Perkele!
Just a few updates on our Finnish Kickstarter project.
First of all, thank you for getting us off to an amazing start. We are more than 21% funded in less than 24 hours, which is asstastic. I don’t do a lot of smart things in life, but putting this thing up on a Friday when all of you were drinking certainly demonstrated an understanding of my demographic.
We are already featured as one of Kickstarter’s hottest projects. It’s awesome until you look at some of the other stuff that’s hot right now:
No, I totally made that up. But it’s not far from the truth.
Anyway, here are the updates:
MORE PRINTED COPIES AVAILABLE: To my surprise, I ran out of books pretty fast yesterday. I thought you crunchy bastards would prefer pdfs, since they’re so much easier to throw away. But God love you, you want to see trees die for this bullshit, and I will not say you nay. So 200 more copies have been made available, and are now listed in the rewards section.
Don’t panic! If you already bought something you didn’t really want because you couldn’t get a printed copy, you can change your pledge. Look for “MANAGE YOUR PLEDGE” and then you can, well, manage your pledge.
FINS ARE FRIENDLESS: I’m trying to throw a party for 6 of you in Helsinki, but according to some intel I got yesterday, Finnish people do not have friends.
To make this easier, I broke down the top reward and now you can just pay for yourself. I limited the party to 20 people total, but I’ll throw this clambake even if only one of you buys in. In fact, we might all go over to your place afterward and watch Digiviihde.
WHY $50,000?: It’s simple really. When I travel abroad, I only wipe my ass with fur. That shit adds up.
Actually, here’s what happens to the funds we collect:
• Kickstarter takes a percentage
• Amazon Payments takes a percentage
• The artists we’ve hired to illustrate the book will be paid
• Books will be printed and other merchandise made
• A percentage will be used to fund our charitable projects*
• Two round trip tickets to Finland
• One small piece of fur for ass wiping purposes
*I don’t mention the charity aspect on Kickstarter, because they don’t want you to talk about that stuff over there. I guess they can’t vet everyone who submits a proposal, and for all they know you’re a lying sack of crap trying to get rich on someone else’s misery.
And finally…
From: SOME FINNISH FUCKER
Date: August 27, 2011 8:27:11 AM PDT
Subject: Finland
To: Helen@regretsy.comAs a Finnish American, I support your cause!
I do have some tips for enjoying this relatively boring country:
1. Delight in every single Finn you meet who will ask you, in the same suspicious tone, “Why did you come to Finland?”
2. Koskenkorva is the thing to drink. It’s a grain alcohol.
3. Karjalanpiirakat is the thing to eat. It’s a “rice pasty”.
4. Learn the most commonly used Finnish cuss word: Perkele! What’s especially awesome about this is that Perkele is the ancient Finnish god of thunder.
5. Beware of walking around any city on a Sunday morning as the sidewalks are covered in vomit. This is no joke.
To buy a book and help pay for our goodwill tour of Finland, visit our Kickstarter page here
August 27, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Profiting from other peoples misery = Etsy success. I think the Japan tsunami taught us that.
Fucking bag of fucks, karma’s gonna get ya.
August 27, 2011 at 1:49 pm
what sucks is that this one is actually really cool…
August 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I’ve always to spend money on a hurricane tree painted with lollipops
August 27, 2011 at 4:03 pm
I suspect this was painted before today. Probably several of them. And no, it doesn’t look remotely like North Carolina OR a hurricane.
August 27, 2011 at 5:15 pm
That’s the problem with a lot of the shit. There are some adequate, even good things but the douchcanoes rename the things. Like that tie on the first page – kind of night sky looking, it’s OK but has nothing to do with Irene. Twatwaffle fucktartd cupcakes have no shame.
August 27, 2011 at 10:29 pm
What I want to know is, what does a picture of the “tippy tip top” of the Empire State Building and a cloud have anything to do with GHOSTBUSTERS?!?!
