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Old 07-13-11, 11:25 AM   #1
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Default Austrian driver's religious headgear strains credulity

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An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-
licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523


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Old 07-13-11, 11:26 AM   #2
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Old 07-13-11, 11:51 AM   #3
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Stupid church of the flying spaghetti.

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Old 07-13-11, 11:51 AM   #4
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that's religious freedom I like!

good find Dowly, I saw this on a German page only - this spares me from translating the article
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It only keeps out some of the evil radio waves.
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Old 07-13-11, 01:20 PM   #6
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It only keeps out some of the evil radio waves.


Don't you blaspheme in here... DON'T YOU BLASPHEME IN HERE!!
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Old 07-13-11, 01:24 PM   #7
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Who wants 4 fried chickens and dry white toast?
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Old 07-13-11, 06:28 PM   #8
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Hehe, I read about this Austrian Pastafari this morning in a German online paper. Like Penguin I was tempted to translate it.
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Old 07-13-11, 07:00 PM   #9
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Old 07-13-11, 07:02 PM   #10
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This story strains the imagination.
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Old 07-13-11, 07:13 PM   #11
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I've net this guy before....wasn't he in the movie Once Upon A Time In America?
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It's silly as all get out, but points out a valid area on things.
If anyone can wear a hat or something for whatever reason?
Why can others be denied the same thing?

Why do you need to wear anything on your head for a Drivers License in the first place?
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pasta akhbar!

I will martyr myself and recieve 40 Italian chefs in heaven.
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Its atheists like this that make me have problems with atheists.
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Its atheists like this that make me have problems with atheists.
So... you prefer them without a sense of humor?
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