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18 Mar 2020
Nico Alm received an Austrian driver's license with a pasta strainer on his photo by claiming Pastafarianism.

Mr. Ahm, an Austrian atheist seen here in these photos, applied three years ago for an Austrian driver's license. Please inspect these photographs carefully. Pastafarianism. There it is. Got it. I remember the story. It was heated debate over a discussion over a provision of the European Union's and Austria's recognition of, quote, confessional headgear in official photographs. You know, we'll even have the perennial case where a Muslim woman wants to appear in a driver's license or official ID word. Don't let her dance! All referred to erroneously by Americans as a burka. You responded with a gasp, like mocking Lionel. And I should be clear, at this point in his career, he does not seem to have a negative opinion. I'm not saying he does. Just in case any of the audience gets that impression. So what Nico Arm did was to announce to Austrian motor vehicle authorities that he was a pastafarian. And a member... of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as depicted here in this holy painting. Its website states that the only dogma allowed in the church is the rejection of dogma. They also list in part as articles of faith that they believe that pirates, the original Pastafarians, were peaceful explorers and it was due to Christian misinformation that they have an image of outcast criminals today. What about monkeys? I was going to say, they're actually all monkeys. As such, Mr. Ahm explained that pursuant to his faith, he had to wear a plastic pasta strainer as religious headgear. Placed sideways, of course, in the photo's display. Needless to say, the Austrian officials were not amused by the pastiferian Mr. Am, so to make him prove his bona fides and eligibility to tool about, Nico had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to establish his mental fitness to drive. Now stop. Wouldn't that be great here? Hammer time. A psych eval to get a driver's license. Think about it. This city would look like a ghost town. I'm guessing that it wasn't a psyche evaluation to see if he could drive, and it was more like, this guy says he worships a flying spaghetti monster. Let's make sure, because that sounds outside of the context of what Pastafarianism is. Right, right, right. Not knowing any context, that might be something that's like, oh, we might need to check in on this person. Yeah, if you weren't familiar with the internet, you'd be like, uh... Yeah, but it has nothing to do with the driving. Yeah. Well, this month, three years later, I'm happy to announce that Mr. Nico Ahm, pastafarian and member in good standing of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, finally received his laminated official driver's license, seen here, with his pasta strainer colander chapeau firmly and conspicuously affixed to the devout Mr. Ahm's noggin, placed sideways, of course. Austrian officials, certainly not to be accused of being antipasti, remarked that as long as his face could be made out clearly, he could pretty much wear whatever he wanted, and that this was not an official acknowledgement of Pastafarianism or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.