Sailor Monkey

                                         Joke 7

 A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals
 on display.  While he was there, a Naval Officer walked in and
 said to the shopkeeper,  "I'll have a Sailor monkey please." The
 shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and
 took out a monkey. He fit a collar and  leash, handed it to the
 customer saying, "That'll be $1000." 
 
 The Officer paid and walked out with his monkey.  Startled, the
 tourist went  over to the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very
 expensive monkey. Most of  them are only a few hundred dollars.
 Why did it cost so much?"  The  shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that's
 a Sailor Monkey.  Those can clean  heads and  passageways, perform
 routine maintenance on ship or hangar fittings,  troubleshoot and
 repair complex naval electronics and engineering systems  with no
 mistakes.  Well worth the money."
 
 The tourist looked at the monkey in another cage. "That one's even
 more  expensive!  $10,000!  What does it do?"  "Oh, that one's a
 Petty Officer  Monkey; it can instruct GMT, ET, CSTT, IC, FC, IT,
 PRT, DC, 3M, PQS, EN,  qualify the Sailor Monkey and even do some
 paperwork.  All the really useful  stuff," said the shopkeeper. 
 
 The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third
 monkey in a  cage of its own.  The price tag around its neck
 read $50,000.  He gasped to  the shopkeeper, "That one costs more
 than all the other put together!  What  on earth does it do?" 
 The shopkeeper replied,  "Well, I haven't actually seen it do
 anything, but it says it's a Chief Petty Officer