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A visitor 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
airbase walked in and said to the shopkeeper, "I'll take a maintenance
monkey, please."

The shopkeeper 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 man 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's 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 visitor 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 up
to depot level, and even do most of the paperwork. A very useful monkey
indeed," replied the shopkeeper.

The man looked around a little longer and found a third monkey in a cage.
The price tag read $50,000. The shocked visitor exclaimed, "That
one costs more than all the others put together! What in the world does
it do?"

"Well, I've never actually seen him do anything but drink beer and play
with his pecker, but his papers say he's a pilot."