Monday, August 20, 2012

Million Dollar Idea: Cryptid Insurance

Are YOU and YOUR FAMILY and all your cool stuff PROTECTED from unforeseen dangers? Sure, you may have homeowners insurance, renters insurance (if you have renters insurance, you can stop reading now because you can't afford our services...wait, does that mean I have to stop reading the post I'm writing right now as a poor renter? Damn, I'm caught in a hypocritical logic loop of my own creation), you may have car insurance and flood insurance but if you don't have my insurance, your family is exposed!
Not that kind of exposure, but don't expose your family like this either. Source
Keep your family and finances protected from the unforeseen by buying Pickleope's patented Cryptid Insurance! For a low monthly fee based on your geographic location and your answer to important questions like, "so, uh, how much ya' got?" You too can be protected against deadly attacks from mythical...I mean, supernatural events that could destroy your life.

Bigfoot attack your car? You're covered (provided you can show video proof, hair sample, stool sample, foot cast and semen sample.
Quick, someone call Steve Austin! (You must be 40 years old or into 70s Sci-Fi to get that joke.) Image Source
Daughter fall in love with a perpetually shirtless werewolf? We'll replace your daughter as soon as you cover the deductible, prove the shirtless werewolf is a terrible actor, ensure us your daughter isn't a one-expression pseudo-goth, and prove there is no intention of ever creating a trilogy of poorly conceived novels.

Chupacabra attack your goat herd? Too bad because we don't cover chupacabras, those things are real and everywhere.

But you get the above two styles of coverage and a full menu of other coverage to suit your particular needs.
We cover Loch Ness Monster*, Sexy Loch Ness Monster**, Mothman, Moth-hermaphrodite, club DJs with an understanding of the Pythagorean theorem, all manner of supposedly "mythical" creatures.

Cryptid Insurance by Pickleope:
No Man-Bat too big, no Cottingley Fairy too small,  we insure against them all...except those freaky chupacabras.

*Loch Ness Monster insurance is not available in Scotland or whilst traveling in Scotland.
**The sexiness of your particular Loch Ness Monster shall be determined only by our trained professionals.
Sorry, you really should have read the agreement, Cthulhu is on page 78. 
Call or send in your wallet today for a quote!

Side Adventure:
I performed a quick search in case some horribly amoral social predator already had this idea, and surprise, there's Alien Invasion Insurance (not an endorsement). Thankfully this isn't exactly a sustainable business model as it seems they aren't selling anymore (not that I checked...yes I did. That would be hilarious and frame-able).
Click for full size???? Or don't, you get the idea.

32 comments:

  1. I see we both posted something about Cthulhu this weekend. Brilliant minds think alike. Or something like that.

    "prove the shirtless werewolf is a terrible actor"

    He proves that on a continuous basis. People just don't notice it because he's interacting with Kristen Stewart, who's the acting equivalent of plywood.

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  2. Bahaha good idea! Wait, what if big foot attacks my pet chupacabra? Is that covered??

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    1. Not a chance. Chupacabras are unruly and generally provoke Bigfoot attacks. In almost all pet chupacabra attacks, the chupacabra is responsible.

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  3. Loved this post. I scrolled down eagerly hoping to see an illustration of Sexy Loch Ness Monster. Should I seek professional help?

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  4. Look at your homeowners insurance sometime (if you have homeowners insurance). It specifically excludes an awful lot: Civil strife, foreign invasions, volcanic eruptions...

    Seriously!

    What most people don't know is that up to 37% of personal injuries and up to 50% of home damage is caused by cryptozoological phenomena.

    (Have you ever seen the rapture insurance offers? They will take care of your pet if you get raptured!)

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  5. You know I'm not too surprised that there is alien invasion insurance. I don't think I'm near anything bad I need insurance against, except perhaps Cthulu. But he isn't covered :(

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  6. Lil probey!! lol! Very funny! Great insurance ideas! I definitely fear a Loch Ness monster attack so I should probably get that!

    Do you have insurance for blogger? I need blogger insurance just incase I have a heart attack from laughing so hard!!

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    1. Yes, but it doesn't cover mysteriously and spontaneously deleted posts or expulsions of fluid on a keyboard or the dreaded "laugh so hard I released an explosive fart and now my girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse/dog left me."

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    2. So basically it doesn't cover the most common occurances! I can't tell you how many girlfriends I've gone through while farting on blogger!!

