the wise cow and some other wise entities spreading random life advice

cowcite.sh

cowcite(){
    args=(-b -d -g -L -n -N -p -s -t -w -y);
    animals=(bong bud-frogs bunny cower daemon default dragon dragon-and-cow default elephant default ghostbusters head-in default kiss kosh default milk moofasa moose mutilated default sheep skeleton stegosaurus default three-eyes turkey turtle tux default www);
    arg=${args[ $(( RANDOM % 13 )) ]};
    animal=${animals[ $(( RANDOM % 32 )) ]};
    curl -s http://bash.org/\?random |
      grep -E '<p class="qt">.*</p>' |
      head -n 1 |
      sed -E 's%.*<p class="qt">(.*)</p>.*%\1%' |
      sed -e 's/&amp;/&/g; s/\&lt;/</g; s/\&gt;/>/g; s/\&quot;/"/g; s/\&#39;/'"'"'/g' |
      cowsay -f "$animal" "$arg" -- ;
}