Twas the night before a big shipment, when all through the warehouse Every creature was stirring; even the boss.
Drjays.com, an awesome online retailer, put it in a huge order on Monday, which we had to print, bag, tag, and deliver by today. In order to make it happen we had to perfrom some miracles. Just to put it in perspective, it's the equivalent of a professor assigning the final exam and a term paper two nights before its due date.
We took on the task because we like performing miracles, and we were thrilled that Dr. Jays wanted to pick our t-shirts up for the holidays. So last night we got the shipment of shirts in at 7 PM and the pizza arrived shortly thereafter at 7:15. We spent the first 45 minutes of the night eating pizza and procrastinating. At around 8 we realized we should buckle down, because the shipment wouldn't prepare itself.
We had Ben, Tammy, Jessica and myself on hand to accomplish the task. We didn't leave the office until 11:30. Ben missed the football game, Jessica had two tests and a quiz that she forgot to study for, and Tammy missed her bedtime by about 3 hours.
This morning at 9 AM the shipment was picked up and delivered to Dr. Jays. You'll see us on their site within the next few days. Buy a shirt to support our miracle working.
100th Blog Post! 15% off all Funny t-shirts and Balloon Release Party
This is Crooked Monkey Funny T-shirt's 100th blog post. Not too shabby for a Funny t-shirt company to have 100 blog posts already. I wouldn't be mad if we were nominated for the funniest blog award, best t-shirt manufacturer blog award, or Palin fan club blog award. I think we deserve it. We dedicate a lot of time to this blog, we post lots of pictures, and we inform you about the inner workings of the funniest t-shirt shop.
In honor of our 100th blog post, we will be having a 15% sale on all t-shirts on our site for today only. In addition, we will also be releasing 100 balloons into the atmosphere--as mostly a celebration of our accomplished blog, but also to remind those birds and the atmosphere at large that we humans run this earth, and not vice-verca.
Just kidding, we love the environment and would never do anything to harm it. That's why we say you need to either Go green or go home.
We should have a "Best of Crooked Monkey Blog posts" to honor our 100th blog. But that would mean looking back in the archive, which take lots of time. So maybe we'll do that for our 150th blog post. I'll assign one of the interns to pick out our top 10 blog posts. And best blogger too.
Countdown for Crooked Monkey Funny T-shirts To Hit Page ONE on Google
This is big, actually bigger than big, it's HUGE.
At the start of this summer when we googled "Funny T-shirts" Crooked Monkey was on page 14.
But, as of today we we are number near the top of page 2. Which means that if all goes well, and hopefully soon, Crooked Monkey Funny t-shirts will hit page 1 on Google.
We would like to thank everyone that has been apart of this, of course our staff in the office, the stores that buy from us, those who order online, anyone who sends us shirt ideas, anyone who wears our shirts, and anyone actually reading this blog.
So if you are bored at home, in your office or wherever you may be, rather than wasting your time on Facebook, which is my my day job, check up on our Google status and let us know if you see any changes.
We will keep you updated on our Google status, and keep your fingers crossed that we reach our goal of making it to page 1 sometime soon.
Crooked Monkey Funny T-shirts, Models and Bottles!!!
As we mentioned before we had a photo shoot yesterday, and it really was gettin' hot out there. Aside from the 90+ degree weather, our models made it hotter.
We started out the day modeling our new Crooked Monkey funny t-shirt material for our awesome photographer. You can look forward to seeing some new funny t-shirts, thermals for guys, thermal hoodies and jumpsuits for girls. The models all looked great and the photographer even said that, "This is the first time I have had to worry more about the funny t-shirts than the models." Then we took the shoot to our intern Danielle's house where the models got hot, wet and decided to take their clothes off, after a few rounds of beer pong (or beirut for you Yankees), and poppin' some bottles of the "Goose" and some Belvedere (because that's just how we roll). Our models got loosened up and had no problem taking it off.
It wouldn't have have been a Crooked Monkey funny t-shirt photo shoot without some drama and a bit of ego coming from our models, all this and more will be coming in our upcoming video blog. Our interns Cara and Chloe went undercover and all National Geographic for us getting some great footage for our new funny t-shirt video blog.
Even after spraying himself with the keg, but still looking good, our Head of Intern Operations Ben got in on some of photo shoot action. Look for him in our new pictures sporting our Butterface shirt.
Our good looking models even threw some hotdogs and burgers on the grill and even ate some (yes, we know models eating). And they were surely McLovin'. After a nice break under the umbrellas we all went back to work. Micha oversaw the whole shoot making sure that he liked what he was paying for and, no doubt he did. After some keg stands, chicken fighting, a few more drinks, we ended our day relaxing by the pool. We hope you enjoy the behind the scenes look at our funny t-shirt photo shoot, thanks to Joanna.
A special thanks and shout out to all of our models, Laura, Rachel, Amanda, Hillary, Melissa, Andrei and Max. Look forward to seeing some great work from all of them.
Amy's Poor Little Big Toe... blame the funny t-shirts.
Amy's left big toe just can't catch a break. Last weekend, while running in the rain she tripped while going to retrieve a shipment of funny t-shirts from a UPS truck. Part of her nail broke off and it was very sad and painful. Today, while packaging up an outgoing funny t-shirt order, Enrique, the packing tape dispenser that has really sharp fangs, hit the exact same toe! Blood was everywhere. We had to bandage the wound with one of our soft funny t-shirts (just kidding Micha). You may be thinking this is a pretty gross blog post, but it just demonstrates the physical turmoil Crooked Monkey employees endure in order to provide you with funny t-shirts. Don't feel bad, we're happy to do it... regardless of the battle wounds we put up with. So hang in there, Amy's little big toe! Crooked Monkey fans all over the world appreciate you.
