From his farm near Yankton, Lars took a trip to a neighboring state and ended up buying a milk cow and trailering it home.

It turned out that milking the new cow was real strange. Every time a teat was touched the cow would fart, and when a teat was pulled the tail would raise and an enormous blast of intestinal gas would erupt.

Lars' friend Sven came by about noon, and Lars took him to the barn to show him the new cow. He got out a milking stool and a bucket, and, ya betcha - as soon as the cow's bag was touched it blew an enormous fart.

Unsurprised, Sven said "Dat dere cow's from Nort' Dakota."

"How'd you know that?", asked Lars.

"My vife's from Nort' Dakota."