# Student allowed to wear pasta strainer in official photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145 "2013-08-25T18:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/1 "2013-08-25T18:58:06Z")
\*\*LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - After months of research and countless calls to state and local authorities, Eddie Castillo finally got approval to wear a pasta strainer on his head in his official ID photo.\*\* [One more victory for Pastafarians!](http://www.wafb.com/story/23248235/texas-tech-student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-dps-photo?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer7337f&utm_medium=facebook) ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/2 "2013-08-25T20:00:15Z")
A student should be allowed to look as stupid as he wants in his photo. He may or may not get a laugh out of it later, but the rest of us will laugh forever. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/3 "2013-08-25T20:06:43Z")
I wonder if that’s **colander**? ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/4 "2013-08-25T20:09:38Z")
That ID pic really does make him look like some kind of 'farian. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/5 "2013-08-25T20:15:30Z")
Wow, what an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/6 "2013-08-25T20:28:45Z")
I hope he doesn’t strain himself, or become a drain on the economy. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/7 "2013-08-25T20:32:43Z")
Pasta is a gateway food. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/8 "2013-08-25T21:02:53Z")
Good thing he didn’t do that in Russia. > **[World News: Latest International Headlines, Video, and Breaking Stories From...](https://www.nbcnews.com/world?lite)** > > Get the latest news, updates, and video from around the globe. Pastafarians no held in high regard there. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/9 "2013-08-25T21:15:07Z")
Would those laughing at him here also laugh at any other person with religion-specific headgear? if not, why not? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/10 "2013-08-25T21:21:33Z")
I think he should be required to wear it at all times, since he’s made such an issue of it. StG ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/11 "2013-08-25T21:30:55Z")
I think Mr. Castillo totally fuckin’ rocks! Good for him, good for Pastafarians everywhere, and good for the officials who applied the rules and laws equitably here. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/12 "2013-08-25T21:44:12Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Wow, what an asshole. Or maybe he just has a sense of humor.😉 ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/13 "2013-08-25T21:57:50Z")
Eh, this is so 2011. [Austrian driver allowed ‘pastafarian’ headgear photo](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523) ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/14 "2013-08-25T22:01:20Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Would those laughing at him here also laugh at any other person with religion-specific headgear? > > if not, why not? Pastafarianism is satire. It’s not a religion. Laughing at and/or with is not inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/15 "2013-08-25T22:18:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I wonder if that’s **colander**? Not possible. Colander was much too strident to be a man. Please she had no sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/16 "2013-08-25T23:06:20Z")
I wore a colander when I was a kid. Granted, I was claiming to be a Viking, not a Pastafarian. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/17 "2013-08-25T23:13:26Z")
Good for him. Others that don’t have a sense of humor can put it in their colander and drain it. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/18 "2013-08-26T01:09:14Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Pastafarianism is satire. It’s not a religion. Laughing at and/or with is not inappropriate. [Oh, yes it is.](http://www.venganza.org/about/) > [@](#): > > Some claim that the church is purely a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. These people are mistaken. The Church of FSM is real, totally legit, and backed by hard science. Anything that comes across as humor or satire is purely coincidental. > > Further > > Pastafarianism is a real religion. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/19 "2013-08-26T01:23:41Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Would those laughing at him here also laugh at any other person with religion-specific headgear? > > if not, why not? Absolutely; all of it is just silliness. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145/20 "2013-08-26T01:23:56Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I think he should be required to wear it at all times, since he’s made such an issue of it. This. Other people who get religious exemptions to wear headgear in ID photos get them because their religion, which they truly believe in, requires them to wear the headgear at all times in public, even in official photos. If he actually wears the strainer at all times in public, then he should have been allowed to wear it in the photo. If it’s just a stupid stunt, than he shouldn’t have been. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-allowed-to-wear-pasta-strainer-in-official-photo/667145.md?page=2)