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Subject: Re: [OM] Speaking of ... Chris's cows?
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:03:29 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>> Does this apply to other countries?
>
>Um. No.
>
>I'm reminded of a story...
>

     More than just a story, I'm reminded of the early days of the internet 
when everything was TELNET and dialup, and email was by way of the PINE reader. 
 A number of people got into ASCII art, where you drew pictures with 
alphanumeric characters in Courier font.  This actually goes back further to 
RTTY/teletype.  We even had ASCII animation where you went from one frame to 
the next using the space bar.

     I kept a number of those ASCII art files, and one of them is a collection 
of stick cows, which you have to view using Courier or some other 
nonproportional font:

         (__)                   )__(                vv    vv
         (oo)                   (oo)                ||----||  *
  /-------\/             *-------\/                 ||     | /
 / |     ||             / |     ||                 /\-------/
*  ||----||            /  ||----||                (oo)
   ^^    ^^               vv    vv                (~~)

    USA Cow             Nerd USA Cow               Australian Cow

        (__)                 (__)                    (__)
        (00)                 (-o)                    (--) . . . (*>YAWN<*)
  /------\/            /------\/               /------\/
 /|     ||            /|     ||               /|     ||
* ||----||           * ||----||              * ||----||

Cow w/ Glasses      Flirtatious cow          Cow after pulling an
                       (winking)                  all-nighter

               O__O                             \_|_/
               (oo)                             (oo)
        /-------\/                       /-------\/
       / |     ||                       / |     ||
      *  ||----||                      *  ||----||
         ^^    ^^                         ^^    ^^
    Cow at Disneyland         Cow visiting the Statue of Liberty

              \ (__)                         (__)        *        (__)
              \\(oo)                         (\/)         \       (oo)
         /-----\\\/                   /-------\/           \-------\/
        / |    (##)                  / |     ||           8-|     ||
       *  ||----||"                 *  ||----||             ||----||
          ^^    ^^                     ~~    ~~             ^^    ^^
 Scottish cow playing bagpipes.   Cow from Beijing     Wind-up Flying Cow

*        (__)              (__)               (__)               (__)
 \       (oo)              (oo)               (oo)               (oo)
  \-------\/        /-------\/         /-------\/         /-------\/
  /|      |\       / /      \         / \      /         / \      \
 //||----||\\     * //------\\       *   \\--//         *   \\----\\
 ^ ^^    ^^ ^       ^        ^            ^  ^               ^     ^
Cow walking         Cow jogging         Cow running        Cow braking



          (__)
          (oo)                       (__)         *     (__)
           \/                        (oo)         |     (oo)
       ____| \____            /-------\/    o=o=o=|------\/
       ---/   --**           / |       /          |      |
    *____/    |___//        *  ||----||           ||----||
        //--------/            ^^    ^^           ^^    ^^
       //__                      Cow           Cow pooing
       Cow marching            standing

         (__)
         (oo)                       U
  /-------\/                    /---V
 / |     ||                    * |--|                       .
*  ||----||
   ^^    ^^
Cow at 1 meter.         Cow at 100 meters.        Cow at 10,000 meters.





         (__)             (__)                (__)               (__)
         (oo)             (oo)                (oo)               (oo)
  /-------\/-*     /-------\/          /-------\/         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 / |     || \     )*)(\/* /  *        / |     ||
*  ||----||  *   \ |||/)|/()(       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\/|(/)(/\/(,,/   \)|(/\/|)(/\
  Cow munching   Grass munching      Cow in water        Cow in swimming
    on grass         on cow                                     pool




         (__)                     (__)                     (__)
         (OO)                     (@@)                     (xx)
  /-------\/               /-------\/               /-------\/
 / |     ||               / |     ||               / |     ||
*  ||----||              *  ||----||              *  ||----||
   ^^    ^^                 ^^    ^^                 ^^    ^^

Cow who drank Jolt       Cow who ate              Cow who used Jolt to wash
                      psychedelic mushrooms      down psychedelic mushrooms




