Here's a good one: the comedy channel, trying to market one of their cartoons, placed "live" versions of their cartoon characters around boston -- large, led lit characters hanging from bridges, poles, signs, etc. Citizens thought they were bombs. Holy moly! They claimed that the lit faces looked "angry"
The ensuing panic from some citizens claiming that they must be bombs drew the police to an immediate, emergency response and blew up at least one of them to see if they were, in fact, terrorist bombs. Turns out to have only snared traffic for a few hours.
Attack of the Mooninites!
Crazy world we live in, huh? Even crazier is that the guy who thought this up or approved it or something quit over this. Reminds me of the assistant/deputy director of some federal department (or was it a top city official somewhere?) who was asked to resign over his correct usage of the word "niggardly" when referring to their apportioning of funds in the budget. Ah-ha! It was an aide for mayor of D.C. (Mayer was Anothony Williams and aide/speaker was David Howard). Turns out, a black member of the mayor's staff, incorrectly thinking that the word "niggardly" was a racial slur, lodged a formal complaint causing howard to resign.
Wikipedia: David Howard incident
niggardly - adj.
1 : grudgingly mean about spending or granting
2 : provided in meanly limited supply
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