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ggchappell
You can have some real fun combining cowsay with figlet:

  $ echo i am a cow | figlet -f small | cowsay -n

   _________________________________________
  /  _                                      \
  | (_)  __ _ _ __    __ _   __ _____ __ __ |
  | | | / _` | '  \  / _` | / _/ _ \ V  V / |
  | |_| \__,_|_|_|_| \__,_| \__\___/\_/\_/  |
  \                                         /
   -----------------------------------------
          \   ^__^
           \  (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||
BTW, both are in the standard Ubuntu repositories.

EDIT: Ha! That idea is already in the cowsay man page. GMTA.

mhartl 

  [~]$ figlet
  -bash: figlet: command not found
  [~]$ sudo port install figlet
  --->  Fetching figlet
  --->  Attempting to fetch figlet222.tar.gz
  --->  Verifying checksum(s) for figlet
  --->  Extracting figlet
  --->  Applying patches to figlet
  --->  Configuring figlet
  --->  Building figlet
  --->  Staging figlet into destroot
  --->  Installing figlet @2.2.2_0
  --->  Activating figlet @2.2.2_0
  --->  Cleaning figlet
  [~]$ echo moo | figlet -f small | cowsay -n
   __________________ 
  /                  \
  |  _ __  ___  ___  |
  | | '  \/ _ \/ _ \ |
  | |_|_|_\___/\___/ |
  \                  /
   ------------------ 
          \   ^__^
           \  (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||
mhartl 

  [~]$ cowsay
  -bash: cowsay: command not found
  [~]$ sudo port install cowsay
  --->  Fetching cowsay
  --->  Attempting to fetch cowsay-3.03.tar.gz
  --->  Verifying checksum(s) for cowsay
  --->  Extracting cowsay
  --->  Applying patches to cowsay
  --->  Configuring cowsay
  --->  Building cowsay
  --->  Staging cowsay into destroot
  --->  Installing cowsay @3.03_1
  --->  Activating cowsay @3.03_1
  --->  Cleaning cowsay
  [~]$ cowsay moo
   _____ 
  < moo >
   ----- 
          \   ^__^
           \  (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||