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Welcome to the Gettin' The Skinny - intriguing interviews with Threadless staff. By popular deman, JeF sits down with me for the premier GTS interview.

GTS: Jef, welcome to Gettin' The Skinny. Let's jump right into things. Ok?

sknyJef: let's do it.

GTS: What do you do @ Threadless?

sknyJef: I am the Quality Control Manager, which is exactly as exciting as it sounds.

GTS: What does that entail?

sknyJef: I make sure that the correct shirts are being sent out in the orders by taking random samplings and other boring stuff like that.

GTS: I can't speak for other threadless customers, but 99% of my orders have been error free so thanks and keep up the good work!

sknyJef: sweet, that's good to hear. Now we need to work on getting that other 1%

GTS: Right on. From what I gather, you're pretty into Conquer Club. Tell the folks at home a little bit about that - what it is, how you play, etc.

sknyJef: Conquer Club is an online version of the board game Risk, the game of world domination. You basically have a map with each country having an amount of armies in it. You roll dice to attack the countries of your opponents and you win once you eliminate all of your opponets armies. The advantage of Conquer Club is that you get 24 hours to take your turn so that games may last days, but you are only playing about 10 min. per day. Threadless has it's own clan for Conquer Club called The Hell-Raising Eyeless Angels of Death and at the end of our blog you can find out what games are available to play with other threadless members.
http://www.threadless.com/profile/236/JeF/blog/239263/The_official_clubhouse_for_The_Hell_Raising_Eyeless_Angels_of_Death/page,72

GTS: That's sounds bad ass. On average, how many bloggers/staff participate in The Hell-Raising Eyeless Angels of Death?

sknyJef: There are about 20 members all together, about 10 of which are regularly active.

GTS: Is it safe to say that you kick everyones ass?

sknyJef: I'm pretty good, but I have also played about 1000 more games then everyone else.

GTS: I hope other T.H.R.E.A.D. players take that as a challenge to step up their game. You blogged in May of '05 that Piece of Meat was your favorite tee. What are some of your more recent favorites?

sknyJef: I really liked Foam Monster In Emotional Reunion With Severed Limb and I like the simplicity of Stalagmite vs Stalactite from this weeks shirts.

GTS: Agreed. Two great shirts there. Are there any Threadless artists that you follow?

sknyJef: I'd have to say that I really am digging Dick Firestorm's work. The Last F*ckin' Unicorn is amazing.

GTS: I'm sure Mr. Firestorm will be stoked with your endorsement. Seeing as how Threadless is all about community, I asked people to submit a few questions for you. The first question comes from Number One Buyer: "Ask him about that time he won the gallon challenge."

sknyJef: Well, I'm not sure about what the gallon challenge was or if I won it, but it does remind me of the time when the threadless crew had just gotten back from lunch and Harper challenged us to a Yoohoo drinking contest. The contest soon turned into chug a Yoohoo, chug a Red Bull and then shotgun a Mountain Dew. Everything was going well until someone ended up vomiting. Harper saw that person vomiting and then he began to vomit and then it caused a chain reaction and all six or seven of us started throwing up. Charlie had it on video, but Craig said it was too gross and recorded over it.

GTS: That sounds disgusting and glorious! The next question comes from Chipmnk:
"If you were a gummi bear, what color gummi bear would you be and why?"

sknyJef: I would be the clear gummi bear because that is almost like having the powers of invisibility

GTS: Solid choice. I don't know about you Jef, but I can't get enough of Insider The Actors Studio with James Lipton. In honor of Mr. Lipton's fantastic question filled finale, I've compiled my own list of questions that I'll call Pick One. I'll present you with two choices and you pick one. Are you ready?

sknyJef: I'm ready.

GTS: #1 - Select Your Superpower: Ability to fly or x-ray vision?

sknyJef: Fly, that's my number one choice in superpowers

GTS: Fair enough. #2 - Inspirational Sports Movie: Rocky or Rudy?

sknyJef: Rocky. It's the most inspiartional movie of all time.

GTS: #3 - Summertime Treat: Creamsicle or Bombpop?

sknyJef: Creamsicle

GTS: #4 - Hair Band Battle: Whitesnake or Warrant?

sknyJef: Motley Crue kicks both their asses

GTS: #5 - Cartoons of Yesteryear: Thundercats or Transformers?

sknyJef: Transformers, but not including the new movie

GTS: #6 - 80's Pop Queen: Tiffany or Debbie Gibson?

sknyJef: This one is too hard to choose.

GTS: We'll call it a tie.

GTS: #7 - Undergarments: Boxers or Briefs?

sknyJef: Boxer briefs are superior to both

GTS: I'm a boxer brief guy as well. Support + comfort = win.

