Colander-wearing ‘Pastafarian’ gets licence

You might think transport staff would apply the brakes if you turned up with a driving licence photo of yourself with a colander on your head.

Colander-wearing ‘Pastafarian’ gets licence

But Asia Lemmon said faces drained only briefly when she presented the photo to Utah authorities — they had to spray by the rules because the headgear is a religious statement.

Lemmon, whose legal name appears on her driving licence as Jessica Steinhauser, says the pasta strainer represents her beliefs in the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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