A RIDICULOUS STORY TO LIGHTEN UP YOUR MONDAY.
A man who claims his religion requires him to wear a sieve on his head has been granted permission to use a photo of himself wearing it on his official ID card.
Lukas Novy, a follower of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, says the plastic kitchenware is a crucial part of his Pastafarian faith, and he must wear it at all times to respect his deity; a monster made of spaghetti and meatballs.
Czech officials ruled that rejecting his request would be a breach of the countrys religious equality laws, and have subsequently turned the other cheek as the 28 year old, from Brno, updated his ID card with the controversial image.
The Church of the Spaghetti Monster first emerged in the USA in 2005 as a mockery of organised religion. Now the thousands of online followers insist that Pastafarianism is a genuine religion, and refer to their almighty as His Noodliness.
Followers claim that that universe was created by the ball of noodles after drinking heavily.
Full story at praguemonitor.com
