| Subject: | Re: [OM] Speaking of ... Chris's cows? |
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| From: | "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:11:05 +0200 |
Absolutely stunning - I must have come to the internet too late as I
had missed about a 80% of these :-)
Thanks for sharing, and reminding us
Amooties
Philippe
Le 17 sept. 13 à 18:03, Chris Trask a écrit :
>>
>>> 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
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____ ____ |+++++|
> |++++| ___ |++++| ____ |+++++|
> |++++| |++ ______________________ |++++| |+++++|
> |++++| |++/ /( )\ \ |++++| |+++++| __
> | | |+| |-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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