As I said in a previous post, Crooked Monkey employees are citizens of the world. In fact, this summer our beautiful, funny t-shirt loving interns went to some pretty exotic places. Butt Buddies Cara and Joanna just returned from volunteering in townships in South Africa. And first friends Amy and Chloe spent two weeks struggling to speak French and making fools of themselves in Corsica and Paris. Helping African children and romancing French boys are just some of the ways Crooked Monkey funny t-shirt employees are making an international impact. Crooked Monkey interns travel far and wide, and wear funny t-shirts in some of the most remote and beautiful places in the world. In fact, I think its safe to say we put the "intern" in "international".
Our warehouse, while effective and functional, was in desperate need of a little TLC. Despite being the home to dozens of funny t-shirts, and the place where ideas for funny t-shirts are born, it is also the sacred home to the Crooked Monkey staff, and recently, it has been a little neglected.
Thats why, the other day, we decided to put a little love, and elbow grease, into the C. Monkey office. We did a major clean up/throw away,rearranged the shelves, and redecorated a bit. Most importantly, we put up the 10 feet wide by 10 feet long poster that intern Emily Kahn drew for a trade show last year. It was exactly what the Crooked Monkey Warehouse needed!!
These videos will give you a little taste of life at Crooked Monkey. Enjoy Chloe whining, Amy giggling, Ben chilling, Micha supervising and Erik sighing sadly. Also, enjoy the in-depth discussion on the nuances of duct tape.
Funny T-Shirt Intern and Box-Packing Pro Erik Sellouk walked into the office this morning with a beautiful new 'do. We here at Crooked Monkey encourage our employees to put grooming and outward appearance above everything else in life, so we were pleased with the new hairstyle.
Newest Fashion Intern makes a splash--funny t-shirt blogs watch out
Amy Dahan, pictured above in her summer get up, started working for Crooked Monkey last week and she's already started to have an impact on the funny t-shirt world. She's gotten a couple of blogs to write about us already--nice work.
This is actually her second stint at Crooked Monkey. She worked for a hot minute last year at our annual University of Maryland Trunk show. She's hanging with our other interns: Chloe and Emily. Enjoy! And don't forget to check out our funny guys t-shirts and cute girls t-shirts
Dillon and Erik achieve Beast Mode in Shipping Funny T-shirts
It's not everyday that our employees earn the title of Beast Mode. Today Dillon and Erik packed more box in one day than most people see in a lifetime. They shipped out 45 packages; 3 short of our all time record, but still worthy of beast mode.
Shipping out funny t-shirts is not easy. They are packed with great care and a unique amount of love. Each package comes with awesome t-shirts, candy, and stickers.
The picture is of Dillon and Erik. Dillon's the one that is shorter than the boxes he packed.
Crooked Monkey shatters record for shipments in one day
As some of you may know, Crooked Monkey ships lots of funny t-shirts to lots of boutiques. When said store owner opens the box, they are in store for a ton of goodies: banana candy, stickers, and the most hilarious shirts known to man.
Today was somewhat of a record--as we shipped 45 boxes (not including the slew of online orders that we also shipped). Everyone at the office did a fantastic job getting all the orders out.
For the last couple of weeks, we have been dealing with a printer in LA who totally screwed us over and refused to ship out our shirts. As a result, lots of people have been forced to go without Crooked Monkey t-shirts for quite some time now. What a shanda. Well, we finally got shirts in stock today and we were determined to ship out as much as humanly possible. We apologize to everyone who waited so patiently for their orders. But we are now officially back up and running. So now we can get back to doing what we do best: providing people with the coolest shirts on the planet.
Anyone living in LA that would like to give this guy a piece of your mind, let us know and we'll gladly give you his phone number and address.
This year we went to Utopia which is at the U Street Corridor in Washington DC. We started off at Micha's place for cocktails and appetizers and then headed over to the restaurant at around 11 PM--because that's how we roll.
Eddie gave a moving speech to all the employees about the impact they've had and the growth that the company has seen over the past year. Watch out Obama, Eddie's coming.
Tammy won best dressed of the night. Even though she wasn't wearing a C Monkey Funny t-shirt.
Blackberry Messenger was a big hit of the night "BBM Me" was a common refrain.
Ben was kind enough to offer to drive some people home, and was rewarded with a speeding ticket!
For an upcoming article in a newspaper, the photographer asked us to strike a pose and get famous. We'll post the article as soon as it gets published. What what.
Also, let us know who looks best: From Left: Cara, Joanna, Micha, Chloe, Emily.
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It wouldn't have have been a Crooked Monkey funny t-shirt photo shoot without some drama and a bit of ego coming from our models, all this and more will be coming in our upcoming video blog. Our interns Cara and Chloe went undercover and all National Geographic for us getting some great footage for our new funny t-shirt video blog.
Even after spraying himself with the keg, but still looking good, our Head of Intern Operations Ben got in on some of photo shoot action. Look for him in our new pictures sporting our 
Micha oversaw the whole shoot making sure that he liked what he was paying for and, no doubt he did. After some
We hope you enjoy the behind the scenes look at our funny t-shirt photo shoot, thanks to Joanna.