               )\               (__)
              /  \              (oo)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       Cow swimming in shark infested water




     (  (    )
   ( (     )   )
   ( (         )
  (           / )
 ( ( \\       )
     ( |  // )
       |   |    (__)
       |   |    (oo)                   (__)
       |   | ----\/              ______(oo)_____
       |   |    ||              ( _)_______(__) )
     **|   | ---||                \ __________/
    ``'---------^^
        Cow Hide                     Cow Pie



                        *
                      **   **
                 * **  * * *  **
                *   /  /   \ *  *
             \  \ /  \        / /                         (__)
          *  /  / \  \  (__)  \ \                /--------(00)
            /           (00)  / /               / |      |(  )
            \    /-------\/   \ \              *  ||---- ||()
            /   / |     ||    / /                 ||     ||
          \ \  *  ||----||    \ \                 ^^     ^^
         /  /     ^^    ^^    / /            Cow Chewing Marbles
                 Cow in Heat



          (__)             (__)         *        (__) *      (__)
          (oo)             (oo)          \       (oo) |      (oo)
  /--------\/      /-oooooo-\/            \-------\/  \-------\/
 * o|     ||      * ooooooooo           o  o|     ||   /     ||
    ||----||     ooooooooooooo              ||----||>==/-----||
 ooo^^    ^^    ooooooooooooooooo           ^^    ^^         ^^
  Cow taking      Cow in deep              Cow getting the shit
    a shit            shit                  kicked out of her



         o  o
         |__|               (__)             (__)
         (oo)               (oo)            =(oo)=          oo
  /-------\/         /-------vv       /-------\/
 / |     ||         / |     ||       / |     ||
*  ||----||        *  ||----||      *  ||----||
   ~~    ~~           ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~
bill bixby          bela lugosi      boris karloff     claude rains
male relative cow      cow              cow               cow




                                         /\                  __
                                        /  \                 ||
             (__)                 (__)  \  /               (_||_)
             SooS                 (oo)   \/                 (oo)
      /------S\/S          /-------\/    /S          /-------\/
     / |     ||           / |     ||    /  S        / |     ||
    *  ||----||          *  ||----||___/    S      *  ||----||
       ^^    ^^             ^^    ^^                  ^^    ^^
    This cow belonged     Ben Franklin owned       Abe Lincoln's
  to George Washington       this cow                   cow


                                                 (__)
         *        (__)                           (oo)
          \       (oo)                     /------\/
           \-------\/                     /|  |/  |
            | ==$ ||                     / |  [) ||
            ||----||                    *  ||----||
            ^^    ^^                       ^^    ^^
     Old "One Arm" belonged           This cow was given to
       to Caesar's Palace           Hugh Hefner for his Birthday



                  (___)               (__)      (__)
                  ( O )               (oo)      (oo)
           /-------\ /                 \/--------\/
          / |     ||V                   |        |
         *  ||----||                    ||------||
            ^^    ^^                    ^^      ^^
  The cyclops that Jason and         This cow lived with
the Argonauts met had this cow          Dr. Doolittle



             (__)                   (__)
             [##]                   (@o)
      /-------\/             /-------\/              /-------  (__)
     / |     ||             / |     ||              / |     || (oo)
    *  ||----||            *  ||----||             *  ||----|---\/
       ^^    ^^               ^^    ^^                ^^    ^
 This cow belonged      This cow lived with      This cow belonged to
  to Liliann V.L.       the Little Rascals       the Headless Horseman



                     (__)
                     (oo)
        /---+      +--\/
       / |  |      | ||
      *  ||-+      +-||
         ^^          ^^                             *

   David Copperfield's Cow               David Copperfield's other Cow

                                                     (__)
                                                     (oo)
                                                    /'^^^-m
            (__)                                   / '' ` )
            (oo)    o     /| /|/|_                |      /|
           / \/    /    /      _ /                |  |  | |
          /  _\===^   ___\_____/___               |_____|_|
      ___|__/ |/\    (___________(_)               //|| ||
     *        ^ ^                                 *  ww ww

