The Boner Board

Author: Bobo

When we went through UPT, there was a "Boner Board" in each Flight Room. A "boner" was a "screw-up," typically called by an IP. Each boner was worth $0.25 and was collected by the IPs. The collection was then used to buy the beer for some function or another—night flying, graduation, whatever.

The boards were cleverly constructed with a Playboy Playmate picture under a piece of plexiglass, covered by a solid laminated material. Our names were listed in the leftmost column of the board, with 1-inch squares to the right of each name.

When you were "awarded" a boner (or two, or three), you dropped the money in a can and peeled away the corresponding number of squares—slowly revealing a small part of the playmate beneath.

With our class, there was no shortage of funds for the beer. And it didn't take but a few weeks to discover the playmate!