August 27, 2011 at 1:52 pm
I think “fucking bag of fucks” is my new favorite thing.
August 27, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Because a FUCKING WHITE LACE DRESS says Hurricane.
Fucking bag of fucks indeed.
And of COURSE those etsy hipsters would need a cute galoshes illustration to commemorate their screaming deaths. After all, hurricanes are totes adorbs!
August 27, 2011 at 6:07 pm
You made me poke the hornet’s nest, April!
August 27, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Way to go!!
August 28, 2011 at 4:14 am
LORDY did they get in a twist!! LOVE your poke, MsBitchands…
August 28, 2011 at 3:55 pm
One of my favorite quotes:
“Etsy isn’t Ebay. In a lot of great ways. Again, shoppers on Etsy aren’t stupid, or even close to it, they can decide for themselves.”
August 27, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Irene is going to be less misery (unless you’re stupid enough to go out in it) and more inconvenience. Seriously, it’s a category 1. They’ve had blizzards with worse wind. And storm surge with such a baby storm is nothing.
August 27, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Storm surge going into an area that already has their ground saturated by water during high tide while a large storm dumps even more water in an area IS bad.
August 27, 2011 at 8:22 pm
PoleStar’s got her panties all in a twist about it too!
August 27, 2011 at 6:54 pm
*cough*Katrina*cough*
Better to be safe than sorry.
August 27, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Whatever. I survived the Battle of Canary Wharf, you douchcanoes…
August 28, 2011 at 12:57 am
Well, as I said over on MsBitchHands’ Etsy thread, it may be less than predicted, but 10 people have already died, including a child, so I would never count it as a baby storm or something to take lightly.
August 27, 2011 at 1:36 pm
No link to the kickstarter? Must be the hangover.
August 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm
There is a link…. The last line of the post.
August 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm
It’s the bottom thing in bold with the link in it.
August 27, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Bold? Link? That’s not enough of an attention-getter. We need something that flashes bright colors, causing epileptic seizures.
August 27, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Hello, my name is DERP DERP DERP.
Here is a picture of a dog:
August 27, 2011 at 1:41 pm
It was a good point though, because I should have linked it up top as well.
August 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Oh, jeeze… ow you are trying to be nice.
August 27, 2011 at 1:47 pm
now
August 27, 2011 at 2:07 pm
@Pull My Leg — That sort of thing happens to the best of us from time to time. I’m sure she’ll get meaner *ahem* funnier after a couple more drinks.
August 27, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I’m sure you’re also distracted/excited because you’ve just sent Hector off to the jewellery store. All-season radials indeed!
August 27, 2011 at 2:58 pm
My sleepy little girl woke up, saw this picture, and asked, “‘og?” and looked at me confused. Just had to share this adorable moment and thank you for posting that pic.
August 27, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Your dog is amazing!
I have two boxers and they are the idiot savant clowns of dogdom. Awesome!
August 27, 2011 at 6:32 pm
not my dog, just some picture I found when I googled “DERP DOG”
But yeah, it’s pretty darn dog-tastic.
August 28, 2011 at 9:25 am
I have two also and that is the best description of boxer personalities ever!
August 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm
The only thing that would be more exciting is if I were in Finland.
When are you going to make a good will tour of Wisconsin?
August 27, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Just tour the US with your new Finland Folktales… I’d attend that shit in the city near me.
August 27, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Probably when “Look at my Bloody Pad” opens in 4 days.
August 27, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I hear the theater won’t be serving alcohol during the performance. I’m bringing a flask of urine ale just in case.
August 27, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Well you can never have too much alcohol, so whether they will or won’t be serving YOU WIN.
August 27, 2011 at 3:46 pm
You know what’s really sad? I could totally believe that those other two were real projects. In fact, I did for a moment. Look what Regretsy has done to my reasoning ability.
