A tourist walked into a pet store and was looking at the animals
on display. While he was there, a Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
from the local airfield walked in and said to the shopkeeper,
"I'll take a maintenance monkey, please."
The man nodded, went to a cage at the side of the store and took out a
monkey. He put a collar and leash on the animal and handed it the CMSGT,
saying, "That'll be $5,000."
The CMSGT paid and left with the monkey.Surprised, the tourist went to
the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them
are only a few hundred dollars. Why did that one cost so much?"
The shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that was a maintenance monkey. He can rig
aircraft flight controls, score 95 on the AF CDC test, perform the
duties of any MX officer with no back talk or complaints. It's well
worth the money."
The tourist spotted a monkey in another cage. "That one's even more
expensive-- $10,000! What does it do?"
"Oh, that one is a 'Maintenance Supervisor' monkey! It can instruct at
all levels of maintenance, supervise maintenance at the unit,
intermediate, and Depot level and even do most of the paperwork. A very
useful monkey indeed," replied the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around a little longer and found a third monkey in a
cage. The price tag read, "$100,000." The shocked tourist exclaimed,
"That one costs more than all the others put together! What in the world
could it do?"
"Well, I've never actually seen him do anything but drink beer and play
with his d*ck, but his papers say he's a pilot!"
on display. While he was there, a Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
from the local airfield walked in and said to the shopkeeper,
"I'll take a maintenance monkey, please."
The man nodded, went to a cage at the side of the store and took out a
monkey. He put a collar and leash on the animal and handed it the CMSGT,
saying, "That'll be $5,000."
The CMSGT paid and left with the monkey.Surprised, the tourist went to
the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them
are only a few hundred dollars. Why did that one cost so much?"
The shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that was a maintenance monkey. He can rig
aircraft flight controls, score 95 on the AF CDC test, perform the
duties of any MX officer with no back talk or complaints. It's well
worth the money."
The tourist spotted a monkey in another cage. "That one's even more
expensive-- $10,000! What does it do?"
"Oh, that one is a 'Maintenance Supervisor' monkey! It can instruct at
all levels of maintenance, supervise maintenance at the unit,
intermediate, and Depot level and even do most of the paperwork. A very
useful monkey indeed," replied the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around a little longer and found a third monkey in a
cage. The price tag read, "$100,000." The shocked tourist exclaimed,
"That one costs more than all the others put together! What in the world
could it do?"
"Well, I've never actually seen him do anything but drink beer and play
with his d*ck, but his papers say he's a pilot!"
