The dog ate my checkbook -
We should never laugh identity theft, but a recent case of Arlington, Washington puts a humorous spin on an old excuse. A woman would have started using checks from her ex-husband to pay for part of their expenses. When the police went to question the woman, she first told them, "his dog got into her purse and ate all her personal checks." Without a checkbook, she needed a way to pay the bills, and it seems that the checkbook from her ex-husband was the best thing in itself.
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