August 27, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Actually, given some of the crap we’ve seen on Etsy, my first thought was, ” oh geez, don’t give th cupcakes any ideas.” I’d be sorta surprised if there isn’t someone out there doing this kind of bullshit and calling it art.
August 27, 2011 at 5:02 pm
i am from portland and not the LEAST bit surprised someone needs funding to turn piss into beer.
August 27, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Number 5 makes me think Finland looks an awful lot like my old college campus, particularly near the Greek housing.
…I’m just kidding, I never went to college. I was too smart. Or something.
August 27, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Like my father always said, “Always Finnish what you begin,” which I think has something to do with drinking a lot and fighting off the Soviets.
August 28, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Or, as I say: I’m finnish, but never done
August 27, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Perkele always makes me think of lassegg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJf0md1kG8
FAEN!
August 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm
I’d help but I’m short on cash even though I just took my student loan. (Fuck you water bills that come just three times a year!) It’d be nice to see you in Oulu (located about 330 miles from Helsinki, largest “city” in northern Finland), we have a great traditional dish called “rössypottu” which is a soup composed of potatoes, pork meat, some spices and OVEN-COOKED PIG-BLOOD. If that doesn’t give you superhero-like strength then nothing will. You’re eating BLOOD and that’s awesome. Also, about half the people in Oulu hate it. Anthony Bourdain tried it though…
August 27, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Disregard that, I just gave 5 of your American dollars for you. I’m that drunk. Enjoy the trip 8D Helen, kokeile salmiakkikoskenkorvaa, se on kovin mukavaa ainetta.
August 27, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Marry me. I want to have non-pigmented babies with you.
August 27, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Oulu represent!
I’d like to point out that there are a lot of blood-based “delicacies” to try out in different parts of Finland, like the mustamakkara of Tampere, which looks like someone pulled out their colon and had the nerve to serve it to you with dressings. And every Finn of course remembers—some even without the aid of therapy—being served blood pancakes in the elementary school cafeteria at least twice a year.
August 28, 2011 at 9:52 am
Blood pancakes are delicious!
August 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm
It was either donate here, or the United Negro College Fund. Found the Kickstarter link first, so it’s all good.
August 27, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Thanks for the tip HK. I just upgraded to buy the book. I was having such remorse with just my sad little $5 amount. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help with the book. I draw great cartoon finnish porn. You’d be amazed.
August 27, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I added an extra $.05 to my donation, so you can put some sparkles on that shit.
August 27, 2011 at 1:49 pm
You mean the Small Batch Artisinal Urine Ale isn’t real? Fuck.
August 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I’m sure you can rig up some kind of mobile still with an ostomy bag and a couple of tubes.
August 27, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Better stick to the hallucinogenic reindeer urine.
Great there’s more hard books.
August 27, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Please, please don’t do that unless you put out a Glade scented candle first.
August 27, 2011 at 5:10 pm
I am also disappointed. What a fun hobby that would have been.
August 27, 2011 at 1:57 pm
You should probably print out this wikipedia entry of Finnish profanity to make sure you’re ready to go! Apparently, the fins swear pretty much all the time; you should feel right at home
August 27, 2011 at 1:59 pm
April, what do I need to do to get my big book of fabricated folktales from Finland signed by you? That would make my year.
August 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm
I think I spotted an error in your made up Kickstarter hot topics. The foaming urine homebrew should be in Milwaukee and the bloody pad should be in Portland (OR).
Or maybe you did it the “wrong” way ’round as a hint so we wouldn’t be fooled.
Or maybe you did it the “wrong” way ’round so we’d noticed it wasn’t the obvious association and therefore think it must be true.
Or maybe I need a drink.
The last seems most likely.
August 27, 2011 at 2:04 pm
I couldn’t help reading that fellow’s note in an overexaggerated Finnish accent.
August 27, 2011 at 2:20 pm
I think Helen should consider hiring him as a tour guide. Did he send a picture without a shirt? Because that’s important to have when considering male tour guides.
