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Subject: Re: [OM] Speaking of ... Chris's cows?
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:02:42 -0400
  Some one had WAY too much time on his hands.

Charlie


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> >
> >> 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
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>                                              (___)
>           \^^^^^^^^\   (__)                  (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...?
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