Ridiculous causes & effects

One of the fallacies we read about earlier in the semester is the post hoc, ergo procter hoc fallacy: "after this, therefore because of this." Causal arguments are particularly prone to this kind of fallacious reasoning, in which a writer asserts a causal relationship between two entirely unconnected events just because they occur one after the other. After Elvis Presley's death, for instance, oil prices in the US rose precipitously -- but it would be a real stretch to argue that the King's passing caused gas prices to sky-rocket.

Try to think of examples that illustrate this fallacy, but sound borderline reasonable on their face. They can be made up or you can use something you have heard in the media. Give us at least one such example in your response and feel free to comment on other people's examples.