August 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm
(I’m assuming Finnish Fucker = male. If female, the descriptive term would have been different. In my mind.)
August 27, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Oh yeah, I guess I just automatically assumed it’s a guy too. I’m probably a secret chauvinist.
August 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Fuckee? Fuckeuse? Fuckerette?
August 28, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Fuckette
August 27, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Helen, can we assume that “we’ve” is past tense and that you have already hired the illustrators you need?
August 27, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Yes.
August 27, 2011 at 2:13 pm
God Fucking dammit. I forgot to design and upload “I survived Hurricane Irene” t-shirts this afternoon. I drew a bunny instead…
August 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm
You poor thing. Perhaps if you bought one of my famine profiteroles it would cheer you up.
August 27, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Well, maybe we can get flounce bunny in here to say it for you and then you can print it on canvas bags from Michaels and then sell that on cupcakeville
August 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Until I read further I completely thought that the Portland, Oregon urine brewers were real. It just seems like something that would happen with all the psycho hippies. That would have really pushed me over the edge to find a different state to live in.
August 27, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Come further north, we have homeless people (& the Insane Clown Pussy) here too!
August 28, 2011 at 7:27 am
So Clown Underwear Dave can meet the female of the species?
August 28, 2011 at 9:09 am
I’d prefer they don’t procreate, thanks so much. Some of these women have better moustaches than I.
August 27, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Yum, “rice pasty”!
So delicious, how can one resist?
August 27, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I tried that. The rice sticks at first, but then it falls off your nipples.
August 27, 2011 at 4:08 pm
That’s why you stir some honey in to it first.
August 27, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Kinky!
Or perhaps a subtle homage to Heavyweights….
August 31, 2011 at 6:29 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty
August 27, 2011 at 2:17 pm
If I were in Finland, you would have $200 from me already.
If I had $800 for a round trip flight to Finland, and $200 for the Kickstarter, I would be pretending to be Finnish, just so I could go.
Unfortunately, I am neither rich nor Finnish. I’ll just be over here, drinking more, as I await Hurricane Irene.
August 27, 2011 at 10:04 pm
I don’t think being Finnish is a requirement. I know if I had the money, I’d fly to Helsinki to attend this.
I found a plane ticket for $800 too, but if I could afford to take the trip I’d want to fly business class at least. The thought of not getting any sleep on a nineteen hour journey to a boozfest is a bit scary.
And I’d want to stay at the Hotel Kamp. The picture of their lobby looks like it gas a goatse ceiling.
August 27, 2011 at 2:29 pm
I really cannot wait to read this book.
August 27, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Do Rice Pasties have Parsley Tassels?
August 27, 2011 at 3:00 pm
I think maybe I need a set of those.
August 27, 2011 at 5:17 pm
You can wear them! You can eat them (just make sure they are organic)! Truly multipurpose!!
August 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm
I want the paper and plastic book, but I know my genius children would find it, and then I’d have some splaining to do. I have a sneaking suspicion this will not be a family-friendly book, and I’d rather get the kids through elementary school before I have to define and explain Regretsy terms.
August 27, 2011 at 3:06 pm
One of the worst days of my life is when I discovered my child could read the computer screen over my shoulder and I had to stop reading some of my favorite sites until after he was in bed. Now he’s older and he slowly backs out of the room when he sees General Fuckery (not related to Private Douche Canoe) on my computer screen.
August 27, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Ah… From Black Adder Goes Forth – The Lost Episodes.
August 27, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Finland sounds a lot like England!
Well, the vomit on the sidewalk come Sunday morning anyways.
August 27, 2011 at 3:09 pm
This is why I don’t go out Sunday mornings and stay in bed with my laptop and a hangover instead.
August 27, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Walking outdoors on Sunday mornings? That’s a twilight zone episode isn’t it?
