Silly Hats

[Aquina1300]

It's pretty obvious that most cultures have some sort of specialized attire for their religious leaders and ceremonies. Most often, the attire includes some sort of hat or headgear that looks rather silly. Although the particular shape, size and symbolism of the headgear is culturally relative, the human impulse to use hats to denote importance seems universal. It's also prevalent to use hats to denote importance of people and rituals that have little or nothing to do with religion directly. Some of them were at one point based on necessity or practicality, such as a cowboy hat and big buckled belts but over time, tend to be worn for cultural reasons, such as country singers on stage, and in a way these dressing legacies become a sort of costume.

Anyways, now atheists can choose to engage in their own type of silly hat wearing behavior as one man in Austria has chosen to do so.

An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.

Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523

[figatova]

LOL

I don't wear any religious or non-religious hats Aquina but I've seen dad61 wearing one of these dadshat.jpg

[Aquina1300]

Originally Posted by figatova

LOL

I don't wear any religious or non-religious hats Aquina but I've seen dad61 wearing one of these Attachment 74375

I have quite a few silly hats and frankly, I like wearing them when appropriate. I think it's good to participate in cultural and spiritual activities. There's something very human and real about doing so.

dad61 wore a mop eh? ROFLMAO!!!! I guess it's better than a pasta strainer.

[l8rm8e]

Bless His Noodley Goodness. May His Meaty Balls always be plump and succulent. I can't remember the rest of the prayer.

[Skwint_hed]

Originally Posted by Aquina1300

I have quite a few silly hats and frankly, I like wearing them when appropriate. I think it's good to participate in cultural and spiritual activities. There's something very human and real about doing so.

dad61 wore a mop eh? ROFLMAO!!!! I guess it's better than a pasta strainer.

by any chance

smurf_hat_accessory.jpg

[lioness]

the mormons have majical underwear
not sure what that's all about
any mormons in here care to explain it to me

[UKatheist]

In what world does someone who worships at The church of TFSM become atheist?

[the demon]

these things that the brits wear.

yeah wtf is wrong with you guys

like having hair isn't enough for you or something

[k88n]

Originally Posted by the demon

these things that the brits wear.

yeah wtf is wrong with you guys

like having hair isn't enough for you or something

Don't those hats have to be done from Canadian black bear or something? Must suck having all that fur during summer though.

[the demon]

Originally Posted by k88n

Don't those hats have to be done from Canadian black bear or something? Must suck having all that fur during summer though.

no doubt.

i wonder if sometimes during the cold winters,if they run around a building and pull it down over their face to warm their lil' noses for a moment.

i would love to bust one doing that.

just point and laugh at him.

i'm so imature sometimes