Cigar Guy - Identified!!

[cbdo2007]

Mystery solved! At last, Cigar Guy's secret identity revealed!
By Jay Busbee

Cigar Guy's secret identity has been revealed, and in the end, the truth was right in front of our faces all along.

Cigar Guy is, of course, the mysterious grinning stranger in the corner of that famous Daily Mail Tiger Woods photo from the Ryder Cup last week. Wearing what appeared to be a turban and smoking a cigar the size of a small tree, the absurdly out-of-place Cigar Guy kicked off a worldwide Internet game of Photoshop one-upsmanship. Within moments, Cigar Guy began showing up all throughout history, like here:

You can see plenty more of the same at Funny or Die, among many other places. Heck, at least one site is already selling a Cigar Guy t-shirt.

But at long last, he's been found! The London Daily Mail did the investigative work, and it turns out that Cigar Guy is actually a mild-mannered, mildly embarrassed young man! (Isn't that always the way with our heroes?) Cigar Guy is Rupesh Shingadia, a 30-year-old investment analyst who -- no kidding -- still lives with his parents in South London.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/Mystery-solved-At-last-Cigar-Guy-s-secret-iden?urn=golf-275853

[Lucian]

1. People made a big deal about that?

:wtf:

[RandomThoughts]

2. Sounds like a copy of.

Squirrel!!!!!!!!

You would think an interesting person could do better, heh, although if he is thirsty, I would give him a drink :)

Squirrel!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL1uFjSbvnA


:rofl:

If your going to fight, fight in the street, otherwise known as...

take it outside :D

What else would a bartender say :D

[denbot]

3. Cool, when I first saw that picture my eyes were drawn to CG..

Most of the faces in that crowd were interesting, but the cigar gut really stood out. Not that I care who he is, but I just found out I'm not the only one who wondered what his story was..

[MilesColtrane]

4. i just want to know why he was wearing a blond wig.

Not that that is intrinsically weird at a golf tournament...

[cbdo2007]

5. He was dressing up like one of the players from England.

So the wig, mustache, and cigar were all props. He wasn't playing for the cameras though, just hoping the player he was dressing as woudl notice him, so it was just funny when he was this strange mystery man in the Tiger Woods photo.

Since his identity was hidden by the wig, etc., now I kind of wish we never figured it out and that this just went down in history as one of those things left unexplained for decades like Deep Throat.

[Dash87]

6. I lol'd at the vintage photo of the sailor kiss with cigar guy.

It looks almost real. :D

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