The way I heard it was: Two Alaskan mosquitoes opened the flap on a tent.
upon seeing that two campers were sleeping inside, one mosquito said to the
other, "Let's drag them out here and suck-um dry". The other one replied,
"Better not, the big mosquitoes will take them away from us!"
Larry
Bill B. wrote:
>Ray,
>
>> This worked for keeping the
>> Northwestern Ontario mosquitoes (which are the biggest and most
>> voracious in the world!) at bay but was less than satisfactory.
>
>Don't say this until after you check out the Alaskan mosquitoes!
>Up there, they actually get into fights over which bug gets the
>little snack that we call a person. Why, I've heard straight
>from the trapper himself that once he woke up in the morning and
>there were two mosquitoes at the foot of his bed argueing which
>of them got to have him for a snack. Heck, I've had to keep them
>from getting in by using a sledge hammer to pound their snouts over
>like a bent nail when they try to woodpecker their way into the
>place! Lost that cabin when they gave up and flew away, though.
>Some of the trappers up there swear by bear traps around the cabin
>to keep them away, but I don't think those are strong enough.
>
>Bill B.
>P-19 #454 "Dream Catcher"
>Nampa, ID
>