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Line: COWS

Line: COWS

From Rob <r-h...@ti.com> · alt.ascii-art · 17 Aug 1995 00:00 · View full thread · report
Phil <700...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I once saw a very good collection of ASCII cow pictures.
>Does anyone know where I might be able to get these??
>on an ftp site??

Are these the ones ?

            --==>>  THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GNU-COWS  <<==--
                   as you've NEVER seen them before!
                   ________________________
          (__)    /                        \         * OFFICIAL EDITION *
          (oo)   (  November 1989 Version!  )
   /-------\/  --'\________________________/      * WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION *
  / |     ||
 *  ||----||             Edited by Eric W. Tilenius
    ~~    ~~             Please send your submissions to:
      Cow                ewt...@pucc.Princeton.EDU // ewt...@pucc.BITNET
  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
           (__)             (__)             (__)             (__)
           (oo)             (oo)             (oo)             (oo)
    /-------\/       /-------\/       /-------\/       /-------\/
   / |     ||       / |     ||       / |     ||       / |     ||
  *  ||----||      *  ||W---||      *  ||w---||      *  ||V---||
     ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~
       Cow           Cow laden        Same cow       Nancy Reagan-type
                     with milk     after milking     cow with milk
 
           (___)             (___)    *        (___)             (___)
           (o o)             (o o)     \       (o o)             (o o)
    /-------\ /       /-------\ /       \-------\ /       /-------\ /
   / |     ||O       / |     ||O         |     ||O       / | ~#>-+|O
  *  ||,---||       *  ||@\--||          ||,---||       *  ||,----|
     ~~    ~~          ~~    ~~          ~~    ~~          ~~     ~
     Bull      Same bull after    Rotc bull after    Red-blooded American Bull
               seeing above cow   seeing other bull  shooting the Rotc bull

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

           (__)
           (oo)                       U
    /-------\/                    /---V
   / |     ||                    * |--|                       .
  *  ||----||
     ~~    ~~
  Cow at 1 meter.         Cow at 100 meters.        Cow at 10,000 meters.
 
           (__)                     )__(                vv    vv
           (oo)                     (oo)                ||----||  *
    /-------\/               *-------\/                 ||     | /
   / |     ||               / |     ||                 /\-------/
  *  ||----||              /  ||----||                (oo)
     ~~    ~~                 vv    vv                (~~)
  American Cow              Polish Cow            Australian Cow
 
           (__)                     (__)                     (__)
           (oo)                ____ (oo)                _---_(oo)
    /-------\/               /-    --\/               /-     -\/
   / |     ||               / |     ||               /|      ||
  *  ||----||              *  ||___-||              *  ||___-||
     ~~    ~~                 ~~    ~~                 ~~    ~~
  Freshman Cow at          Freshman Cow             Freshman Cow
  start of school     After the "Freshman 15"    After the "Freshman 20"
 
           (__)                     (__)                     (__)
           (OO)                     (@@)                     (xx)
    /-------\/               /-------\/               /-------\/
   / |     ||               / |     ||               / |     ||
  *  ||----||              *  ||----||              *  ||----||
     ~~    ~~                 ~~    ~~                 ~~    ~~
  Cow who drank Jolt       Cow who ate          Cow who used Jolt to wash
                     psychadelic mushrooms     down psychadelic mushrooms
 
                                           /\                  __
                                          /  \                 ||
               (__)                 (__)  \  /               (_||_)
               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 Ceasar'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 Flash Gordon       the Little Rascals       the Headless Horseman

                   (____)               (____)                        (____)
                   (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

                 O__O                             \_|_/
                 (oo)                             (oo)
          /-------\/                       /-------\/
         / |     ||                       / |     ||
        *  ||----||                      *  ||----||
           ~~    ~~                         ~~    ~~
      Cow at Disneyland         Cow visiting the Statue of Liberty
 
