Cardiff City "Doing The Ayatollah"

Something different today, sure to make Tony smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbjqBi_VwbA 


The Ayatollah is a football celebration used by fans of Welsh football club Cardiff City.





Performing the action is always preceded by a chant of "do the Ayatollah". Performing the Ayatollah is done by having both hands flat pointing towards each other raised above your head and repeatedly moving them up and down in a patting motion.


The Ayatollah was the focus of two songs written in support of the club prior to them playing in the 2008 FA Cup Final. A group of supporters released a song named "Do The Ayatollah!" and a different song under the same title was written by one of the clubs players, Steve Thompson.


The link shows Cardiff City Fans "Doing The Ayatollah" on YouTube during a game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1MWwce3cTg


In 1989, when Ayatollah Khomeini died, his funeral was shown on British TV and a Cardiff City fan was rather taken with the mourners way of expressing their grief – they slapped their heads with both hands.

At the next Cardiff home game, he encouraged all his mates to copy these mourners and slap their heads whenever Cardiff scored a goal. The trend caught on. 


Last year, the trend caught on even more when the Welsh rugby captain, Gareth Thomas, had a bet with a mate and started celebrating his tries for Wales and the Lions by doing the ayatollah. 


And now, the ayatollah has caught on in a third sport, cricket, as Simon Jones, who is Welsh and plays his cricket in Cardiff, has got the England players doing it too!

Harrington 102 Features In Underage Sex Case

The below story verified by Tony Jacobs who read the judgement and details presented in Court and confirms these details:

On August 12th 2011 Judge Helen Wood in the Supreme Court of Tasmania, convicted and sentenced Mr N.O.Bester aged 58 to 34 months imprisonment for Maintaining a Sexual relationship with a Young Person.

Mr Bester was a teacher of the 15 year old girl who suffered from anorexia.

On 10.11.2010 Mr Bester booked a room at what was called in Court “Hotel Harrington 102”, entered and left that “Hotel” with the girl and and there twice had vaginal sexual intercourse with her.

Police found it difficult to obtain records from the “Hotel”.

The “Hotel” is that which is featured in many harsh accommodation reviews, some reproduced on this site.

The owner is, of course, Mr Soheil Mehrab Khani (above) who in January 2011 claimed that the Tasmanian Office of the DPP had deliberately withheld the names of men who had had sex with a 12 y.o.girl in a nearby Hotel as organised by one Gary Devine and the girl’s mother.

P.S. If the Tax Department reads this article - maybe you should check for those records.

Harrington 102 -- What's In A Name?

The Harrington 102 was bought as a Backpacker by Mehrab-Khani but the shared kitchen facility was removed, so it was no longer approved as such two years ago.

It is advertised on on his web site as a "small Bed and Breakfast" accommodation. The Council defines a B&B as "a house or flat used by it's permanent residents to provide accommodation for people away from their homes."

The area for use by visitor accommodation is not more than 25%, and it has to have one car space for the owner and one for each accommodation bed. And by Council definition it is not a Hotel because it does not have a liquor license.

The Harrington 102 is therefore wrongly claimed to be a Bed and Breakfast and is also not a Hotel by Council definition.

Mehrab-Khani's web site says it has "modern and immaculate facilities", and Wotif calls it "Ultra Modern" -- it is neither of these. Reading the latest Trip Advisor reviews will clear this up!