> > > > ...Bell Atlantic sent him a check for twenty cents.
> > >
> > > I just got an interest check for 21 cents from Edward Jones.
> >
> > Ok, as long as we're telling small check stories, I have everyone beat. At the end of some year in college, the last phone bill I paid before leaving I apparently overpaid by one penny. Normally, the credit would just carry over to the next bill, but because I was shutting off the phone service just afterward, I guess the phone company felt obligated to send me a check for the extra penny.
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> Back when I was a college freshman, the local pizza franchise messed up an order and they were going to place a credit on the next order. So when I placed the next order, I also had a coupon. I paid by check -- something along the lines of thirty-seven cents.
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> The check bounced.

The wife had a job once where one week, all of her pay went to union dues (she didn't stay long, I'll tell you). They still issued her a cheque, though - for the sum of $0.00.