GTS: #8 - Dynamic Duo: Tango and Cash or Laverne and Shirley?

sknyJef: Tango and Cash

GTS: #9 - Make The Call: Paper/Rock/Scissors or Flip A Coin

sknyJef: Paper/Rock/Scissors solves all lifes problems

GTS: Last but not least , #10 - Better Beard: Abraham Lincoln or Charles Festa

sknyJef: Better Beard Charles Festa, better hat Abe Lincoln

GTS: Well played, sir. Well played.

GTS: Well Jef, it looks like our time is up. I want to thank you for taking the time to chat with Gettin' The Skinny. And again, keep up the good work!

sknyJef: Thanks for having me.

That wraps up the premier Gettin' The Skinny interview. Stay tuned for next week when I'll sit down with the one and only, Mr. Charles Festa.

funkie fresh
   funkie fresh on Aug 13 '08 at 12:53pm
yay! JEF! yay!

good interview!
Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Aug 13 '08 at 12:54pm
wooo! awesome dood!
ofthecoast
ofthecoast on Aug 13 '08 at 12:54pm
fun!
midi-chlorinated
midi-chlorinated on Aug 13 '08 at 12:55pm
cool!!!
chelly
chelly on Aug 13 '08 at 12:56pm
yay!!!!
chelly
chelly on Aug 13 '08 at 12:56pm
i was literally sitting on the edge of my seat reading that
lunchboxbrain
lunchboxbrain on Aug 13 '08 at 12:57pm
I'm tempted to try the Yoohoo/Red Bull/Mountain Dew combo
zipperking
   zipperking on Aug 13 '08 at 12:57pm
really great job, can't wait to see who is next. for jef:
abraham-festa
lunchboxbrain
lunchboxbrain on Aug 13 '08 at 12:59pm
^Festa has agreed to be interviewed. Be sure to tune in next Wednesday :)
Phiffer
Phiffer on Aug 13 '08 at 1:10pm
Sweet Interview.

Next up Gary the Producer?
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Aug 13 '08 at 1:12pm
Nice!!!
Ste7en
   Ste7en on Aug 13 '08 at 1:14pm
haha fun times....good stuff
Chipmnk
Chipmnk on Aug 13 '08 at 1:15pm
Awesome!
angelito
angelito on Aug 13 '08 at 1:17pm
Nice one Jef! :)
olie!
   olie! on Aug 13 '08 at 1:18pm
I would really love an interview with Gary the Producer.
olie!
   olie! on Aug 13 '08 at 1:19pm
nice interview btw :)
lunchboxbrain
lunchboxbrain on Aug 13 '08 at 1:30pm
i would hope that all threadless staff would agree to do this :)
sonmi
   sonmi on Aug 13 '08 at 1:47pm
hahaa this is awesome!!
sonmi
   sonmi on Aug 13 '08 at 1:48pm
i reckon i know who won't agree to this..

lunchboxbrain
lunchboxbrain on Aug 13 '08 at 1:57pm
Speedy Joe has agreed to be interviewed
martiandrivein
martiandrivein on Aug 13 '08 at 2:29pm
hahaha
jess4002
jess4002 on Aug 13 '08 at 2:31pm
haha, great interview! :)
stubby43
stubby43 on Aug 13 '08 at 6:57pm
Oh Jef you make me giggle.
littlem
littlem on Aug 13 '08 at 8:26pm
i'm glad i never saw that barf-party video!!
olie!
   olie! on Aug 13 '08 at 8:27pm
I'm not glad I never saw the barf party video
valorandvellum
   valorandvellum on Aug 13 '08 at 9:55pm
Nice one!

I couldn't stop laughing at the chain reaction vomit story. I busted up laughing, re-read it and then laughed more.
littlem
littlem on Aug 13 '08 at 11:11pm
it's like Chunk's theater story in goonies!
ir0cko
   ir0cko on Aug 13 '08 at 11:19pm
hahahah. if that video was ever posted, i'd probably gag just watching it.
goldensara
goldensara on Aug 14 '08 at 2:27am
awesome!
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Aug 14 '08 at 2:45am
cool stuff
6 days later
ISABOA
   ISABOA on Aug 20 '08 at 11:42am
GREAT INTERVIEW
6 days later
lemonalle
lemonalle on Aug 27 '08 at 10:37am
who had to clean up all that puke? did you make joe do it?
Edword
   Edword on Aug 27 '08 at 10:50am
well done guyz!
6 days later
phones
phones on Sep 02 '08 at 1:21pm
JEF FTMIGHTYW!
35 days later
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Oct 07 '08 at 4:21pm
these interviews are fun.
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