Speaking of mosquitoes, I'm from Minnesota. Some people laughingly say that the mosquito is Minnesota's state bird, but that's not really true. We do have some awful big mosquitoes, though.

My Grandad had a farm in Koochiching County many years ago, and one day he was out plowing the north forty with a horse-drawn plow when two mosquitoes swooped down and picked up the horse and flew away over the hill with him, dragging the plow behind.

Grandad ran after them as fast as he could, following the furrow left behind, and ran up over the hill. But when he got there they had already eaten the horse, and were pitching horseshoes to see who got the harness!

Dave Oesterreich