The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 27, June 30, 2002, Article 12

NICE TRY

  From "News of the Weird":
  "Police in Norfolk, Neb., are still trying to find Curtis Boyd,
  23, after he skipped out on bail after allegedly trying to pass
  a check for $22 million at the Bank of Norfolk drive-through
  in May.  Boyd had purchased a computer software
  check-writing program and apparently figured all he had to
  do to get the bank to give him money was to present a
  realistic-looking check with certain Federal Reserve code
  numbers.  When the bank declined to take it, Boyd took the
  check back, decided apparently that the one imperfection in
  the check was the lack of an "issuing bank," and thus returned
  to the Bank of Norfolk after hand-writing the name "Reality
  Perspective Bank" at the top of the check.  This time, the bank
  employees called the police.

  Under the "News That Sounds Like a Joke" category, the
  same column includes this tidbit from London:
  "A 39-year-old man with a bad stuttering problem claimed
  unlawful discrimination when he was turned down in his
  quest to become a licensed driving instructor; his trainer
  found that the man could not utter the word "stop" fast
  enough."

 http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw020623.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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