The cow thing is LAME

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J3N7iL · Post by **J3N7iL** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:31 am

I get the whole cow heritage thing and i see where you guys are coming from. But really, having a cow mascott, um . . .no. Kinda gay.
A bull maybe, all pissed off and blowing steam, that I could get down with, but the lame cow, Im not feeling the jazz on that one.

I opt for a better mascott. Even a billy goat would be cool, that I could get a tattoo of and be proude. Just a segestion, and keep in mind i've been up all night codeing and im drunk.

Lose the cow!

Akhouk · Post by **Akhouk** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:52 am

Since a Gentoo Penguin is the fasted swimmer out of the different types of penguins perhaps it should have been a penguing strapped to a rocket.

J3N7iL · Post by **J3N7iL** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:10 am

Ya know, I went to the zoo in Chicago and saw a gentoo Penguin and I was really impressed. Those are some dope birds. I have an admiration for the gentoo now. But then again, an ACME style rocket on the ass of a bird never let me down.

As I think back to the days of Wyle E. Coyote, Acme style rockets and sling shots have always played an important role in the progress of nature. As I'm sure they will in the progress of Linux.

omp · Post by **omp** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:14 am

Larry > *

mark_alec · Post by **mark_alec** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:17 am

Moved from Off the Wall to Gentoo Chat.

I like Larry the Cow, our sexually confused mascot.

reub2000 · Post by **reub2000** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:27 am

J3N7iL wrote:Ya know, I went to the zoo in Chicago and saw a gentoo Penguin and I was really impressed. Those are some dope birds. I have an admiration for the gentoo now. But then again, an ACME style rocket on the ass of a bird never let me down.

As I think back to the days of Wyle E. Coyote, Acme style rockets and sling shots have always played an important role in the progress of nature. As I'm sure they will in the progress of Linux.

Are you sure it wasn't the Shedd Aquarium where you saw the gentoo penguin?

eroyf · Post by **eroyf** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:13 am

Why do it differ from any other big FOSS operating system?

FreeBSD has a devil (Which is really cool imo)
SUSE has this ugly lizard thing
KDE has a dragon
Gentoo has a COW!!!!

The other ones has those EVIL animals! EVIL!!! Larry is a good cow

Tenobok · Post by **Tenobok** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:47 am

I always thought that Larry is short for Larissa.

araw1 · Post by **araw1** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:07 am

I love Larry the Cow... and I agreed to "eroyf" its a Good Cow. Its a very Unique mascot....

We must be creative enough to design our own mascot. Since we already got a COW, we must be proud of it....
You cant find such creativity on other *distros.....

Penguin thing is already belong to Linux (general)....

anyway, Larry is a masculine name...

dhave · Post by **dhave** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:13 am

I also have problems with the cow, and I just try not to think about it. It doesn't fit in the least with the vibes I get from Gentoo overall.

I never liked Gateway's logo for the same reason. And that Chik-Fil-A [U.S. fast food restaurant] cow bothers me, too, although at least with it there's some kind of basis (i.e., eat chicken, not cow).

There's something about the cow business that's just a little too middle America, HeeHaw, cornpone, Ma and Pa are back on the farm, baby sister's a majorette, brother Tommy loves fiddling with his computer when his chores are all done, .... Give me a glass of milk, will ya', Grandma? You get the idea.

Go with the Gentoo penguin on a rocket or something like that. Using a cow mascot and naming the distro after a penguin is mixing metaphors, anyway.

Ditch the cow. Please. The sooner the better.

Boesmann · Post by **Boesmann** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:34 am

dhave wrote:There's something about the cow business that's just a little too middle America

I was born in Germany and we also have a lot of cows. You have to broaden your horizon

dhave · Post by **dhave** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:15 am

Boesmann wrote:
dhave wrote:There's something about the cow business that's just a little too middle America
I was born in Germany and we also have a lot of cows. You have to broaden your horizon

Yes, but I feel certain that your German cows are more sophisticated, more erudite, perhaps with a philosophical bent and certainly worldly-wise. The U.S. cows are just cows. I saw one up close once, and I know what I'm talking about.

Naib · Post by **Naib** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:17 am

Cow's are cool and fun to tip

dhave · Post by **dhave** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:23 am

Naib wrote:Cow's are cool and fun to tip

That's the first pro-Larry argument that I've found even remotely convincing.

loki99 · Post by **loki99** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:25 am

omp wrote:Larry > *

Insightful ++

Monkeh · Post by **Monkeh** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:53 pm

eroyf wrote:FreeBSD has a devil

It's not a devil, it's a deamon. And it's not evil.

aidy · Post by **aidy** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:44 pm

omp wrote:Larry > *

ompie!
you know that cutie is goog eh!

Old School · Post by **Old School** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:07 pm

The cow IS lame.

asommer · Post by **asommer** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:08 pm

Cow Tipping is a myth by the way...I know some guys that tried once.

All that happened was they bounced off and hurt their shoulders. Funny story though.

Naib · Post by **Naib** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:12 pm

asommer wrote:Cow Tipping is a myth by the way...I know some guys that tried once.

All that happened was they bounced off and hurt their shoulders. Funny story though.

right so my miss-spent teenage youth in suffolk is a myth
I have tipped a few in my time, takes a couple of ppl

asommer · Post by **asommer** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:15 pm

Okay...maybe it's not a myth, but I know two guys that tried and didn't succeed in the tipping.

Naib · Post by **Naib** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:16 pm

prob too pissed or slipped on a pat while pushing

Old School · Post by **Old School** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:48 pm

Naib wrote:prob too pissed or slipped on a pat while pushing

O/T How do you tip a cow?

bigbob73 · Post by **bigbob73** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:04 pm

menelmacar wrote:
Naib wrote:prob too pissed or slipped on a pat while pushing
O/T How do you tip a cow?

wait till their asleep. get 2 big guys, and push like hell.

Bigbob

ps. the cow will wake up and be VERY mad. Have an escape route.

Naib · Post by **Naib** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:22 pm

That or the cow will have a heart attack and die and farmer with shotty get mad and waits for you the next time