                          (__)                        (__)
                  ~~      (oo)                        (--)
              ~~~~ /-------\/                        /-\/-\
           ~~~~~  / |     ||                        /|    |\
         ~~~~~   *  ||----||                       ~ |    | ~
      ~~~~~~~~  ====~~====~~====                     |    |
  ~~~~~~~~~~~/                                       /----\
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                  /    \ \
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~               
 ~      * ~
       Cow Hanging Ten at Malibu           Cow sunning at Fort Lauderdale
                                               (What a bod, huh guys?)

                 )\               (__)
                /  \              (oo)
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             Cow swimming at Amity Island
  (Where Jaws was set, for those less educated)
 
          *                                                 (__)
           \                                                (DD)
            \                                        /-------\/
            |\                                      / |     ||_\_/
          \ | \ (__)                               *  ||----|
          \\|| \(oo)                                  ~~    ~
           \||\ \\/                           Cow staring at
            ~~ \||                            sunbathers at Fort Lauderdale
             \\ ||
              \\||
               \||
                ~~                                 / / / / / / / / / / /
                 \\_                              / / / / / / / / / / / /
                  \_                              / / / / / _______   / /
   Cow skiing a Black Diamond at Aspen            / / /    /   |   \  / /
                                                  / / /    (__)|      / /
                                                  / / /    (oo)|      / /
     ( @@@ )                                        /-------\/ |
      ( @@ )            (------------)             / |     ||~_|
         @@  (__)       (  *>COUGH<* )            *  ||----|
          @@ (oo) . . . (  *>COUGH<* )               ~~    ~
       /--UU--\/        (____________)
      / |    ||                            Cow sheltering from English Weather
     *  ||---||
     (New) Jersey Cow
 
                         O O                 O O
                          \ \               / /
                           \ \          (__) /
            (__)            \ \         (xx)/
            (DD)             \ +--------+\//
     /-------\/               \|        | /
    / |     ||                 +--------+
   *  ||----||
      ~~    ~~
  Cow fantasizing about "Riding the Mechanical Bull"
              at Gillies in Texas
 
           o  o
           |__|             (__)             (__)
           (oo)             (oo)            =(oo)=         oo
    /-------\/       /-------vv       /-------\/
   / |     ||       / |     ||       / |     ||
  *  ||----||      *  ||----||      *  ||----||
     ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~
   Bill Bixby's      Bela Lugosi's    Boris Karloff's  Claude Rains'
   male relative     cow              cow              cow
   cow
                         x
                     xxxx|xxxx
                  xxxxxxx|xxxxxxx
                         |
                        //
                  (__) //                        (__)   (__)
                  (oo)//                         (oo)===(oo)
           /-------\//                    /-------\/     \/-------\
          / |     |//                    / |     ||       ||     | \
         *  ||----|                     *  ||----||       ||----||  *
            ~~    ~~                       ~~    ~~       ~~    ~~
       Julie Andrews' 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)
 
              o
              | [---]
              |   |
              |   |                              |------========|
         /----|---|\                             | **** |=======|
        /___/___\___\                         o  | **** |=======|
        |           |                      ___|  |==============|
        |           |                ___  {(__)} |==============|
        \-----------/             [](   )={(oo)} |==============|
         \  \   /  /             /---===--{ \/ } |
      -----------------         / | NASA  |====  |
      |               |        *  ||------||-----~
      -----------------           ||      |      |
        /    /  \   \             ~~      ~      |
       /     ----    \
        ~~         ~~           This cow jumped over 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 Holstien)
                                                  //   //
                                                  ~~    ~~


                                            ==================
   _____________________________            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
 
       (  (    )
     ( (     )   )
     ( (         )
    (           / )
   ( ( \\       )
       ( |  // )
         |   |    (__)
         |   |    (oo)                   (__)
         |   | ----\/              ______(oo)_____
         |   |    ||              ( _)_______(__) )
       **|   | ---||                \ __________/
      ``'---------~~
          Cow Hide                     Cow Pie
 
                     \  |  /         ___________
      ____________  \ \_# /         |  ___      |       _________
     |            |  \  #/          | |   |     |      | = = = = |
     | |   |   |  |   \\#           | |`v'|     |      |         |
     |            |    \#  //       |  --- ___  |      | |  || | |
     | |   |   |  |     #_//        |     |   | |      |         |
     |            |  \\ #_/_______  |     |   | |      | |  || | |
     | |   |   |  |   \\# /_____/ \ |      ---  |      |         |
     |            |    \# |+ ++|  | |  |~~~~~~| |      | |  || | |
     |            |    \# |+ ++|  | |  |~~~~~~| |      | |  || | |
     |    (~~~~~) |~~~~~#~| H  |_ |~|  | |||| | |~~~~~~|         |
     |    ( ||| ) |     # ~~~~~~    |  | |||| | |      | ||||||| |
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~________/  /_____ |  | |||| | |      | ||||||| |
          `v'-                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~      | ||||||| |
           || |`.      (__)    (__)                          ( )
                       (oo)    (oo)                       /---V
                /-------\/      \/ --------\             * |  |
               / |     ||        ||_______| \
              *  ||W---||        ||      ||  *
                 ~~    ~~        ~~      ~~
                          "Cow Town"
 
                \ (__)                       (__)
                \\(oo)                       (\/)
           /-----\\\/                 /-------\/
          / |    (##)                / |     ||
         *  ||----||"               *  ||----||
            ~~    ~~                   ~~    ~~
      This cow plays bagpipes.      Cow from Beijing

