I've got a sinking feeling about this hole thing: Funny stuff about the Ottawa sinkhole
“Sinkhole” has now surpassed “long line at Tim’s drive-thru” and “Hog’s Back Bridge was up” as Ottawa’s favourite late-for-work excuse. The latest city update from earlier today confirmed that the sinkhole has gained sentience and is demanding meals of taxis and snowplows.
The giant car-swallowing sinkhole on the eastbound Highway 174 at Jeanne D’Arc is causing massive traffic delays for Orleans commuters, and it’s spawned some amusing tweets, memes, jokes and even a song. _ (We’ll keep updating this blog post over the next few weeks - please send suggestions to feedback@ottawastart.com ) _ _ _
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One of the first out of the gate was @atomicnoggin , who created this using a photo from the Ottawa Fire Service:
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The folks over at Majic Mornings put together this song called "Stuck in a hole":
Some people seem to have developed a paranoia about sinkholes, like
[
@domcoballe
](http://twitter.com/domcoballe/statuses/243782470359711745)
, who posted this photo with the caption
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"Another devastating sinkhole (unconfirmed) in Ottawa."
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Carter Brown at Kiss 105.3 FM came up with this song parody:
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Cub Carson and the folks at Bob FM came up with this song parody:
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Making the best of a bad situation, via
[
@picamc
](http://twitter.com/picamc/status/243859245525766144/photo/1)
:
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Steve Warne from Team 1200 is accepting entries for a
[
sinkhole photoshop contest
](http://tgornation.blogspot.ca/2012/09/photoshop-contest-sink-hole-sports.html)
:
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[
](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/usain-bolt-sink-hole.jpg)
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More Photoshop fun (seen on
[
Reddit
](http://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/znf93/spotted_on_the_174_%E0%B2%A0_%E0%B2%A0/)
, but source unknown):
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](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sarlacc.jpg)
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Here's one of those annoying Facebook card things:
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](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chicken.png)
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Over on Twitter:
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Someone's created a
[
@174sinkhole
](http://twitter.com/174sinkhole)
account. The sinkhole seems to be a bit lonely.
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I've enjoyed
[
the o-dot's
](http://twitter.com/theodotblog)
take on the situation, including
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"Tim Horton's Drive Thru Planned For Orleans Sinkhole"
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and
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"Anne Geddes Arrives In Ottawa To Take Artsy Photos Of Babies In Sinkhole"
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The o-dot also proposed yet another Ottawa festival to be called
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"SinkholeFest"
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"bands to include Hole and Passion Pit". (
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To which my brother
[
@mattgowerottawa
](http://twitter.com/MattGowerOttawa)
responded:
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"Pavement was scheduled to play Sinkholefest, but those plans fell through...")
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](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/justforlaughs.jpg)
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We asked OttawaStart followers to suggest a name for the sinkhole. My favourite was
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"Holeans"
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, suggested by
[
@michelsavard01
](http://twitter.com/michelsavard01)
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There's a sinkhole web site:
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[
www.isthesinkholefixedyet.ca/
](http://www.isthesinkholefixedyet.ca/)
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And finally,
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as much as we laugh and complain about the sinkhole, it's probably worth keeping in mind that it's very, very lucky nobody was seriously injured.
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See also:
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[
Ottawa Traffic Guide
](http://ottawastart.com/traffic.php)
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