Ottawa sinkhole inspires torrent of memes on social media

Almost as quickly as news of Ottawa's Rideau Street sinkhole emerged, so too came the deluge of wisecracks, memes and GIFson social media platforms.Someone even went to the trouble of creating a mock crowd-funding campaign.

• Massive sinkhole closes Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa
• Photos | Van swallowed by Rideau Street sinkhole

A parkedvan was swallowed by the sinkhole, forcing the evacuation of the Rideau Centre and surrounding businesses, and shutting down roads in a downtown core already clogged by construction.

But apart from the inconvenience to motorists, pedestrians and businesses, no injuries were reported.

Enter thecomedy writers.

Some invoked recent sinkhole history.

Others began claimingresponsibility.

Then, somememescollided.

And, predictably, there were parody accounts.