# I need some anti-social checks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821 "2007-09-20T01:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/1 "2007-09-20T01:18:50Z")
So I opened a new account at a new credit union, time to order some checks. “No problem”, I say, as I get a box of 'em free with said account. My beloved wife explains how there are many cool and cute check artwork options available that I may not have thought of. I’m happy with Boring Blue. So just for the heck of it, I need to find the Fangoria of check printers. Blood, nudity, puke, and big dog turds. And does that come with a leather cover? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/2 "2007-09-20T06:47:19Z")
If you believe Visa’s advertising, simply using checks is antisocial enough. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/3 "2007-09-20T10:31:36Z")
A long time ago I saw an ad in (I think it was) Games magazine (and it wasn’t the Fake Ad either – “Which of our pitches is full of hitches?” . . . so anyway) for some hilarious-looking checks featuring a cartoony old man mooning the reader, flipping the bird, sitting on the crapper, etc. They were advertised as being great for paying bills. I might have the torn-out page in my “archives” somewhere, but I haven’t seen it for years. At the time, I was just a sweet young thing who would never consider using something so vulgar, but these days . . . sometimes it’s tempting. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/4 "2007-09-21T03:11:51Z")
That does make for some interesting search strings, so thanks for the diversion at least. 🙂 Not having much luck with really good gross ones, but there are at least some less traditionally cute ones [here.](http://secure.checksinthemail.com/line.aspx?lineid=9) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/5 "2007-09-21T03:18:35Z")
I have a hard enough time keeping my finances straight without getting distracted with ‘stuff’ on my checks. I prefer a dull antique yellow with basic block lettering…with a side of “balanced!!” once a month. But if someone offered Rock-n-Roll checks, i might have to reconsider. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/6 "2007-09-21T22:15:18Z")
you could always go for [irony.](http://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?productid=563) That is, if you can keep the vomit down. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/7 "2007-09-21T22:23:45Z")
One piece of advice: Do _not_ go with the design we used to have – the checks were designed to look like they had been wrinkled up, mushed into a ball, and flattened out again. The lines were all crooked, the font was messy, and the checks generally looked like crap. You would not believe how many fucking morons wouldn’t accept them. Even when I pointed out to them that the texture of the paper was perfectly flat and that they were obviously novelty checks, I’d still get people refusing to take them “in that condition”. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/8 "2007-09-21T22:34:39Z")
[QUOTE=Swampwolf] you could always go for [irony.](http://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?productid=563) That is, if you can keep the vomit down. [/QUOTE] The fifth one down makes me twitch. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/9 "2007-09-21T22:41:03Z")
As always, [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_352b.html) has the answer. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/10 "2007-09-21T22:42:54Z")
My mom gets standard issue checks from her bank for free; however, because she has a “gold” checking account, she gets the option of adding all sorts of things to those checks at no extra charge. Currently, her checks have “Yes, everything on the front is correct!!!” printed in bold type just above the signature line. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/11 "2007-09-21T22:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] The fifth one down makes me twitch. [/QUOTE] Only the fifth? I’m of the opinion that Anne Geddes should be fed to Wegman’s dogs. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/12 "2007-09-21T22:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] My mom gets standard issue checks from her bank for free; however, because she has a “gold” checking account, she gets the option of adding all sorts of things to those checks at no extra charge. Currently, her checks have “Yes, everything on the front is correct!!!” printed in bold type just above the signature line. [/QUOTE] Whoops. [Oh my God](http://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?lineid=105&productid=730) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/13 "2007-09-21T23:03:00Z")
How about [Ozzy Osbourne](http://www.styleschecks.com/shop/product.aspx?ProductID=9XOZPCHK(Base)&CategoryName=PCHK-SC(Base)&SubcategoryName=FanRockStar(Base)&CategoryCode=)? Other rockers, including KISS, Jimi Hendrix, and Rob Zombie available [here](http://www.4checks.com/results.asp?stringToFind=Music#). [Where the Wild Things Are](http://www.imagechecks.com/shop/product.aspx?ProductID=IWTPCHK(Base)&CategoryName=&SubcategoryName=CKIMP-IC(Base)&CategoryCode=)? [Pirates](http://www.checkworks.com/personal/bydesign.asp?design=PS)? Arrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/14 "2007-09-22T00:44:24Z")
Thanks for the help, folks. I may get [these](http://www.coolchecks.com/images/products/InsectsAni.gif), unless I can find the ones **Hal** is talking about. Those sound perfect. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/15 "2007-09-22T01:26:30Z")
You’re going to be freaking out some of the people you hand those to, I’m sure. Congrats! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/16 "2007-09-22T02:05:23Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Nader] Thanks for the help, folks. I may get [these](http://www.coolchecks.com/images/products/InsectsAni.gif), unless I can find the ones **Hal** is talking about. Those sound perfect. [/QUOTE] Those are awesome! My boys would love it! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-anti-social-checks/419821/17 "2007-09-22T02:58:22Z")
[These](http://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?lineid=105&productid=753) are pretty groovy. [These](http://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?productid=1627) are arguably anti-social. [These](http://www.identitychecks.com/shop/product.aspx?ProductID=9K02PCHK(Base)&CategoryName=CKSTD-ID(Base)&SubcategoryName=Military-CKSTD-ID(Base)&CategoryCode=) are arguably anti-social. [These](http://www.identitychecks.com/shop/product.aspx?ProductID=9KJMPCHK(Base)&CategoryName=CKSTD-ID(Base)&SubcategoryName=Interests-CKSTD-ID(Base)&CategoryCode=) celebrate the use of licit substances, and a little bit more. [Guns.](http://www.identitychecks.com/shop/product.aspx?ProductID=9K40PCHK(Base)&CategoryName=CKSTD-ID(Base)&SubcategoryName=Hunting-CKSTD-ID(Base)&CategoryCode=)