Man Tried to Pay Parking Ticket with Toilet Paper Check

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law, Funny on December 20, 2008 at 1:57 pm


Remember the New Jersey man who tried to pay his traffic ticket with pennies? Well, in a courageous display of one-upmanship, here’s what one British guy did: he paid his parking ticket with a check written on a toilet paper!

It was a very British protest – cocking a snook at overbearing authorities while staying within the law. But Dick Roper’s glow of pleasure at using two sheets of toilet paper to write a cheque for a parking ticket was short lived.

Although Her Majesty’s Court Service said they would accept the £30 cheque, they demanded an extra £15 to cover the fee for cashing it.

When the 63-year-old grandfather refused, he was dragged to court for non-payment of a fine. He took advantage of his day in court by reading out a letter he sent to the Court Service in which he described the police community support officer who slapped a ticket on his car as a ’snake’. Everyone, including the judge, was laughing as he described the man ’slithering’ home at the end of the day ‘to digest the evil he had done’.

The judge in Mr. Roper’s case had a sense of humor:

When the district judge asked what he would have done if a customer had paid with a cheque written on toilet paper, he replied: ‘I would pay the cheque in and send them a receipt on toilet paper.’

Link – via Blue’s News


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16 comments to "Man Tried to Pay Parking Ticket with Toilet Paper Check"

  1. seekshelter
    December 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    i stopped reading when i saw that the guys name was Dick Roper...haha...

  2. Geekazoid
    December 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Really I'm starting to find these types of things quite annoying. One day it's some guy paying with a 'spider'. Then next someone using pennies. Now toilet paper.

    Enough's enough already, maybe it was somewhat cute the first time now everyone thinks they are so clever and sticking it to the man.

    Just pay the bills on time like everyone else!

  3. ted
    December 20th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Stupid git.

  4. Evilbeagle
    December 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    I always think it's great when someone does even the dumbest things to stick it to The Man.

  5. SenorMysterioso
    December 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    :: snicker snicker... "Dick Roper"

  6. Jacki
    December 20th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    "Smart Alecs"

  7. Rocky Rook
    December 20th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    These type of people are my heroes. Anything to fight back against petty "taxes"

  8. SparkS
    December 20th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    Geekazoid - Lighten up. Article never said it was paid late. It's legal in a lot of places to write a check on most anything.

    Evilbeagle - Amen. It's kind of sad how we Americans forget our country was born out of protest.

  9. Vlad
    December 20th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    I have to admit, I never thought a bank would honour a check written on toilet paper.

  10. DOJ
    December 20th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    I've heard of checks being written on fruit and livestock before.

  11. liphttam1
    December 20th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    When the district judge asked what he would have done if a customer had paid with a cheque written

    Is that how check is speled?

  12. Aea
    December 21st, 2008 at 12:30 am

    Wow liphttam1,

    At first I thought that was simply sarcasm, but, wow...

  13. Evilbeagle
    December 21st, 2008 at 5:50 am

    SparkS - Precisely. As an American living outside of America, it surprises me how much spark and individualism we have lost even since I was a kid. You tend to see it more when you leave the country. This generation growing up is soft and sheep-like, but I will shush before I start chasing kids off my lawn. ;)

    Besides, didn't someone write a check on the side of a cow once, or is that just my imagination?

    liphttam1- In the US, it's a check, but in the UK, it's a cheque.

  14. Max Power
    December 21st, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Also a cheque outside of the UK. ;)

    And at least the "cheque" was clean. :S

  15. Evilbeagle
    December 21st, 2008 at 6:30 am

    True, true, Max Power. I was just going by what I know for a fact. ;)

  16. ellanovak
    December 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    this reminds me of the guy who tried to pay a bill with a spider drawing: http://tinyurl.com/5lzv5j


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