diff -Naur cowsay-3.03/cows/mech-and-cow cowsay-3.03-fix-mech-and-cow/cows/mech-and-cow
--- cowsay-3.03/cows/mech-and-cow	1999-08-14 09:17:57.000000000 +0200
+++ cowsay-3.03-fix-mech-and-cow/cows/mech-and-cow	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-                                   ,-----.
-                                   |     |
-                                ,--|     |-.
-                         __,----|  |     | |
-                       ,;::     |  `_____' |
-                       `._______|    i^i   |
-                                `----| |---'| .
-                           ,-------._| |== ||//
-                           |       |_|P`.  /'/
-                           `-------' 'Y Y/'/'
-                                     .==\ /_\
-   ^__^                             /   /'|  `i
-   (oo)\_______                   /'   /  |   |
-   (__)\       )\/\             /'    /   |   `i
-       ||----w |           ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`\__
-       ||     ||          i_____;----\.____i""\____\
-
-
-
-
-
diff -Naur cowsay-3.03/cows/mech-and-cow.cow cowsay-3.03-fix-mech-and-cow/cows/mech-and-cow.cow
--- cowsay-3.03/cows/mech-and-cow.cow	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ cowsay-3.03-fix-mech-and-cow/cows/mech-and-cow.cow	2008-12-23 19:15:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## mecha cow!
+##
+## Patch from Thom May
+$the_cow = <<EOC;
+                                   ,-----.
+                                   |     |
+                                ,--|     |-.
+                         __,----|  |     | |
+                       ,;::     |  `_____' |
+                       `._______|    i^i   |
+                                `----| |---'| .
+                           ,-------._| |== ||//
+                           |       |_|P`.  /'/
+                           `-------' 'Y Y/'/'
+                                     .==\ /_\
+   ^__^                             /   /'|  `i
+   (oo)\_______                   /'   /  |   |
+   (__)\       )\/\             /'    /   |   `i
+       ||----w |           ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`\__
+       ||     ||          i_____;----\.____i""\____\
+
+EOC