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  7. I kind of love the Cthulhu picture. Seriously :)

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  8. I'd like to upgrade to the expensive H.P. Lovecraft plan... If I understand correctly from the 4 million page brochure, it's the only way I can get Cthulu coverage.

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    1. Well, I'd love to accommodate you, but unless you can write a 50,000 year old dead language in the blood of a virgin jackass (be it mule or frat bro) and also recite your name in a language that can't be pronounced by a human's tongue, then I'm afraid I can't give you a quote.

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    2. So close... I have the virgin Frat Bro all lined up... but the language one has me stumped.

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  9. Damn, I'm infected with Cthulu, so I'm out.

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    1. Is it a bad breakout? In lieu of insurance, I do offer a cream that'll suppress Cthulhu outbreaks.

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  10. Whose idea was that awful family photo? Must've been the dad's - he's the only one who looks even halfway comfortable. Although he's really flattering himself with the size of that leaf.

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    1. The size of a man's leaf is directly proportional to the size of his insecurity. I wear a palm frond.

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  11. This is brilliant Pickle. It deserves to go into the "Best of" vault.

    But I have a complaint. I bought your feckin' insurance and my herd of goats was slaughtered by the Loch Ness monster, on dry land, in Ireland. And the bastard had help. A Big Foot was with the monster at the time and that Big Foot crushed the fences on my farm. Further, whilst surveying the damage, I was probed by aliens. Your bloody agents denied my claim saying "We have photographic evidence that you enjoyed the probing, therefore the entire claim is invalid" You'll be hearing from my lawyers.

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    1. I'm sorry, but it clearly states in chapter 84, page 312, "Should the policy holder enjoy any probing before, during, or after a cryptid rampage, this policy shall be rendered null and void." I'm sorry, but I didn't make up these rules...oh, wait, yes I did, but that doesn't absolve you from reading them. We did offer the complimentary mints and key chain, didn't we?

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  12. OMG best insurance policy ever. I wonder if I can talk the hubby into getting one :).

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  13. Just like Ely, I'm terribly distracted by that Christmas photo or at least I hope it's Christmas time in their part of the world when it was taken. Why, Pickle? Why? Why did they dress that way? Again, you've left me to Via con Dios.....and the need to purchase insurance.

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  14. Oh, I would hate for my family to be exposed to that! My concern is aliens and Bigfoot. I think we can all acknowledge the fact that the Lock Ness monster is just a Hump Back Whale with a neck.

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  15. What if Bigfoot probes my anus?!? And The Aliens video tape it?!?! With Cthulhu sitting on a tricycle in a corner doing the naughty to himself?!? Holy crap! You're right!! I NEED PROTECTION!!!!

    Hugs!

    Valerie

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  16. I think the best insurance scam I ever heard of was someone offering pet care insurance to religious people who wanted someone to look after their pets after the rapture. I really wish I'd come up with that one...

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  17. Silly, Pickleope. BigFoot doesn't have semen; that's why it's an endangered species... ... ... ... or so I've heard :|

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  18. "Pickleope Protection Group" P.P Group for short, Motto.. 'We ain't scared of no myths!' or.. "P.P. when you need it!"

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  19. To this day I laugh about how I would watch the Six Million Dollar Man and talk about how people in the future would watch the show and go, "You couldn't buy one of those arms for six million dollars! The whole man? Poppycock!" I said poppycock a lot when I was a kid.

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  20. What about Sea Siren's? Do you cover those bitches? One little note sung along with a flip of that tail and I'm done for. I think it all goes back to those rape-y dolphins you're always raving on about.

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    1. Dolphins are WORSE than chupacabras.
      We do cover sea sirens, but not dolphins or any creature with a blowhole. So, if you make a claim that a siren took down your vessel, you better make damn sure there was no blow hole nor a hole in which to shovel blow.

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  21. I am great friends with monsters and faeries. I am allowed to spell faeries the way I do because I dated an English dude that said I could, and gave me a certificate and everything.
    Once every five years, the monsters turn on me. I care very little for my car and home, but my body is my crooked temple. Will this cover medical expenses?

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    1. Yes, provided you also have medical insurance, Aflac supplemental insurance, and we don't have to pay anything. Unfortunately your clothes aren't covered if you spell fairies with and "e" where the "i" should go. That's just racist against fairies and nulls your coverage.

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  22. I also thought that Sexy Loch Ness was brilliant. And who knew that Cthulhu was as existing condition?

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