'Sinkhole Sundae': Pittsburgh immediately memes the Port Authority bus

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'Sinkhole Sundae': Pittsburgh immediately memes the Port Authority bus

Patrick Varine | Monday, October 28, 2019 3:43 p.m.

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

Crews work at the scene of a Port Authority bus that had fallen into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

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.