COW COW COW

November 20, 2013 12:40 PM

Find The Invisible Cow Does what it says on the tin.
posted by Mooski (41 comments total)

It's a wonderful online version of Marco Polo! COW COW COW heh.
posted by Carillon at 12:42 PM on November 20, 2013 [2 favorites]

I can't find the tin
posted by koeselitz at 12:46 PM on November 20, 2013 [3 favorites]

Please stop yelling at me!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 12:53 PM on November 20, 2013 [6 favorites]

Looks like someone disrupted Where's Waldo with an MVP.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:57 PM on November 20, 2013

Did you create or change your MetaFilter user name just for this FPP?
posted by Wordshore at 1:02 PM on November 20, 2013 [7 favorites]

Moo!
posted by Pre-Taped Call In Show at 1:03 PM on November 20, 2013 [3 favorites]

I opened the tin. It was all moldy inside.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:05 PM on November 20, 2013

You have to have one of them new-fangled browsers to find the cow, though.
posted by Curious Artificer at 1:06 PM on November 20, 2013

Curious Artificer: "You have to have one of them new-fangled browsers to find the cow, though."

Hee.
posted by brundlefly at 1:07 PM on November 20, 2013 [2 favorites]

"Sorry, your browser does not support the Web Audio API, which is an integral part of this experiment. Currently, the only supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari."

... i use firefox. meh.
posted by lapolla at 1:12 PM on November 20, 2013 [2 favorites]

Not exactly the best way to sell the Web Audio API.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:16 PM on November 20, 2013

Everyone knows the invisible cows are at Mauna Kea.
posted by zamboni at 1:23 PM on November 20, 2013 [2 favorites]

I opened the tin. It was all momooldy inside.

FTFY.
posted by The Bellman at 1:27 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

... i use firefox. meh.
I got that same message using Firefox 24. I had to update to 25.0.1 first, then the page works. I'm not sure that's a good reason to update, though.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:28 PM on November 20, 2013

I found the cow quickly, but waited to click so I could explore the different intensities of cowgasm.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:37 PM on November 20, 2013

Where's the beef?
posted by hal9k at 1:39 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

So what's everyone's high score? I got 5 points.
posted by yeti at 1:40 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

The Tin is a lie. A sweet, creamy lie.
posted by blue_beetle at 1:41 PM on November 20, 2013

So... my telnet app isn't going to cut it, then?

Sigh. I've resisted upgrading all these years, but if invisible cows are at stake, ... here I go.
posted by IAmBroom at 1:43 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

Wow that was upsetting. I don't like the internet yelling at me.
posted by kiltedtaco at 1:45 PM on November 20, 2013 [4 favorites]

I failed. Beyond failure. I cannot find a single cow, no matter how much he yells at me.
posted by greenhornet at 1:50 PM on November 20, 2013 [2 favorites]

I'm kind of impressed that someone upgraded just for this.
posted by hwestiii at 1:54 PM on November 20, 2013

Invisible cow, invisible tin, inaudible shouting (with the sound off). I enabled the findtheinvisiblecow javascript so I could "Start game," but it seemed to want more, which I will not do. Nothing here for me.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 1:58 PM on November 20, 2013

Then when you finally find the cow it says "Moo."

Like Hey, 'sup I'm a cow.


Which is kind of weird after all the shouting.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:00 PM on November 20, 2013 [3 favorites]

This Is Just To Say

I have found
the cows
that were in
the browser

and which
you were probably
hiding
from clickfest

Forgive me
they were demented
so fleet
and so loud

--William Cowlost Williams
posted by chavenet at 2:32 PM on November 20, 2013 [10 favorites]

Seconds of fun, then they hide the cow again.
posted by unliteral at 2:43 PM on November 20, 2013

I moved my mouse around for several minutes before realising I had to press the 'Start Game' button.
posted by memebake at 2:44 PM on November 20, 2013 [2 favorites]

I still prefer robotfindskitten
posted by oonh at 3:16 PM on November 20, 2013

I can do this with my eyes closed.
posted by carter at 3:35 PM on November 20, 2013

I don't know which is worse--that I would waste time clicking on this till I found a cow, or that someone would post it.

Eh, meh moo.
posted by BlueHorse at 4:00 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

YAY COW!
posted by MissySedai at 4:27 PM on November 20, 2013

I have found 6 now. Elder Monster is laughing his ass off. I have a thing for cows.
posted by MissySedai at 4:32 PM on November 20, 2013

Did you create or change your MetaFilter user name just for this FPP?

No, but it would have been a good reason to do so. I've had a thing for cows since the early days of The Far Side, and my name comes from the sound a Polish cow makes.
posted by Mooski at 5:18 PM on November 20, 2013 [3 favorites]

Surprisingly fun. My dog came in to investigate as i played. Perhaps I should have named him "cowcowCowCowCowCOWCOWCOW!!!"
posted by vytae at 5:21 PM on November 20, 2013 [3 favorites]

OK brain, yes, you're right, this is unbearably annoying. So why won't you let me stop? WHY?
posted by Llama-Lime at 6:31 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

I can't find the cow! The internet just keeps yelling at me!
posted by ruhroh at 7:18 PM on November 20, 2013

For those of you for whom this is not working, please tell me how to make it not working in chrome.

I would greatly prefer it if this did not unexpectedly start happening on websites I visit.
posted by jermsplan at 7:20 PM on November 20, 2013

It's like Cow Clicker, but with a cow.
posted by boilermonster at 8:24 PM on November 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

This caused my Beagles to come stampeding into the room and look Very Concerned.
posted by PlantGoddess at 5:42 AM on November 21, 2013 [1 favorite]

made me smile -thanks.
posted by claptrap at 7:15 AM on November 21, 2013

That is way more amusing than it should be.
posted by jaguar at 12:29 PM on November 21, 2013