           (__)                     (__)                     (__)
           (\/)                     ($$)                     (**)
    /-------\/               /-------\/               /-------\/
  / | 666 ||               / |=====||               / |     ||
  *  ||----||              *  ||----||              *  ||----||
     ~~    ~~                 ~~    ~~                 ~~    ~~
 Satanic cow           This cow is a Yuppie         Cow in love
 
           (__)                                              (__)
           (oo)                                              (oo)
    /-'''''-\/                            /-------------------\/
   / |'''''||                            / |                 ||
  *  ||''''||                           *  ||----------------||
     ~~    ~~                              ~~                ~~
   Cow in Argyle                                Stretch Cow
                           *
                        **   **
                   * **  * * *  **
                  *   /  /   \ *  *
               \  \ /  \        / /                         (__)
            *  /  / \  \  (__)  \ \                /--------(00)
              /           (00)  / /               / |      |(  )
              \    /-------\/   \ \              *  ||---- ||()
              /   / |     ||    / /                 ||     ||
            \ \  *  ||----||    \ \                 ~~     ~~
           /  /     ~~    ~~    / /            Cow Chewing Marbles
                   Cow in Heat
 
             (___)
             (o o)
       /------\ /   (__)                         (__)
      /    ____O    (oo)                         (oo)
     |   / /----\----\/                   /-------\/
     /\oo===|  /    ||                   / |     ||
    | ||   *||~-----||                  *  OO----OO
    *  ~~   ~~      ~~
      Cowt in the Act                   Low Rider cow
 
           (__)                 \__\                 (__)
           (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

           ____
          (____)
                                 .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
 
             (---)
             (   )
            /-----\                          (___)
            |     |                          (o o)
            |  |  |                   (-----) \ /
            |  |  |                  /  / \    O
            |  *  |                 *  | O |
            ~~   ~~                    -----
             Coward                  Phone Bull
 
   |    |                              |    |           *
   |    |            (__)              |    |            \       (__)
   |    |            (oo)              |    |             \      (oo)
   |    |     /-------\/               |    |          -----------\/--
   |    |    / |     ||                |    |          ----|      |---
   |    |   *  ||----||                |    |              --------
   |    \______~~____~~___             |    \_________________
   |     _________________             |     _________________
   |    /                              |    /
   |    |                              |    |
   |    |                              |    |
   |    |                              |    |
   |    |                              |    |
   |    |                              |    |
   |    |                              |    |
   |    |                              |    |
  /      \                            /      \
  Cow perched on a tree.              Cow attempting to fly off tree.

   |    |
   |    |
   |    |
   |    |
   |    |
   |    \_________________
   |     _________________
   |    /
   |    |
   |    |
   |    |
   |    |
   |    |
   |    |                                (__)
   |    |                      *---------(..)
  /      \                        ~~----~~\/
  Cow that has failed miserably in the attempt.

    .            /\         .       .        :                (__)
          .     /  \      .          .       :                (xx)
               /    \   .        .    *      :         __------\/
              /      \              *        :        * ||____||
              | (__) |   .    .   **         :         / |    |\
       .     /| (oo) |\           **         :
            / | /\/\ | \   .     . *         :         Hamburger
        .  /  |=|==|=|  \     .      *       :
       . /    | |  | |    \  .               :
        / USA | ~||~ |NASA \     .           :       *        (__)
       |______|  ~~  |______|       .        :        \       (oo)
      .       (__||__)     .   .             :         \-------\/
         .    /_\  /_\  .     .    .         :        8-|     ||
              !!!  !!!                       :          ||----||
                                             :          ~~    ~~
    The cow that jumped over the moon.       :         Flying Cow
 
                            ...---...
                         ../  / | \  \..
                       ./ /  /  |  \  \ \.
                      /  /   /  |  \   \  \
                     /  /   /   |   \   \  \
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                     \          |          /
                      \         |         /
                       \        |        /
                        \       |       /
                         \      |      /
                          \     |     /
                           \    |    /
                            \   |   /
                             \  |  /
                              \ | /(__)
                               \|/ (oo)
                            /---++--\/
                           / |  || ||
                          *  ||-++-||
                             ~~    ~~
                 Cow surviving attack by Red Baron

                ..---..                             (__)
               /       \                            (oo)
               |  RIP  |                     /-------\/
               |       |                    / |     ||
               |       |                   *  ||----||
               |       |                      ~~    ~~
               |       |
  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////
              Elvis's Cow... ...Or is it alive and living in tax exile???
 
                       (__)
                       (oo)
          /---+      +--\/
         / |  |      | ||
        *  ||-+      +-||
           ~~          ~~                             *
     David Copperfield's Cow               David Copperfield's other Cow
 
                                      (__)
                                      (oo)
                               /-------\/
                              / |     ||
                             *  ||----||
                                ~~    ~~
                     Just Another of those Animals

                    __________________________
           }__{    / Send YOUR cow pictures to \
           (00)   ( ewt...@pucc.Princeton.EDU )
    :****** \/ ==='\___________________________/'
   : #     ##
     ##****##
     ""    ""

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