Hello! You must login or signup first!

Cillessen

Submission   19,236

Part of a series on 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. [View Related Entries]


About

Jasper Cillessen Sits on Things is a photoshop meme featuring a cutout image of Dutch professional soccer player Jasper Cillessen squatting against a goalpost during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil games, which is superimposed on to other base images of various contexts.

Origin

During the third place play-off against Brazil at the 2014 World Cup on July 12th, 2014, Holland goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen was photographed crouching against the goal post midway through the game (shown below, left). That day, the @KICKTV[2] Twitter feed posted a transparent cutout of Cillessen squatting, inviting other Twitter users to photoshop the goalie sitting on things (shown below,right).

© Reuters
な 塩Follow @KICKTV PHOTOSHOP CONTEST: Time to put Jasper Cillessen on things. Use the png below then tweet us your best efforts! Reply t. Retweet * Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 70 100 5:01 PM 12 Jul 2014 Flag media

Spread

Minutes later, Twitter user @CGriffo55[10] tweeted a picture of Cillessen seated next to singer Miley Cyrus in a screenshot from the "Wrecking Ball" music video with the hashtag "#cillessensitsonthings"[1] (shown below, left). In the first 48 hours, the tweet gained over 330 reweets and 175 favorites. Also on July 12th, Twitter user @Bamshackle[11] posted a photoshopped image of Cillessen sitting on a toilet in space (shown below, right).

Christian Griffiths @CGriffo55 Follow @KICKTV #JasperCillessenS.tsOnThings Reply t3 Retweet ★ Favorite More 339EETS FAVORITES藝MA 175 5:08 PM-12 Jul 2014 Flag media
Followw Bamshackle @bamshackle @KICKTV popping a squat in space! I mean why not? #JaspercillessenSitsOnThings pic.twitter.com/0z1PLWBq1s 5:09 PM-12 Jul 2014 84 RETWEETS 48 FAVORITES

According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[12] the hashtag "#cillessensitsonthings" was tweeted more than 370 times in the next 48 hours. In the coming days, several news sites published articles highlighting notable examples of the photoshop meme, including.The Daily Mail,[3] Caught Off Side,[4] Metro,[5] The Independent,[6] Mirror,[7] 101 Great Goals[8] and Bleacher Report.[9]

Notable Examples

Rn

Search Interest

Not available.

External References



Share Pin

Related Entries 12 total

Howard
Things Tim Howard Could Save
Herrera
Miguel Herrera’s Goal Reaction
Brazil
2014 World Cup Semfinal: Braz...
Chiellini-suarez-reu
Luis Suárez's Biting


Recent Images 12 total


Recent Videos 0 total

There are no recent videos.




Load 6 Comments
Jasper Cillessen Sits on Things

Jasper Cillessen Sits on Things

Part of a series on 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. [View Related Entries]

Updated Mar 25, 2016 at 01:34PM EDT by Brad.

Added Jul 14, 2014 at 02:00PM EDT by Don.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

This submission is currently being researched & evaluated!

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation.

About

Jasper Cillessen Sits on Things is a photoshop meme featuring a cutout image of Dutch professional soccer player Jasper Cillessen squatting against a goalpost during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil games, which is superimposed on to other base images of various contexts.

Origin

During the third place play-off against Brazil at the 2014 World Cup on July 12th, 2014, Holland goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen was photographed crouching against the goal post midway through the game (shown below, left). That day, the @KICKTV[2] Twitter feed posted a transparent cutout of Cillessen squatting, inviting other Twitter users to photoshop the goalie sitting on things (shown below,right).


© Reuters な 塩Follow @KICKTV PHOTOSHOP CONTEST: Time to put Jasper Cillessen on things. Use the png below then tweet us your best efforts! Reply t. Retweet * Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 70 100 5:01 PM 12 Jul 2014 Flag media

Spread

Minutes later, Twitter user @CGriffo55[10] tweeted a picture of Cillessen seated next to singer Miley Cyrus in a screenshot from the "Wrecking Ball" music video with the hashtag "#cillessensitsonthings"[1] (shown below, left). In the first 48 hours, the tweet gained over 330 reweets and 175 favorites. Also on July 12th, Twitter user @Bamshackle[11] posted a photoshopped image of Cillessen sitting on a toilet in space (shown below, right).


Christian Griffiths @CGriffo55 Follow @KICKTV #JasperCillessenS.tsOnThings Reply t3 Retweet ★ Favorite More 339EETS FAVORITES藝MA 175 5:08 PM-12 Jul 2014 Flag media Followw Bamshackle @bamshackle @KICKTV popping a squat in space! I mean why not? #JaspercillessenSitsOnThings pic.twitter.com/0z1PLWBq1s 5:09 PM-12 Jul 2014 84 RETWEETS 48 FAVORITES

According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[12] the hashtag "#cillessensitsonthings" was tweeted more than 370 times in the next 48 hours. In the coming days, several news sites published articles highlighting notable examples of the photoshop meme, including.The Daily Mail,[3] Caught Off Side,[4] Metro,[5] The Independent,[6] Mirror,[7] 101 Great Goals[8] and Bleacher Report.[9]

Notable Examples


Rn

Search Interest

Not available.

External References

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images 12 total


Top Comments


+ Add a Comment

Comments (6)


Display Comments

Add a Comment