This week we profile Ishan Sahin.
Ishan was born in Hull in 1988. He is a normal, friendly white guy and plays pool for Hustlers X. He lives in Bilton and his Dad grew up on Holderness Road. Ishan loves nothing more than good old English Fish 'n' Chips and a Beef Roast at his mums on a Sunday.
Ishan's early house.
What? Is that it? He got of lightly......
......is that it.....?
No chance!
Ishan Punjab Isif Akmal Papadopoulos Sahinistan was born in Baghdad in the early 90s. His father is a wealthy meat trader, his mother a local seamstress. He then moved to Kurdistan where he worked in a market between the ages of 3 and 6. It was here he received his first Raleigh Boxer for Ramadan. He then moved to Uzbekistan where he developed a love of halal meat and garlic yoghurt, and sold water melons to the local peasants from his stall in the local market.
Ishanistan at his local swimming pool in 1995
His modesty has been spared as he still has tiny genitalia.
Ishan's market stall.
Ishanistan's Raleigh Boxer.
The first step towards his Holy Grail.
At the age of 10, Ishan moved yet again, this time to Turkey. Here, he worked on a market stall selling kosher goat meat, no cow and definitely no sacred pig, but of course lots and lots of pots of garlic yogurt. He would haggle with the western tourists over the price of his goat meat and would surround blonde women tourists with his mates if they wouldn't come and have a look at his stall. "Garlic Yogurt" he would shout very loudly. He had moved on from the Boxer to a Raleigh Chopper by now and was already starting to show a big interest in customising the bikes he had.
As much as he liked his new customised Chopper but soon realised his holy grail was a Raleigh Grifter it became all he really wanted for Ramadan. He used to go and look in the bike shop near the beheading area and used to gaze longingly at the shiny new bike in the window. He saved up all his money and managed to put together with his Dad and received a brand new Grifter during Ramadan '98.
Not a bad first effort. Look at his seat!
As much as he liked his new customised Chopper but soon realised his holy grail was a Raleigh Grifter it became all he really wanted for Ramadan. He used to go and look in the bike shop near the beheading area and used to gaze longingly at the shiny new bike in the window. He saved up all his money and managed to put together with his Dad and received a brand new Grifter during Ramadan '98.
At the age of 14, Ishanistan was forced to sell his beloved Grifter to help pay for gifts, as he was forced into an arranged marriage with the daughter of the owner of the local magic carpet store. Ishan was forced to marry a further 5 times in the next seven years and held his harem at his shelter but all he really wanted was his Grifter back.
Ishanistan's wives gathering bread to go with their delicious yoghurt.
Just last year Ishan and his now seventeen wives moved to Britain, tempted by the massive benefits handed out by our government, plus most houses over here actually have running water and a toilet. Ishan moved down Spring Bank but soon found that his toilet was facing Mecca, and ordered the council to spend £1400 to move it around. During renovation, Ishan and his harem were housed in the local Ibis and frequently bumped into a "Mr Smith" who booked rooms by the hour. This "Mr Smith" was none other than David Hanarahan our pool captain and the two soon began talking and after a while Ishan was invited down for a trial in our team. We could see immediately that he was already better than Fleggs as he actually hit the right ball he was aiming for. He was in.
Looking for his pool cue inside Ishan's new house.
Ishan played for Turkey at the recent pool world cup, losing in the first round to bitter rivals Greece. His father followed him to England and owns Falcons Kebabs on Beverley Road in Hull. To generate sales, his father has offered to give anybody who plays pool a free medium kebab. All you have to do is go into Falcon after a pool game, with your cue case and ask for a medium kebab saying you know Ishan. Ishan's favourite player is JJ Faul, Ishan said via a translator "He's a lot darker than me, but we all sort of stick together so I've got to stick by him." Thanks to Ishan for the interview there.
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