            Mrs. O'Leary's Cow                 Cow'nt Dracula



         (__)                     (__)                     (__)
         (\/)                     ($$)                     (**)
  /-------\/               /-------\/               /-------\/
 / | 666 ||               / |=====||               / |     ||
*  ||----||              *  ||----||              *  ||----||
   ^^    ^^                 ^^    ^^                 ^^    ^^

Satanic cow               Yuppie Cow              Cow in love

         ____
        (____)
                               .xxxx.
         (__)                  '(oo)`
         (oo)            /-----'-\/ `
  /-------\/            / |    |============>
 / |     ||            *  ||----| (~)
*  ||----||               ~~    ~
   ~~    ~~             Moo-ammar Cowdafi
   holy cow            (armed and dangerous)                 (---)


                                                             (   )
         (___)             (___)                            /-----\
         (o o)             (o o)                            |     |
  /-------\ /       /-------\ /                             |  |  |
 / |     ||O       / |  O~ ||O                              |  |  |
*  ||,---||       *  ||,---||                               |  *  |
   ^^    ^^          ^^    ^^                               ^^   ^^
    A Bull       A-bomb-in-a-bull            No-bull         Coward



         (__)                 \__\                 (__)
         (oo)             o   (oo)                 (oo)
  /-------\/           ____\___\/          *+-------\/
 / |     ||           / |     ||           ||______||
*  ||----||          *  ||----||             ||----||
   OO    OO             OO    OO             OO    OO
Detroit cow          Mustang cow            pickup cow


                 (__)              (__)              \_||_~
                 (oo)              (oo)              (*||*)
  /---------------\/           /----\/        /-------\||/
 / |             ||           /    ||        / |     ||
*  ||------------||        *-||----||       *  ||----||
   OO            OO          OO    OO          OO    }{
      li-moo-cow          fastback cow      teenager's cow



              (____)               (____)                         (____)
              (oo  )               (o  o)                         (  OO)
   /-----------\  /          /-----\    /----          /-----------\  /
  / ||       |  \/          / |   |  \/   |           / ||       |  \/
 /  ||       ||||           \ |  |      | | |        /  ||       ||||
*   ||||-----||||            *| | |-----| | |       *   ||||-----||||
    /\/\     /\/\             /\ /\     /\ /\           ^^^^     ^^^^
 This cow belonged         This was Salvatore   No one was sure whether
 to Pablo Picasso         Dali's favorite cow     M.C. Escher's cow had
                                                     four legs or eight


                        (__)                        (__)
                ^^      (oo)                        (--)
            ^^^^ /-------\/                        /-\/-\
         ^^^^^  / |     ||                        /|    |\
       ^^^^^   *  ||----||                       ^ |    | ^
    ^^^^^^^^  ====^^====^^====                     |    |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^/                                     /----\
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                /    \ \
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^               ^      * ^
     Cow surfing at Malibu               Cow sunning at Fort Lauderdale
                                             (What a bod, huh guys?)


        *                                                 (__)
         \                                                (DD)
          \                                        /-------\/
          |\                                      / |     ||_\_/
        \ | \ (__)                               *  ||----|
        \\|| \(oo)                                  ^^    ^
         \||\ \\/                         Cow chugging brews and staring at
          ^^ \||                            sunbathers at Fort Lauderdale
           \\ ||
            \\||
             \||
              ^^                               
               \\_                            
                \_                            
 Cow skiing a Black Diamond at Aspen  




                                                 / / / / / / / / / / /
                                                / / / / / / / / / / / /
                                                / / / / / _______   / / 
   ( @@@ )                                      / / /    /   |   \  / / 
    ( @@ )            (------------)            / / /    (__)|      / / 
       @@  (__)       (  *>COUGH<* )            / / /    (oo)|      / /
        @@ (oo) . . . (  *>COUGH<* )              /-------\/ | 
     /--UU--\/        (____________)             / |     ||^_|
    / |    ||                                   *  ||----|
   *  ||---||                                      ^^    ^
   (New) Jersey Cow                   Cow sheltering from English
                                                Weather


