Phuh Khen Aviators, You Know Who You Are!

[MooneyMitch]

Many, many ago when the Mongol Hordes were pillaging and plundering the

world, Genghis Khan and his hordes came upon the heavily fortified city of

Bohica. The entire city was protected by huge walls and the hordes were

at a standoff with the Bohicans.   Bohica was well stocked and it would be

difficult to wait them out. Genghis Khan assembled his Khens and ordered each

of them to develop an attack plan for penetrating the defenses of Bohica.

 

Genghis called it operation "Achieve Victory" (AV). All 8 commanders of his

divisions submitted their plans. After reviewing plans AV-1 thru AV-7 and

finding them unworkable, Genghis Khan was understandably upset.  It was with

much trepidation that the 8th commander, Phuh Khen, submitted his plan, which
came to be know as "AV-8". Up on seeing AV-8, Genghis Khan was convinced this

was the perfect plan and gave his immediate approval. The plan was beautifully simple,

Phuh Khen would arm his hordes to the teeth, load them into catapults, and

hurl them over the walls of Bohica.  The losses were expected to be high, but hey,

hordes were cheap. Those that survived the flight would engage the enemy in

combat. those that didn't, well surely their flailing bodies would cause some damage.

 

The plan worked and the Bohicans were defeated. From that day on, wherever

the Mongol Hordes encountered an insurmountable enemy, Genghis Khan would

give the order, "Send in some of Phuh Khens AV 8ers". This is believed, though

maybe not by anyone outside our secret society, to be the true origin of the term

"Aviator" (AV 8er).   Phuh Khen's AV 8ers were understandably an unruly mob,

not likely to be socially acceptable. Many were heavy drinkers and insomniacs.

But when nothing else would do, you could always count on an AV 8er. A Phuh

Khen aviator, denied, rightfully so his place in history, Phuh Khen has been, none

the less, immortalized in prose. As the great poet Norman Lear never once said:

"There once was a man named Phuh Khen, whose breakfast was whiskey and gin,

When e'er he would fly, he'd give a mighty war cry, bend over, here I come again"

Consider it an honour to be called a "Phuh Khen Aviator". Wear the mantle proudly

but speak of it cautiously. It is not always popular to be one of us. You hear mystical

references, often hushed whispers, to those "Phuh Khen Aviators".

Do not let these things bother you, as with any secret society,

we go largely misunderstood, prohibited by our apathy from explaining ourselves.

 

You are expected to always live down to the reputation of the Phuh Khen Aviator,

a reputation cultivated for centuries, undaunted by scorn or ridicule, unhindered by progress.

So drink up be crude, sleep late, urinate in public, and get the damn job done.

When others are offended you may revel in the knowledge that you are a

PHUH KHEN AVIATOR !

[jlunseth]

I am overqualified!  How do I get in?

[skyking]

Darn,. i almost qualified but i dont drink.

 

 

[DaV8or]

Quote: skyking

Darn,. i almost qualified but i dont drink.

 

 

[scottfromiowa]

Roger that...

[KSMooniac]

Brilliant!  Sounds even better than the QBs. 

[Ned Gravel]

Another slow news day, I see......