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'Cigar Guy' Creates Web Frenzy
Yahoo Buzz ^
| 10/05/10
| Claudine Zap
Posted on 10/06/2010 12:35:17 AM PDT by kik5150
A photographer for the Daily Mail got an amazing picture at the Ryder Cup of Tiger Woods flubbing a shot headed directly at the camera. He didn't duck and Tiger's golf ball actually hit the lens — but not before the image was captured midflight. The photo has been seen around the world.
But that's not what's captivating the Web. It's the amazingly unique look of the fan standing just to the right of Tiger's shoulder, chomping on a cigar, wearing a turban-like brown hat, and sporting a thick, Groucho Marx–style mustache. The spectator just steals the show.
And just like that, the "Cigar Guy" Internet star was born. The mystery man has been inserted in pictures and shared around the Web. Yahoo! searches for the mustachioed golf fan twirled up 675% in just one day. Searches were also popular on "Cigar Guy," "cigar guy ryder cup," and "cigar guy tiger woods."
It's the shot that launched a photo-editing frenzy: One image is of the now famous Tiger Woods photo, except everyone, including Tiger, has been turned into the Cigar Guy. Check it out here. There's the Cigar Guy on a Beatles album cover. And the Cigar Guy taking out Sonny Liston.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cigar; cigarguy; thenewlooterguy; thenewtouristguy; tiger; tigerwoods; woods
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posted on
10/06/2010 12:35:20 AM PDT
by
kik5150
To: kik5150
I didn’t know Cheech Marin had a son.
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posted on
10/06/2010 12:49:53 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: AnnaZ; SevenofNine
To: kik5150
It really is a perfect picture ...and 'cigar guy' is absolutely perfect.
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:03:36 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: spetznaz
A million-to-one shot, doc. A million-to-one....
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:06:44 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: spetznaz
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:39:24 AM PDT
by
InShanghai
(I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
To: InShanghai
You owe me a monitor and a keyboard...
And you can apologize to my wife for waking her up at 4:30 am, too.
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:45:05 AM PDT
by
turfmann
To: turfmann
Just re-posting what’s in the article... I had a pretty good guffaw at that too!
Oh, and my sincere apologies to Mrs. Turfmann :-)
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:53:26 AM PDT
by
InShanghai
(I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
To: kik5150
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:55:16 AM PDT
by
edpc
(It's Kräusened)
To: InShanghai
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:55:17 AM PDT
by
C210N
(0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
To: Slings and Arrows
Nope, it's the clone of Jerry Colonna
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posted on
10/06/2010 1:56:56 AM PDT
by
Krankor
To: kik5150
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.
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posted on
10/06/2010 2:11:34 AM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(Education is too important to abdicate control of it to the government)
To: kik5150
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posted on
10/06/2010 2:15:20 AM PDT
by
C210N
(0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
To: kik5150
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posted on
10/06/2010 2:28:54 AM PDT
by
Jaxter
("Pro Aris et Focis")
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: SevenofNine; AnnaZ
To: kik5150
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posted on
10/06/2010 2:45:35 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
To: kik5150
The 2010 version of this guy:
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posted on
10/06/2010 2:47:27 AM PDT
by
Nate505
To: kik5150
Wow, didn't take someone long to make the same connection!
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posted on
10/06/2010 2:51:41 AM PDT
by
Nate505
To: kik5150
He’s the fourth annual internet man of the year.
Past winners include Tourist Guy, Rage Boy and Looter Guy. Honorable mention goes to the NTSA Guy and various critters with dubious expressions.
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