Who cares if it's true? It's a great story.
Sky News correspondent Paul Kelso tweeted a rumour he'd heard on Friday night about a kayaker in Rio that apparently capsized when they collided with an underwater couch.
https://twitter.com/pkelso/status/761658619733667840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Brilliant, right?
Official confirmation of the report has yet to surface but that didn't do anything to hinder the upward trajectory of the hilarious hashtag to the trending charts.
https://twitter.com/TheDugoutYYC/status/761671409315614720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/justblue_/status/761672073026670592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/StuartMcComish/status/761682902576947201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/magpiedays/status/761669649549365248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/SportsPaulH/status/761664334284062720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Kramed67037/status/761680485747535872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/marvinmonroe/status/761673300800053248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/BryanDFischer/status/761675682912935937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/genwithaG215/status/761687167538122752
The story was so captivating, even in its unsubstantiated absurdity, that the inevitable happened.
@RioKayakSofa became a Twitter handle.
https://twitter.com/riokayaksofa/status/761818345805058048
https://twitter.com/riokayaksofa/status/761820596527390721
https://twitter.com/riokayaksofa/status/761941657067532288
https://twitter.com/riokayaksofa/status/761946476259872768
Call the Games off. It doesn't get any better than this.
