Overheard in IFR Magazine's "On the Air"

En route from North Platte, Nebraska to Cedar Rapids, Iowa I overheard the following:

Cessna:
"Minneapolis Center, Cessna 12345, request flight following to Omaha."

Center:
"Cessna 12345, Minneapolis Center. Say position."

Cessna:
"I'm almost on the Kansas border."

Center:
"That's a fairly wide state. Can you narrow it down for me?"

Keith Reed Marion
Iowa