There used to be a picture circulating the WWW showing a squashed possum (I think) which the painting crew had just sprayed right over. Not sure which is worse..
As noted on Miss Cellania's site.. while amusing, this list has been circulating for literally decades; I remember Johnny Carson reading from it on The Tonight Show.
My favorite has always been the invisible car that appeared out of nowhere.
"Pesky?" Would an enforced 35-hour work-week be so horrific in the US? People wouldn't be working themselves to death, and more people would have jobs..
UK actor Sylvester McCoy, best known for being one of the Doctors on Doctor Who, did a version of this in his younger days as an act. At least he was getting paid..
My favorite has always been the invisible car that appeared out of nowhere.