Pastafarian Minister Sworn Into New York Town Council Wearing Colander

[Initech]

Last edited Fri Jan 10, 2014, 01:55 AM - Edit history (1)

A unique style of headwear was present during newly-seated Pomfret Town Council member Christopher Schaeffer's oath of office Thursday afternoon, but it wasn't intended to keep his head warm.

Schaeffer wore a colander (a strainer typically used to drain water from spaghetti) while Town Clerk Allison Dispense administered the oath of office to him before the board's reorganizational meeting. When the OBSERVER asked afterward why he wore a colander on his head, Schaeffer said he was a minister with an even more unique organization - the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

"It's just a statement about religious freedom," he said. "It's a religion without any dogma."

http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/592593/-Strainer--things-have-happened.html

Like the headline says - "strainer things have happened!".

[RGinNJ]

1. Ramen

[jberryhill]

2. Austrian?

New York is part of Austria now?

How in heck did you get "Austrian" out of this?

[Initech]

3. Fixed the headline.

[jberryhill]

4. I'm still curious how you got there

When the story was first posted on DU a few days ago, there was no geographical reference, and I thought of the Austrian guy who got the driver's license wearing a colander. But I'm curious what got you there.

[Initech]

5. I think the original story I got the link from had something about Austria in it.

I can't remember.

[MADem]

6. I saw this a few days ago--laughed myself sick!

The pic is hilarious: