It’s an old saying, and apparently applies equally as well to the denizens of Skyrim as it does to their real life counterparts.
Although I have had fun moving things and bodies about to create hilarious scenarios, it hadn’t occured to me to take such practical advantage of the ability to move apparently useless objects.
But would it work in real life? Next time you want to leave work early, try putting the wastepaper bin over the boss’s head. Go on, I dare you. I double dare you.