 27 2014, @01:35PM (#60843)

    Hey, you can't go taking off people's colanders! What next, you run about pulling off people's Hijab?

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 27 2014, @02:38PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Friday June 27 2014, @02:38PM (#60874)

      While I think that would be amusing to witness, I'm sure butthurt would rapidly and deafeningly ensue.

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