You gotta see this excellent ID card belonging to a Pastafarian guy in the Czech Republic

Xeni Jardin 8:48 am Wed Jul 31, 2013

Lukáš Nový's identification card.

Not even gonna bother doing anything more than Google Translate on this article about Pirate Party member and Pastafarian believer Lukáš Nový in the Czech Republic:

Department of identity cards to the City of Brno last week had to be fun. For your ID card you got there first Czech pastafarián (combination of words Rastafarian and Italian pasta – pasta). Pirate Party member and IT expert Luke New at him for a photo with a pasta strainer on his head. Surprising blanket opted for religious reasons – it is the believer's Flying spaghetti monster.

(HT: Petr Matejcek, via Boing Boing Facebook)

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