             --==>>  THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GNU-COWS  <<==--
                   as you've NEVER seen them before!

                  _______________________
         (__)    /                       \     * OFFICIAL EDITION *
         (oo)   ( moo moo moo moo moo moo )
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 / |     ||
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         (__)               (__)               (__)               (__)
         (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
                 seeing above cow   seeing other     American bull
                                    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|     ||   /     ||
    ||----||       oooooooooooooo            ||w---||>==/-----||
 ooo~~    ~~      oooooooooooooooooo         ~~    ~~         ~~

  Cow taking       Cow in deep shit          Cow getting the shit
    a 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           Cow who ate            Cow who used Jolt to
    Jolt           psychadelic mushrooms       wash 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 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 loved with    This cow belonged to
 to Flash Gordon     the Little Rascals     the Headless Horseman


              (____)                        (____)
              (oo  )                           (o  o)
   /-----------\  /                    /-----\    /----
  / ||       |  \/                    / |   |  \/   |
 /  ||       ||||                     \ |  |      | | |
*   ||||-----||||                      *| | |-----| | |
           /\/\     /\/\                       /\ /\     /\ /\

This cow belonged                 This was Salvatore Dali's
 to Pablo Picasso                        favorite cow


                                 (____)
                                 ( o o)
                      /-----------\  /
                     / ||       |  \/
                    /  ||       ||||
                   *   ||||-----||||
                       ~~~~     ~~~~
                  No one was sure whether
                 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 sunbathing at Fort Lauderdale
                                        (What a bod, huh guys?)

               )\               (__)
              /  \              (oo)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
           Cow swimming at Amityville
(Where Jaws was filmed, for those less educated)


        *
         \
          \
          |\                                       (__)
          | \ (__)                                 (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
*  ||----||                                       Wheather

(New) Jersey Cow

                           o o                 o o
                            \ \               / /
                             \ \          (__) /
          (__)                \ \         (xx)/
          (DD)                 \ +--------+\//
   /-------\/                   \|        | /
  / |     ||                     +--------+
 *  ||----||
Cow fantasizing about "Ridubg the Mechanical Bull"
            at Gillies in Texas

         o  o
         |__|               (__)               (__)
         (oo)               (oo)              =(oo)=          oo
  /-------\/         /-------vv         /-------\/
 / |     ||         / |     ||         / |     ||
*  ||----||        *  ||----||        *  ||----||
   ~~    ~~           ~~    ~~           ~~    ~~
bill bixby          bela lugosi        boris karloff      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
                      *
                   **   **
             * **   * * *  **
            *   /   /   \ *  *
         \  \ /  \          / /                      (__)
      *  /  / \  \   (__)   \ \             /--------(oo)
        /            (oo)   / /            / |      |(  )
        \     /-------\/    \ \           *  ||---- ||()
        /    / |     ||     / /              ||     ||
     \  \   *  ||----||     \ \              ~~     ~~
    /   /      ~~    ~~     / /           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)`
  /-------\/                  /-----'-\/ `
 / |     ||                  / |    |============>
*  ||----||                 *  ||----| (~)
   ~~    ~~                    ~~    ~
   holy cow                  Moo-ammar Cowdafi
                            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 \
        (OO)   ( ewtileni@pucc.Princeton.EDU  )
 :****** \/ ==='\____________________________/'
: #     ##
  ##****##
  ""    ""


 |    |                            |    |          *
 |    |            (__)            |    |           \       (__)
 |    |            (oo)            |    |            \      (oo)
 |    |     /-------\/             |    |         -----------\/--
 |    |    / |     ||              |    |         ----|      |---
 |    |   *  ||----||              |    |             --------
 |    \______~~____~~___           |    \_________________
 |     _________________           |     _________________
 |    /                            |    /
 |    |                            |    |
 |    |                            |    |
 |    |                            |    |
 |    |                            |    |
 |    |                            |    |
 |    |                            |    |
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/      \                          /      \

Cow perched on a tree.           Cow attemtping to fly off tree.


 |    |
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 |    \_________________
 |     _________________
 |    /
 |    |
 |    |
 |    |
 |    |
 |    |
 |    |                               (__)
 |    |                     *---------(..)
/      \                       ~~----~~\/

Cow has failed miserably in the attempt.

                                        .         :             (__)
 .             /\           .                     :             (xx)
              /  \        .               .       :      __------\/
       .     /    \     .      .           *      :     * ||____||
            /      \               .    *         :      / |    |\
            | (__) |    .        .    **          :
  .        /| (oo) |\        .        **          :      Hamburger
          / | /\/\ | \                 *          :
    .    /  |=|==|=|  \         .     .   *       :    *        (__)
  .   /     | |  | |     \     .                  :     \       (oo)
     /  USA | ~||~ |NASA  \         .             :      \-------\/
    |_______|  ~~  |_______|    .           .     :     8-|     ||
        .   (__||__)         .     .    .  .      :       ||----||
.   .       /_\  /_\     .           .            :       ~~    ~~
            !!!  !!!                              :      Flying Cow
                                                  :
The cow that jumped over the moon.                :


             ..---..                              (__)
            /       \                             (oo)
            |  RIP  |                      /-------\/
            |       |                     / |     ||
            |       |                    *  ||----||
            |       |                       ~~    ~~
            |       |
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////

        Elvis's Cow...    ...Or is it alive and living in tax exile???


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


                   (__)
                   (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!
 |-|  \\____                         ------   )_    /|  /\
  -|_  \_|-_|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O      _|  *  \/  *
     \  |  ___________________________________/
     |  W|  \ \_/ /-----------------\ \_/ /
     / /\ \  \___/                   \___/
    / /  \ \                                    Who you gonna call...?
    ~~~   ~~~


         (__)              (__)              (__)       (----------)
         (OO)              (-o)              (--) . . . ( *>YAWN<* )
  /-------\/        /-------\/        /-------\/        (----------)
 / |     ||        / |     ||        / |     ||
*  ||----||       *  ||----||       *  ||----||
   ~~    ~~          ~~    ~~          ~~    ~~
Cow w/ Glasses   Flirtatious cow    Cow after pulling an all-nighter
                    (winking)


*        (__)              (__)              (__)             (__)
 \       (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                 (___)   Where's all the bulls!
   (__)    (__)    (__)    (__)         (o o)/
   ( oo    (oo)    oo )    (  )     ~  _/\ /\_  ~
   /\_|    /\/\    |_/\    /  \     \\/   O   \//
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(___)
(  OO
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         (oo)
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