I Won and All I Got Was This Lousy Check

Written by Pat's Papers | Wednesday, 19 September 2012 8:12 AM


This spring, ten Texas high school students won a scholarship contest to help pay for their college tuition. They each received one of those big Ed McMahon-style checks for $2,000. The problem is, says the Houston Chronicle, that the winners never received actual checks from the contest’s sponsor. And the bank doesn’t accept huge cardboard ones.

SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

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