Gmail down: The 10 funniest tweets
Gmail crashed briefly on Monday, but Twitter was going strong with wry humor about the outage.
Google said today that it was investigating reports of Gmail outages.
Gmail, along with Google Drive and Google Calendar, went dark briefly at about noon on Monday, and Twitter became quickly overrun with听tips on alternative methods,听speculations about the Mayan听apocalypse, schadenfreude from Outlook users, and, most of all, wisecracks. Here are our 10 favorite tweets from the Great Gmail Outage of 2012: 听
听Penguins听re-enact听Gmail's听outage听[see video above].
:听[In Focus] Google Shuts Down听Gmail听To Show Its Immense Power听
:听Gmail is down. Go have lunch with somebody you care about.
:听There is no Gmail. Only听Zuul. [Editor's note, if you don't get this one, then you haven't seen Ghostbusters enough times.]
:听Anyone else scared that if gmail continues being down, they'll have to actually speak to their coworkers?
:听Gmail outage is a great time to catch up on your LinkedIn messages.
:听Karl Rove is still insisting GMail is not down in Ohio.
:听The听G听train听enjoyed听a听rare听moment听of听working听slightly听better听than听Gmail.
听I lived with no heat or power in the dead of winter for 12 days. But I am heartbroken about your temporary gmail outage.
:听We can tell Gmail is down because we just got a smoke signal from a Nigerian prince.
Google's email service is now back up for most people, but if you are still having trouble accessing it, try going going here:听