{"id":1188,"date":"2016-01-08T19:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T11:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/08\/meet-the-australian-man-who-fought-for-his-right-to-a-penis-signature\/"},"modified":"2016-01-08T19:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T11:23:21","slug":"meet-the-australian-man-who-fought-for-his-right-to-a-penis-signature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/08\/meet-the-australian-man-who-fought-for-his-right-to-a-penis-signature\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Australian man who fought for his right to a penis signature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An unconventional signature has given an Australian man a very hard time.<\/p>\n

Jared Hyams from Melbourne, Australia, has been battling authorities to allow him to use his signature, which happens to resemble a rather phallic object.<\/p>\n

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See also: 8 Australian musicians the world should be listening to in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It’s raised questions on what exactly can be deemed a legitimate signature, since 2010 when Hyams started using the penis signature. Hyams’ involvement however, was admittedly arbitrary.<\/p>\n

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Image: Jared Hyams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

“It was a bit of a whim,” Hyams told Mashable Australia<\/em>. “Every time you move house, you have to fill in new forms, and I was moving around a bit and had to sign those electoral [registration] forms.” Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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