August 27, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Celebrating the hurricane. Or better, celebrating it with a fun bracelet. http://www.etsy.com/listing/80603156/the-eye-of-the-hurricane?ref=sc_1
August 27, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Oh, HONESTLY!!! Thumbs up to you but down to these idiots…
August 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm
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August 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm
You can’t. Please see yesterday’s post announcing the project.
August 27, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck. I want to go to Finland with you SO BAD!!!!!!
August 27, 2011 at 5:07 pm
I want to go too!!
August 27, 2011 at 3:26 pm
I want to go to the dinner with Helen and her Finnish friends.
I’ve just looked up flights to Finland in December, the fare is over £300(pounds) about $450.00, then hotel, another £400 plus the kickstarter fee. I could bring food in my suitcase to save costs. Not much change out of £1000!
Note to self: Monday, buy pantyhose Tuesday, rob bank (preferably not my own) Wednesday, book flights
Note to Helen: Since I don’t drink alcohol, it would save a few bucks when you pick up the tab!! Perkele!
August 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Helen, before you go to Finland, you need to read the web comic Scandinavia and the World. It’ll help. A lot. Here’s a link!
http://satwcomic.com/porn-for-everybody
I promise it’s safe for work, despite its page title. Finland shows up after a comic or two, and perkele eventually comes into play as well.
August 27, 2011 at 3:50 pm
I have fallen in love with that comic since it was mentioned in a Club Fuckery post a few days ago. It’s made me laugh as hard as Regretsy has. And HK, Bronc, and all the rest of you hilarious fuckers are a hard act to follow!
August 27, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Not only did I read EVERY comic the night it was mentioned here, I made my husband get obsessed too. It’s my new favorite obsession.
August 27, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Wow, I would never make it in Scandinavia.
August 28, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Not sure how I feel about the most recent comment, from a zoophile.
August 27, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Am I total Finland stalker if I knew what Perkele meant when I saw the post? Also, Lone Wolf McQuade is on and I’ll be back in a couple of hours.
August 27, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Domestic shipping only?? What, you don’t think it’s reasonable for you to pay $20 or more to send a book to Europe for a $20 pledge?
I guess I’ll have to settle with licking my computer screen when I get the pdf document instead of the actual book.
August 27, 2011 at 5:10 pm
There are domestic shipping AND international shipping options. Look under the domestic listing for the international one.
Obviously the international shipping is more, or I would just be doing this for the pleasure of printing and mailing things.
August 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Oh, there it is. I’m an idiot.
August 27, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I’d like to give a honest tip without any snark. I know how that sounds, but hear me out. Finnish cities are relatively boring, the nature is where it’s at. Finland is 70% forest and the rest is probably either lake, swamp or the prementioned vomit. Take advantage of this, it’s the main reason people come here. It’s also impossible to avoid; drive 30 min to any direction from any given location in Finalnd and wah la, forest. The archipelago is also gorgeous.
Hopefully you don’t come here in the worst possible time, which is the awkward season between autumn and winter, when everything is dark and soggy. If you want to come in winter, then January-February is your best choice.
August 28, 2011 at 6:10 am
You know what? Crime-free, homeless-free, having wide streets, nice buildings, trees, cute shops, saunas, funky patisserie, outdoor cafes, cheap booze, original bars, funny details and helpful people with nice clothes, haircuts and who are neither obsessed with nor neurotic in any way about sex doesn’t necessarily translate to “boring”.
August 28, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Having been to Vermont, I do agree with going when it’s properly winter if you want to see the natural beauty.
They call the time before the first snow “stick season” and the time after the spring thaw “mud season.”
August 27, 2011 at 4:55 pm
This is just too freaking awesome. I can’t wait to read dispatches from your trip to Finland. If I could afford travel, I’d follow you there like you were Dead tour.
Fortunately, at category 1, Irene is about as much a natural disaster as the great East Coast earthquake of ’11
August 27, 2011 at 5:00 pm
I am browsing the Sidebar of Wondrous, Whimsicle Regretsy Categories and have failed to locate “Finland” as one of them. Please amend this, for seeing “Jews” flounce on with no contenders makes me a sad reindeer.
