'Sinkhole Sundae': Pittsburgh immediately memes the Port Authority bus
Once it was established that no one was injured Monday when a Port Authority bus fell partially into a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh during the morning commute, the jokes and memes started rolling in on social media.
At least one local business, Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream, decided to take advantage of the situation, whipping up a “Sinkhole Sundae” at its locations in Market Square and Shadyside.
In addition, to help brighten a real bummer of a day for Port Authority workers, a post on Millie’s Facebook page offers a free “Sinkhole Sundae” to workers who show their Port Authority IDs.
Someone else had, well, a different idea to generate some cash.
We need to fill that sinkhole in with cement and leave the bus in there to preserve this moment of Pittsburgh history. $10 admission to tour the bus.
— Itdoesntmatter (@nonamenoworry) October 28, 2019
A big Keanu Reeves fan thought the Port Authority might be trying to recreate the bus jump from the 1994 action film “Speed,” which defies all known laws of physics.
this sinkhole in Pittsburgh makes it look like they tried to recreate SPEED and failed pic.twitter.com/KGTvwGwtM3
— Austin Huff (@AustinHuff) October 28, 2019
Another film fan thought it might be a re-creation of the Heinz Field scene from “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Sinkhole spotted in downtown #Pittsburgh this morning! Has everyone accounted for @mvp86hinesward and Bane? Just checking. pic.twitter.com/KugeGrkT2i
— David Fedor (@DSFedor) October 28, 2019
If you have a tinfoil hat handy, here’s a conspiracy theory about the sinkhole having awfully straight edges.
If you thought we were going to get through this without a Mayor Bill Peduto Photoshop job, you were wrong.
Mayor @billpeduto, you should have posted "no sinkhole zone" signs. #Peudto #Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/zeDdkbwKZ8
— Val W. Finnell, MD, MPH (@DrFinnell) October 28, 2019
Here’s a unique (and fictitious) spin on the situation from a Twitter feed that calls itself “Fake KDKA News.”
Dramatic photo shows woman attempting to save her lover from falling into a sinkhole that swallowed part of a bus in downtown Pittsburgh Monday morning. Witnesses say it didn't look like she was trying all that hard, really. More at noon. pic.twitter.com/Zoz8So9pDo
— Fake KDKA News (@Fake_KDKA) October 28, 2019
And for those of us who grew up on video games …
For the latest on the sinkhole saga, see Triblive.com.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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