An Austrian man's been allowed to appear on his new driver's licence with an upturned pasta strainer on his head .. because he's a Pastafarian.
It's taken three years and a trip to the dotor to check he was mentally fit to drive .. but transport authorities have decided they're okay with the colander as a religious accessory.
Entrepreneur NIKO ALM says he gave it a go after reading that headgear was only allowed in official pictures for "confessional" reasons.
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The atheist says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster .. and he now wants to apply for Pastafarianism to become an officially recognised faith in Austria.