August 27, 2011 at 5:15 pm
I just pledged some money and it says my book will be here around November….I am totally going to forget that I ordered it and stumble drunkenly to the mailbox and be so confused as to why the shit I ordered a book about Finland
August 27, 2011 at 7:09 pm
I think that will go for all of us fat, ugly, jealous losers. It will be a nice surprise in the mail though! It will probably be the perfect companion to booze, too.
August 27, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Damn April, you really scared the hell out me with that fact Womyn Pad show. Sounded way to real. I hope that our art/theater department does not see that!
August 27, 2011 at 10:29 pm
They can do a rendition of that song from Cold Mountain…we’ll rise above the scarlet tide that echoes down through the mountains and separates the widow from the bride…
August 28, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Do. Not. Give. Them. Ideas.
August 27, 2011 at 5:45 pm
I could only go for the $10 option but at least I will get a handwritten thank you note and then I can pretend we’re friends.
August 27, 2011 at 5:47 pm
I’d love to help out, but.. I just don’t have the means to do so. Enjoy your trip, though.
August 27, 2011 at 7:47 pm
They already turn piss into beer. Its called Budweiser!
August 27, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Whatever. I survived the Battle of Canary Wharf.
August 27, 2011 at 10:12 pm
I haven’t checked the lottery numbers yet, because for a few moments I can fantasize about spending a week or so in Helsinki to attend this.
August 28, 2011 at 2:25 am
Wohou! Mahtavaa!!! When are you coming over?
And you’re only gonna be in the greater Helsinki area?
A tip. Summer Finland is excellent and beautiful. Winter (Jan-Dec-Mar) is excellent, as is spring. Oct-Nov-early Dec —no way. You’ll be depressed and kill yourself in no time.
Why do we Finns love Regretsy? Because we are a cruel, evil people. Most Finnish women are handicraft-crazy, and pretty skilled at that. They love laughing at other peoples’ effed up attempts at knitting, pottery, etc. The rest of us can’t sew, crochet or whatever, but we love seeing other people make a fool of themselves by thinking they can. It’s pretty much schadenfreude that keeps us Finns going. That german word means rejoicing in other people’s mishaps and suffering.
Anyway, you’re so welcome, April!! If I’m in Helsinki when you’re over, I’m definitely gonna find your party and join in.
August 28, 2011 at 2:59 am
Perkele is my new favorite swear.
August 28, 2011 at 4:18 am
Screw Finland, why not come to Australia? We can be pretty unfriendly, but we have lots of beer.
August 28, 2011 at 9:12 am
New Zealand is more feasible for me: the LotR walking tour, friends to visit, the filming of new Power Ranger episodes, high tea and whatnot….
August 28, 2011 at 8:46 am
Thank you for adding more books to the $25 option!!! I am so excited about the thank you note and the worthless bonus item!
August 28, 2011 at 9:11 am
Can I just get a handwritten thank you note for $5 haha
August 28, 2011 at 7:08 pm
So when is this hyped trip to Suomi happening? Remember to indulge in some blood sausage and a pre-meditated drunken murder of the slut that’s was trying to woo your boyfriend in a local karaoke-bar, they’re both very popular in Finland
August 29, 2011 at 2:16 am
Um… April, why do you need ass-wiping fur when you can use these?
August 29, 2011 at 3:29 am
Karjalanpiirakat with egg butter = vitun uskomattomia
August 29, 2011 at 2:36 pm
I was inordinately excited about the urine ale. I’m not sure why, I don’t even drink beer (or piss, before someone asks).
August 31, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Will there be moomins in you book? If you add moomins I’ll sponsor.
September 1, 2011 at 9:47 am
Wait, you’re selling a book for $150 because it has a handwritten note of thanks with it, and it’s to fund your holiday flights? Sounds like the deal of the century! Count me in!