That explains a persistent mystery from my childhood: why was the cheat code "Big Bertha" the one that made the catapults all throw cows instead of rocks in Age of Empires.

Now I know.

[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For those curious how old, this picture seems likely to be from her 47th birthday. They were born on St. Patrick's day in 1945, and there's mention in the Wikipedia article of leading the St. Patrick day parade to aid with funding.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(cow)

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn cow is more useful than I am.

[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Having a jesus there would be too much for them to handle

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You bring us history :)

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I do my best! 🙏