If you want to get reactions from the Americans, there are far more...creative and amusing ways. Personally, I'm fond of the idea of breeding a pink strain of handwavium, treating the Statue of Liberty, and then letting her walk through downtown New York....
[Edit] You know...sometimes I worry about my brain. The above thought popped into my head when someone mentioned stealing a national monument. I knew handwavium alone couldn't do it. Then after I posted this, my brain started whispering to me... 'You know....the goo is pink because it's a nutrient-laden mixture of handwavium and stem cells, that the handwavium will allow to bond to the statue to form a metallo-organic musculature...' Fortunately, they still don't make Nikes in her size, so I doubt the Jason will be tempted any time soon....
[Edit] You know...sometimes I worry about my brain. The above thought popped into my head when someone mentioned stealing a national monument. I knew handwavium alone couldn't do it. Then after I posted this, my brain started whispering to me... 'You know....the goo is pink because it's a nutrient-laden mixture of handwavium and stem cells, that the handwavium will allow to bond to the statue to form a metallo-organic musculature...' Fortunately, they still don't make Nikes in her size, so I doubt the Jason will be tempted any time soon....