I think you have to ask yourself why you're outnumbered. Again.

The real check arrives later. The check Regis gives is just a prop that the contestant gets to keep. I still have my fake (Million Dollar) check that everyone gets.

Tim :-)

Hey, how'd you get one for a million? I just got the one for the amount I won!

I won $16,000 on the ABC prime time version with Regis. They did not make checks for those of us to win under $32,000. So everyone received the million dollar check they made for us (just in case) at the end of the taping.

Tim :-)

Curses! Wish I'd have thought to ask. I guess I had other things on my mind that day, or something.

Did it ever occur to you what a security hazard this would be?
Wait--I answered my own question: Probably not.

In my case, they handed Regis three prop checks: a $1M, a $500K...and a $32K. They were ready for any eventuality.

And you got the usual $500K check, right, Tom?

But obviously not on camera, because they like to pretend the check is real.

Yep. They offered me the prop $1M check after the show, but I was happy with the one I had!

So did they go ahead and give you that $1M prop check anyway?

You obviously do not have the skills to comprehend simple words.

Yes. They physically jammed it into his pocket, and said "Dammit, you WILL take this fake $1,000,000 check, we printed it with your name on it and if you DON'T take it home with you, we will HUNT YOU DOWN where you live and STAPLE IT TO YOUR FOREHEAD."

Really, tell me, 'cuz I honestly want to know, do you have to work to be this utterly clueless, or does it come naturally?

Yep, they were.

This is correct. And that staple, which is coincidentally still lodged in my forehead, allows me to pick up AM radio stations. It's very entertaining at parties.

Now i'm jealous....My staple only picks up Weather band...

Lemme break down the conversation:

GSG2K: "Did they give you the check?"
TOB: "No, they asked me if I wanted it, but I did not."
GSG2K: "Ah. So did they give you the check?"

Unless this is his homage to Steve Martin in "The Absent-Minded Waiter", that's just ludicrous. I wouldn't be nearly as steamed if this wasn't par for the course with this guy.

No, it's more like if he pulled Captain with nothing whatsoever to ship and I end up rotting all of my stores as a result.

(Actually I suppose that could happen and not be considered a dumbass move. But I digress.)

Did this create a problem with Ingram running to the bank before they knew anything about the coughing?

No, since they still had the check when the problem w/Tecwen Whittock's "cough" was discovered.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

I'm lucky. I have the XM staple.

Which beats my Sirrius staple ten-fold.

It's the all-new, star-studded $25,000 Tichu! Today's celebrity partners are Charles Nelson Reilly and Fannie Flagg! (*)

Late Night Tichu.

Celebrity Tichu Showdown.

(etc. etc.)

(*) ...and world-famous writer and star of Microsoft adverts, Dave Arnott!

You mock our favorite card game, but I would watch any one of those in a SECOND. :)

Very affectionately; so would I.

Do Nielsen figures go down to 0.000003?

Oh, it would be dashes all the way, but what the hell.

Now, someone pass the popcorn; that guy just bombed an eight-card stairstep.... :)

::grabs framed CapitalOne check from windowsill::

You are incorrect. On the bottom, the check reads:

;-10304;•":4265•"•1040";9230

And in case there are one or two of you out there who *really* care (which I fear is probably the case), the first and third quotation marks are pointed to the left, the second to the right.