I was heading down towards Earls Court this morning, and Austrian Niko Alm jumped into my mind. Niko is a 'pastafarian' and the guy who succeeded in convincing authorities to allow a photo to appear on his driving licence which shows him wearing his religious headgear - a pasta strainer.
Niko is an avowed atheist and member of the US based Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a requirement of which demands that he wears the pasta sieve. The church's central dogma demands that its members reject all dogma.
I can't say I ever encountered anything of the like specifically relating to spaghetti within my own religion, although I do have some vague recollection of a hymn called Pasta Angelicus echoing back to me from my pious childhood.
The devoted pastafarian made his unusual application for a driving licence after Austrian rules accepted the wearing of confessional headgear by applicants in photos provided for official purposes. The Austrian police duly issued Mr.Alm with a laminated card depicting him wearing his religious pasta strainer.
I don't know why, but this likeable oddball made a good start to my day, and left me grateful for those little moments when something meaningful comes pleasantly into your life. So to celebrate in some small way all forms of inspired lunacy, here is a little giveaway from London's Best Hotels with a selection of current discounts for cheap London hotels.
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