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            --==>>  THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO COWS  <<==--
                 as you've NEVER seen them before!
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          (__)    /                        \         * OFFICIAL EDITION *
          (oo)   (  November 1989 Version!  )
   /-------\/  --'\________________________/      * WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION *
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           (__)             (__)             (__)             (__)
           (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)                        ( O O)
           /-----------\  /          /-----\    /----          /-----------\/
          / ||      |   \/          / |      \/   | |         / |        ||||
         /  ||       ||||           \ |  |      | | |        /  ||       ||||
        *   ||||-----||||            *| | |-----| | |       *   ||||-----||||
            /\/\     /\/\             /\ /\     /\ /\           ^^^^     ^^^^
       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
 
 s
                          (__)                        (__)
                  ^^      (oo)                        (--)
              ^^^^ /-------\/                        /-\/-\
           ^^^^^  / |     ||                        /|    |\
         ^^^^^   *  ||----||                       ^ |    | ^
      ^^^^^^^^  ====^^====^^====                     |    |
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^/                                     /----\
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                /    \ \
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^               ^      * ^
       Cow Hanging Ten 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            / / /    /   |   \  / /
                                                  / / /    (__)|      / /
                                                  / / /    (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

                        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
                                           ==================
   _____________________________            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

           (__)                                              (__)
           (oo)                                              (oo)
    /-'''''-\/                            /-------------------\/
   / |'''''||                            / |                 ||
  *  ||''''||                           *  ||----------------||
     ^^    ^^                              ^^                ^^
   Cow in Argyle                                Stretch Cow
                          *
                        **   **
                   * **  * * *  **
                  *   /  /   \ *  *
               \  \ /  \        / /                         (__)
            *  /  / \  \  (__)  \ \                /--------(00)
              /           (00)  / /               / |      |(  )
              \    /-------\/   \ \              *  ||---- ||()
              /   / |     ||    / /                 ||     ||
            \ \  *  ||----||    \ \                 ^^     ^^
           /  /     ^^    ^^    / /            Cow Chewing Marbles
                   Cow in Heat
 
           (__)                 \__\                 (__)
           (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
                    __________________________
           }__{    / Send YOUR cow pictures to \
           (00)   ( ewtileni@pucc.Princeton.EDU )
    :****** \/ ==='\___________________________/'
   : #     ##
     ##****##
     ""    ""
   |    |                              |    |           *
   |    |            (__)              |    |            \       (__)
   |    |            (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)
                              /-------\/
                             / |     ||
                            *  ||----||
                               ^^    ^^
                               (__)  (__)
                               (oo)  (oo)
                        /-------\/    \/-------\
                       / |     || -^^- ||     | \
                      *  ||----   -^^-       ||  *
                         ^^                  ^^
                        (__)                (__)
                        (oo)                (oo)
                 /-------\/                  \/-------\
                / |     ||                    ||     | \
               *  ||----||                    ||----||  *
                  ^^    ^^                    ^^    ^^
                   Barnum's Troupe of performing cows
 
                      (__)                       _--------_
                      (oo)                      |__________|   BIG
               /-------\/                        XXXXXXXXXX    MAC
              / | 007 ||                         __________
             *  ||----||                        |_        _|
                ^^    ^^                          --------
         Cow licenced to kill      Enemy Cow after having met previous 
 cow
 
                                                       (__)
                                                       (oo)
                                                      /'^^^-m
              (__)                                   / '' ` )
              (oo)    o     /| /|/|_                |      /|
             / \/    /    /      _ /                |  |  | |
            /  _\===^   ___\_____/___               |_____|_|
        ___|__/ |/\    (___________(_)               //|| ||
       *        ^ ^                                 *  ww ww
 
              Mrs. O'Leary's Cow                 Cow'nt Dracula
 
   ____             ____                                |+++++|
  |++++|    ___    |++++|                       ____    |+++++|
  |++++|   |++ ______________________          |++++|   |+++++|
  |++++|   |++/      /( )\           \         |++++|   |+++++|   __
  |    |   |+|      |-oo- |           \______  |++++|   |+++++|  |++|
  -----(__)--|       \__\/           _(__)_  \ ----------------------------------
   o   ( oo /_______________________| (oo)  \ |         __
   |  _/\_| |  M O O - B U S T E R S|__\/\ /| |        /oo| - Bleaurgh!
   |-|  \\____                         ------  )_    /|  /\
    -|_  \_|-_|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0     _|  *  \/  *
       \  |  __________________________________/
       |  W|  \ \_/ /----------------- \ \_/ /
       / /\ \  \___/                    \___/
      / /  \ \
      ^^^   ^^^                                  Who you gonna call...?
 
          (__)                   (__)                    (__)    (----------)
          (00)                   (-o)                    (--) ...( *>YAWN<* )
    /------\/              /------\/               /------\/     (----------)
   /|     ||              /|     ||               /|     ||
  * ||----||             * ||----||              * ||----||
 
  Cow w/ Glasses    Flirtatious cow (winking)   Cow after pulling an all-
                                                nighter
 
  *        (__)              (__)               (__)               (__)
   \       (oo)              (oo)               (oo)               (oo)
    \-------\/        /-------\/         /-------\/         /-------\/
    /|      |\       / /      \         / \      /         / \      \
   //||----||\\     * //------\\       *   \\--//         *   \\----\\
   ^ ^^    ^^ ^       ^        ^            ^  ^               ^     ^
  Cow walking         Cow jogging         Same cow        Cow breaking
 
            (__)
            (oo)                       (__) o       *     (__)
             \/                        (oo)/ "      |     (oo)
         ____| \____            /-------\/(__ o=o=o=|------\/
         ---/   --**           / |       /          |      |
      *____/    |___//        *  ||----||           ||----||
          //--------/            ^^    ^^           ^^    ^^
         //__                      Cow           Cow pooing
         Cow marching            standing
 
   Side      Front   Side   back                (___)  Where's all the bulls!
   (__)      (__)    (__)   (__)                (O O)/
   ( oo      (oo)    oo )   (  )            ^  _/\ /\_  ^
   /\_|      /\/\    |_/\   /  \            \\/   O   \//
 
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