Thought you all might like some ethernet cows to cheer you up...
 
        John Eady ([log in to unmask])
 
 
                        _____
               (__)    /     \
               (oo)   (  moo  )
        /-------\/  --'\_____/
       / |     ||
      *  ||----||
         ^^    ^^
 
 
     >          (__)             (__)             (__)             (__)
     >          (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       / | ~a7-+|O
     > *  ||,---||       *  ||@\--||          ||,---||       *  ||,----|
     >    ^^    ^^          ^^    ^^          ^^    ^^          ^^     ^
     >      Bull       Same bull after    Rotc bull after    Red-blooded
                                                             American Bull
 
     >
     >
     >          (__)             (__)             (__)             (__)
     >          (oo)             (oo)             (oo)             (oo)
     >   /-------\/-*     /-------\/       /-------\/   ~97~97~97~97~97~97~97
     >  / |     || \     )*)(\/* /  *     / |     ||
     > *  ||----||  *   \ |||/)|/()(    ~97~97~97~97#> \/|(/)(/\/(,,/
     \)|(/\/|)(/\
     >   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
     >
     >
     >
     >
     >                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)
     >         ~97~97~97~97~97~97~97~97~97~97~97            Cow swimming at
     Amityvill
     e
     > (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
                                                            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       /-------\/
     >  / |     ||       / |     ||       / |     ||
     > *  ||----||      *  ||----||      *  ||----||
     >    9   9        9   9        9   #>  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
     >