Cowie

We have a "cow stool" (that is, a cow that you sit on) at our front door so that visitors have a place to sit when they come into our flat.

The cow stool is called Cowie, and sometimes one of us will put Cowie next to the bed while the other one is sleeping so that when you wake up, you are looking into the maddening, unblinking eyes of a cow.

It's actually a pretty terrifying way to start the day.