According to The BOF, BMISS is a long running joke; but to those of us addicted, it means a great deal more. To us it is the governing body for our hobby and all record attempts are done under the guide lines set down by him.
I'm sure he won't mind so The BOF, short for Boring Old F**t is really John Barker. He has done more to encourage this branch of the kiting hobby over the years than any one in this country. For the last 90+ issues of The Kiteflier he has put in his section called Roman Candle. For the uninitiated A Roman Candle was the expression used during the war when some ones parachute failed to open. It is also the most heinous crime in the world of Fauna bombing unless done to furry snakes, rats, Telly Tubbies or annoying little sisters.
The style is John's own brand of dry humour liberally sprinkled with profanities, political incorrectness, deliberate spellin mistakes and typos. It is all done on a type writer as John is not computer convinced and then he cuts and pastes it together before photo copying to send to the editors. That is why we all jump to that page first as soon as we receive our copies. All back issues are now available on this site.
BMISS stands for Bearly Made It Skydiving Squad and is said to have originated when a 'chute opened at the very last moment and some one was heard to exclaim *!&-^%-"!)*_*-"!?><%* that one barely made it. John is happy to fill in the details.