# What kind of checks do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270 "2003-01-22T18:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![1ofthegulls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1ofthegulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1ofthegulls)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/21 "2003-01-23T01:20:41Z")
I seem to do everything with a debit card. I MAYBE use 10 checks a month…plain blue, bank issued, FREE…my favorite price 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/22 "2003-01-23T02:03:13Z")
**Francesca** , I think you can also get brightly-designed cheques in the UK for an additional fee as well (when my ex and I banked at Lloyds, that was an option). I guess no one actually does, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/23 "2003-01-23T02:09:58Z")
national parks checks, smokey mountains, yellowstone, arches, acadia, and denali. I get mine for free, one of the very few perks of working for a financial institution. ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/24 "2003-01-23T03:48:03Z")
I have that Blue Willow china pattern on mine and don’t like them at all, very old ladyish and fussy. I’m sure the recipients are dismayed to see I didn’t crochet the envelope. Before these, my checks were quite nice, subtle swirly colors like parchment, but nobody makes 'em anymore. Egads, I can’t believe I’m still bummed at my favorite check design being discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/25 "2003-01-23T05:04:44Z")
I change my checks every time I’m near the end of the present batch! Right now I’m at the tail end of my “Underwater Landscapes”…the tranquil background “Zen” checks are awaiting their baptism… ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/26 "2003-01-23T05:07:08Z")
Cancelled. [sub]friggin’ identity theft[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/27 "2003-01-23T05:38:35Z")
I would buy, in a second, the “Hindenberg flip book” checks that Bart got on the Simpsons once. ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/28 "2003-01-23T05:43:00Z")
Badbaby, were they something like this: [http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7456&irn=RENAIS315](http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7456&irn=RENAIS315) or this: [http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7288&irn=PARCHM100](http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7288&irn=PARCHM100) or this: [http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7344&irn=SOPHIST701](http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7344&irn=SOPHIST701) or this: [http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7242&irn=EXPEDIT808](http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7242&irn=EXPEDIT808) I have these: [http://www.clarkeamerican.com/www/index-flash.html](http://www.clarkeamerican.com/www/index-flash.html) before that I had these: [http://www.designerchecks.com/Shop/Check.asp?DesignID=8050&BrandID=5&BrandCode=DCI](http://www.designerchecks.com/Shop/Check.asp?DesignID=8050&BrandID=5&BrandCode=DCI) and these: [http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7290&irn=AUTUMN101](http://www.checksunlimited.com/Personal/PersonalCheck.asp?DesignID=7290&irn=AUTUMN101) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/29 "2003-01-23T06:31:35Z")
Mine are four Garfield paintings, with an admonition in the upper left, “Don’t spend it all in one place.” I wanted Monopoly checks, but my bank doesn’t have 'em anymore. I knew I should’ve gotten them way back when… ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/30 "2003-01-23T07:35:51Z")
Plain blue checks, bank issue. They’re the only kind I’ve ever had. Never occurred to me to get fancy ones. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/31 "2003-01-23T08:19:54Z")
Checks? What are checks? Oh, you mean those old, primative little pieces of paper that people use to pay for things? 🙂 Seriously, though, I got my first checking account at 17. I had that for one and a hakf years, wrote a total of three checks. Gkd bless debit cards. My current checking account I’ve had for half a year and have never needed to write a check, and don’t actually have any. I was thinking about ordering some, though, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/32 "2003-01-23T08:24:59Z")
My checks (being the geek I am) have one of four different Marvel superheroes on them: either Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Incredible Hulk, or Captain America. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/33 "2003-01-23T13:40:15Z")
Mine have pretty little birdies on 'em. Bluebirds, Redbirds, and little yellow birds. [sub] Checks with pretty birdies. Yep, I am definitely gay.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/34 "2003-01-23T15:29:17Z")
Mine are just plain old cream colored with maroon lines going horizontally on them. Clarke American makes them. They’re the cheapest ones I could get from the Credit Union. But, being the artistic soul I am, I’m thinking I might splurge next time and get something unique. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/35 "2003-01-23T15:30:21Z")
[https://atlfed-internet.atlanticcu.org/checks/Monopoly%20large.html](https://atlfed-internet.atlanticcu.org/checks/Monopoly%20large.html) Yo - quick shout out to **Leaper** - Monopoly checks can be ordered at the above link. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/36 "2003-01-23T15:32:23Z")
By the way, Missy’s an idiot. Scratch the above post. :rolleyes: That’ll teach ME to try and be helpful… ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/37 "2003-01-24T22:09:46Z")
I have Flavia:Celebrations of Life checks from Checks Unlimited[sup]TM[/sup]…I found a link to show you, but they have changed the checks and they aren’t as pretty as mine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/38 "2003-01-24T23:31:48Z")
I have Betty Boop. I don’t remember which company they’re from. ---
**Author:** ![ASD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@ASD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASD)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270/39 "2003-01-25T00:27:30Z")
I almost bought the checks in the OP, but then I found these: [http://www.messageproducts.com/jsp/SiteNavigator.jsp?page=cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay&cgmenbr=425845&cgrfnbr=710077&merfnbr=425845&showCgpImg=yes&crpcgnbr=708907](http://www.messageproducts.com/jsp/SiteNavigator.jsp?page=cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay&cgmenbr=425845&cgrfnbr=710077&merfnbr=425845&showCgpImg=yes&crpcgnbr=708907) and decided that I liked the picture, and really liked that they’re a fundraiser for the Earthday netowrk (even though they are very pricy) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-checks-do-you-have/150270.md?page=1)