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At a waterpark once we were passing through the gates and the man who was checking our tickets and scanning our bags pointed at a button and said "by pressing this button, you are agreeing to our terms of service." We didn't get a chance to read it, so I'm pretty sure that wouldn't apply. Never before or since then have I seen that kind of scare tactic in real life.
real-life clickwrap.
There was a specific version of the AOL installer back in the late '90s that would still let you install it and sign on even if you declined the EULA. It's doubtful that anyone noticed or cared, but a friend of mine noticed it and I've pathologically tried clicking "no" on every EULA prompt ever since just to see if whatever piece of software will let me in anyway. Every once in a while I find one that does, but it's pretty rare.
I imagine in this case somebody fucked up and just copy-pasted the "yes" button on the form without bothering to change its action in addition to its text. Who knows how that would stand up in court, and probably nobody's ever had the opportunity to find out anyway.