The most London tweets about this morning’s tube strike chaos
‘You walked? I had to take a dolphin at Greenwich’
Fear. Uproar. Complete and utter chaos. Ubers pile up on top of each other in an orgy of twisted steel as the screams of trampled bus commuters fill the air. Yep, there’s a strike on.
Today London was gripped once again by the pandemonium only possible when it loses its trusty tube, so Londoners responded in the only way possible when faced with a queue of 1,000 people and a two hour bus journey through the Square Mile.
They made jokes on Twitter. Here are some of the best.
There will be huge commuting one-upmanship on display tomorrow.
'You walked? I had to take a dolphin at Greenwich.'
'I swam.'#TubeStrike
— Dan (@ThatConnArtist) January 8, 2017
Happy Monday morning #London.
Due to the #TubeStrike TFL has released an updated map of the underground network… pic.twitter.com/f1xItAcwKN— Gerry Stergiopoulos (@GerryGreek) January 9, 2017
It's not even 7am at Clapham Junction and I already feel like Simba in the stampede scene of The Lion King #TubeStrike #london
— Aisling (@aislingroseg) January 9, 2017
London during the tube strike, the buses are now mad Max style death trucks. People try to ride pigeons to work. No gaps are minded. Chaos.
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) January 9, 2017
Clapham Junction is a very similar scene to when the Titanic is sinking & they're trying to get everyone onto the lifeboats #TubeStrike #TfL
— gabriella sylvia (@gabsylvia_) January 9, 2017
Unbelievable scenes as my bus moves 20 feet without stopping. #TubeStrike
— Chris Gray (@ChrisGSGray) January 9, 2017
When you're sitting down in a bus because of the #TubeStrike & see a woman in front of u rubbing her stomach with the 'baby on board' badge. pic.twitter.com/bxOSvraTVR
— Señor Thomas (@Addi_Official) January 9, 2017
Leicester Square is so full of Ubers this morning it's like a Toyota Prius convention. #TubeStrike
— Chris Parsons (@ChrisParsons274) January 9, 2017
Queueing for a bus. London style. ??????♀️????♀️?♀️????♀️??#TubeStrike @BBCLondonNews pic.twitter.com/B6eJIdFPJ5
— Murray Burnell (@Murray_Burnell) January 9, 2017
London. Where 6 ZILLION people can be seen queuing 40 minutes for a bus to take them a distance that can be walked in 20 minutes #TubeStrike
— TenInchWheels (@teninchwheels) January 9, 2017
Inconvenienced by #TubeStrike ? It could be worse, you could be making your final journey. https://t.co/BOju5ZaVdp pic.twitter.com/Zz63FpZLyA
— PERFECT FUNERALS (@perfectfunerals) January 9, 2017
Spare a thought for the Tube strike's real victims: northerners who will spend all day complaining about it being on the news
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) January 9, 2017
I don't know who's more angry out of people in London trying to commute or people in Scotland seeing the tube strike lead the news.
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) January 9, 2017
*12 buses, 6 Ubers, crawls the final 2 streets*
Colleague: how was your journey in?
Me: yeah, not bad thanks.@SoVeryBritish #TubeStrike
— Jamie McCormack (@timeforjamie) January 9, 2017
Remember today during the #TubeStrike most stations have a Wetherspoon pub in walking distance so just come in and get mangled instead. ??
— JD WETHERSP00N (@WetherspoonsUK) January 9, 2017
Happy #TubeStrike Day! When everyone's furious that their own exploitation is hindered by tube workers fighting the conditions of theirs.
— michael (@Sisyphusa) January 9, 2017
LONDON IS CLOSED MATE
— Rylan Clark-Neal (@Rylan) January 9, 2017
London may have a #TubeStrike today, but least we have our reasonable house prices, eh? [sound of weeping]
— innocent drinks (@innocent) January 9, 2017
We're striking so service will be very similar to normal. Poor at best. I might go for a spray tan #TubeStrike #CentralLine
— Central Line Updates (@badcentralline) January 8, 2017
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