Holy clowns, Batman!

[Banquo's Ghost]

I hope our Dutch members are suitably proud of their creative brethren.

A man dressed as the Joker from Batman has got an official ID card, apparently. He kept the hat because he claimed religion.

ID cards. The future of security. Oh yes.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

A Dutchman dressed as the unpredictable master criminal The Joker from Batman managed to get himself a national ID card, despite supposedly stringent new rules which outlaw grins, funny faces, and head coverings from passport pics.

To avoid confusing facial recognition scanners, travellers in Europe have been ordered not to look too happy in their passport photographs. Eyes must also be open and clearly visible, and there must be no sunglasses, tinted glasses, or hair across the eyes. In the Netherlands, these rules were introduced last August.

But a 35-year-old man from the Dutch town of Hellevoetsluis decided to paint his face black and dress up as Batman's goofy trickster-thief rival and was astounded that his new appearance was accepted without a hitch. Initially, the man wasn't asked not to wear a hat, but when he argued it was because of religious beliefs, he was allowed to leave it on.

The incident has stirred quite a controversy among Dutch politicians. Interior minister Johan Remkes now has to explain how this could have happened. "We don't think there are many people dressed up as clowns in this country," his department said.

[InsaneApache]

lol

I wonder what costume I can come up with when 'totalitarian' Blair inflicts this nonsense on us.

[lars573]

lol

I wonder what costume I can come up with when 'totalitarian' Blair inflicts this nonsense on us.

Or maybe


Perhaps

[drone]

I'm surprised this hasn't become more common in Brittain these days. Want to avoid the CCTVs, just slap on a mask of the Guy.

[Don Corleone]

I sense Fragony's humor in this....

[Kralizec]

This guy has a great sense of humour. To bad he's already been asked to return the license

[Pannonian]

lol

I wonder what costume I can come up with when 'totalitarian' Blair inflicts this nonsense on us.

[KukriKhan]

Dat Batman... he da bomb.

[Bava]

lol, I loved the series, especially the weird camera angles



But you should have posted a fighting scene

*Puff*

*Bang*

*Zoing*

[KukriKhan]

lol, I loved the series, especially the weird camera angles



But you should have posted a fighting scene

*Puff*

*Bang*

*Zoing*

Your wish - our command.


Might be useful as a thread closing post. :)

[Adrian II]

A man dressed as the Joker from Batman has got an official ID card, apparently.

A man posing as a journalist has spread a canard, apparently. This story never hit my editor's radar. And if it made the national news, it would have. Or should have.

Or maybe I am growing old?