answer is YES I have seen and done both . Learned the Pea Soup from my dad, who had it done to him while he was bartering at the Brat House, Lower State Street Madison Wi 1956-62 ( back when State Street was noting but bars side by side). Got the Milk DUD's from some Jar Heads I hung with for a while in the 70's- they learned it in Nam and like do that one all the time for no reason when we were drinking when ever there was anew person hanging with us for the night ( next day I always got blamed )
I like both because the victim does them self's in with there own thoughts on what they are seeing, which under any type of reasonable or rational thinking they should know is wrong.
The thumb one not only emptied out some bars, but had 3 hospital, 4 Sheriffs Dept and lots of Local Yoko's looking for the two of us one Halloween night night, WE had broke NO laws,including drunk driving to pull that off, but our local cop who thought it was funny as all get out, figured it it was me and my buddy. We were told to never do that again.
I just tell them that I clean toilets at the post office... in the Queen's English

sorry JazzBo but that's a good one.