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'Pastafarian' will lose his licence if caught driving without a colander on his head
A man’s insistence that it is his religious right to wear a colander on his head has strained his relationship with the Russian government.
Andrei Filin is the latest ‘Pastafarian’ to win the right to wear a colander for his official driver’s licence photos.
Leave it to Russia to find a creative way to lay down the law though.
The deputy chief of Moscow’s State Traffic inspectorate, Vladimir Kuzin, told Russian that Mr Filin’s victory for the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster comes with a catch.
“The next time he is stopped by the traffic police, if he doesn’t have a pasta strainer on his head, his licence will be taken from him,” Mr Kuzin said.
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Yahoo
Andrei Filin is the latest ‘Pastafarian’ to win the right to wear a colander for his official driver’s licence photos.
Leave it to Russia to find a creative way to lay down the law though.
The deputy chief of Moscow’s State Traffic inspectorate, Vladimir Kuzin, told Russian that Mr Filin’s victory for the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster comes with a catch.
“The next time he is stopped by the traffic police, if he doesn’t have a pasta strainer on his head, his licence will be taken from him,” Mr Kuzin said.
....
Yahoo