                    (__)                       _--------_
                    (oo)                      |__________|   BIG
             /-------\/                        XXXXXXXXXX    MAC
            / | 007 ||                         __________
           *  ||----||                        |_        _|
              ^^    ^^                          --------
       Cow licenced to kill      Enemy Cow after having met previous cow

                       x
                   xxxx|xxxx
                xxxxxxx|xxxxxxx
                       |
                      //
                (__) //                        (__(__)
                (oo)//                         (oo(oo)
         /-------\//                    /-------\/ \/-------\
        / |     |//                    / |     ||   ||     | \
       *  ||----|                     *  ||----||   ||----||  *
          ^^    ^^                       ^^    ^^   ^^    ^^
      Mary Poppins Cow                        Siamese cows


                            o        o             (__)    ^
                             \      /              (oo)   /
                              \    /           _____\/___/
             (__)              \__/           /  /\ / /
             (oo)       _______(oo)          ^  /  * /
    /---------\/       /|  ___  \/             / ___/
   / | x=a(b)||       / | {   }||         *----/\
  *  ||------||      *  ||{___}||             /  \
     ^^      ^^         ||-----||            /   /
                        ^^     ^^           ^    ^

    Mathematical        Television      This cow does Disco
        Cow                 Cow        (That's what comes of
   (developer of        (Cow-thode      snorting cow-caine)
     cow-culus)          Ray Tube)



  .            /\         .       .        :
        .     /  \      .          .       :
             /    \   .        .    *      :
            /      \                 *     :
            | (__) |   .    .       **     :
     .     /| (oo) |\               **     :
          / | /\/\ | \   .     .    *      :
      .  /  |=|==|=|  \     .      *       :
     . /    | |  | |    \  .               :
      / USA | ^||^ |NASA \     .           :
     |______|  ^^  |______|       .        :
    .       (__||__)     .   .             :
       .    /_\  /_\  .     .    .         :
            !!!  !!!                       :
                                           :
  The cow that jumped over the moon.       :

            o
            | [---]
            |   |
            |   |                              |------========|
       /----|---|\                             | **** |=======|
      /___/___\___\                         o  | **** |=======|
      |            |                     ___|  |==============|
      |           |                ___  {(__)} |==============|
      \-----------/             [](   )={(oo)} |==============|
       \  \   /  /             /---===--{ \/ } |
    -----------------         / | NASA  |====  |
    |               |        *  ||------||-----^
    -----------------           ||      |      |
      /    /  \   \             ^^      ^      |
     /     ----    \
      ^^         ^^           This cow landed on the moon.

                (__)
               ([][])            "I have this recurring dream
               __\/_--U              about golden arches."..  (__)
              /\    \__                                 ^  :..("")
             /\\\  /  /                         //\  ____\_____\/ //
            /----^/__/\ /\                     // \\/     \___ / //
                \\\____/--\--                 // /-/__________/ //
                 /======   \/            =======/==============//
              *_/ /    \   /^              //  /              \\
                 /      \ ^               //                   \\

                     Psycowlogist and patient








                                             (___)
          \^^^^^^^^\   (__)                  (o o)
           \^^^^^^^^\\ (oo)                   \ /
        *-----\_______\/\/                  \--O--/
      ^_______/   ---  \______^            // -----\
     ^--------\   \S/  /\_____^            \\/_^{} /==V===[]
               \______/                      \_____\\//
                                              \__/
   It's a bird...                             //\\         The Boss
    It's a plane...                          //  \\   (Bruce Holstein)
                                            //   //
                                           ^^    ^^


