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.

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)

Damn cow is more useful than I am.