                                        ==================
 _____________________________          H                H
 |             |-------------|          H     (__)       H
 |             |   ________  |          H     (oo)       H       __
 |   COWNTY    |  | (|__|) | |          H    / \/ \      H     /    \
 |    JAIL     |  |  |oo|  | |          H   | |  | |     H    | STOP |
 |             |  |__|\/|__| |          H   D===b=-----  H     \ __ /
 |             | o           |          H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H       ||
 |             | ^           |          H                H       ||
 |             | ]           |          H                H       ||
 |             |             |          H                H       ||
 |_____________|_____________|          H                H       ||
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^
 Some cows get in trouble...               Cattle Guard



                   \  |  /         ___________
    ____________  \ \_# /         |  ___      |       _________
   |            |  \  #/          | |   |     |      | = = = = |
   | |   |   |  |   \\#           | |`v'|     |      |         |
   |            |    \#  //       |  --- ___  |      | |  || | |
   | |   |   |  |     #_//        |     |   | |      |         |
   |            |  \\ #_/_______  |     |   | |      | |  || | |
   | |   |   |  |   \\# /_____/ \ |      ---  |      |         |
   |            |    \# |+ ++|  | |  |^^^^^^| |      | |  || | |
   |            |    \# |+ ++|  | |  |^^^^^^| |      | |  || | |
^^^|    (^^^^^) |^^^^^#^| H  |_ |^|  | |||| | |^^^^^^|         |
   |    ( ||| ) |     # ^^^^^^    |  | |||| | |      | ||||||| |
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^________/  /_____ |  | |||| | |      | ||||||| |
        `v'-                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^      | ||||||| |
         || |`.      (__)    (__)                          ( )
                     (oo)    (oo)                       /---V
              /-------\/      \/ --------\             * |  |
             / |     ||        ||_______| \
            *  ||W---||        ||      ||  *
               ^^    ^^        ^^      ^^
                        "Cow Town"


                          ...---...
                       ../  / | \  \..
                     ./ /  /  |  \  \ \.
                    /  /   /  |  \   \  \
                   /  /   /   |   \   \  \
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   \          |          /
                    \         |         /
                     \        |        /
                      \       |       /
                       \      |      /
                        \     |     /
                         \    |    /
                          \   |   /
                           \  |  /
                            \ | /(__)
                             \|/ (oo)
                          /---++--\/
                         / |  || ||
                        *  ||-++-||
                           ^^    ^^
               Cow surviving attack by Red Baron


                                    (__)
                                    (oo)
                             /-------\/
                            / |     ||
                           *  ||----||
                              ^^    ^^
                             (__)  (__)
                             (oo)  (oo)
                      /-------\/    \/-------\
                     / |     || -^^- ||     | \
                    *  ||----   -^^-       ||  *
                       ^^                  ^^
                      (__)                (__)
                      (oo)                (oo)
               /-------\/                  \/-------\
              / |     ||                    ||     | \
             *  ||----||                    ||----||  *
                ^^    ^^                    ^^    ^^
                 Barnum's Troupe of performing cows











 ____             ____                                |+++++|
|++++|    ___    |++++|                       ____    |+++++|
|++++|   |++ ______________________          |++++|   |+++++|
|++++|   |++/      /( )\           \         |++++|   |+++++|   __
|    |   |+|      |-oo- |           \______  |++++|   |+++++|  |++|
- - -(__)--|       \__\/           _(__)_  \
 o   ( oo /_______________________| (oo)  \ |        __
 |  _/\_| |  M O O - B U S T E R S|__\/\ /| |       /oo| - Bleaurgh!
 |-|  \\____                         ------  )_    /|  /\
  -|_  \_|-_|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0     _|  *  \/  *
     \  |  __________________________________/
     |  W|  \ \_/ /----------------- \ \_/ /
     / /\ \  \___/                    \___/
    / /  \ \
    ^^^   ^^^                                      Who you gonna call...?





  The official collection of electronic cows resides at 
                 Princeton University!

          Thanks to EVERYONE who contributed!

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE WIDELY -- IT IS *NOT* COPYRIGHTED.
    (Besides, this is a classic that NO ONE should miss!)

















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