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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 19 Mar 1998.
Re: How to build a scratching post for your kitties

Re: How to build a scratching post for your kitties

John Savard wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
> >aardvarko wrote:
> 
> >> Well, it'd be difficult for _me_.... :)
> 
> >What do you mean???
> 
> The rope you drew,
> 

Are you aardvarko? (just curious)

>          _.-'
>      _.-'
>   .-'
> 
> in addition to being a diagonal straight line with a gentle slope, has
> some other nice properties.The way in which it is uneven sort of seems
> to suggest the way the strands in a rope are wound around each other.

Try this:


     3/1    2/1     1/1     2/3     1/2
|    |      /      /      .'      .'
|    |     |      /      /      .'
|    /     /     /     .'     .'          1/3
|   |     |     /     /     .'         .-'
|   |     /    /    .'    .'        .-'
|   /    |    /    /    .'       .-'       1/4
|  |     /   /   .'   .'      .-'      _.-'
|  |    |   /   /   .'     .-'     _.-'       1/5
|  /    /  /  .'  .'    .-'    _.-'      _.--'
| |    |  /  /  .'   .-'   _.-'     _.--'      1/6
| |    / / .' .'  .-'  _.-'    _.--'    __.--'     1/7
| |   | / / .' .-' _.-'   _.--'   __.--'    __..--'
              _.-'  _.--'   __.--'   __..--'    1/8
               _.--'  __.--'  __..--'   __..--''
                __.--' __..--'  __..--''
                __..--' __..--''
                __..--''
               -------------------------- 0



and this:

          ;          ,`          ,-`          ,-~`          ,--~`
         ;         ,`         ,-`         ,-~`         ,--~`
        ;        ,`        ,-`        ,-~`        ,--~`
       ;       ,`       ,-`       ,-~`       ,--~`
      ;      ,`      ,-`      ,-~`      ,--~`
     ;     ,`     ,-`     ,-~`     ,--~`
    ;    ,`    ,-`    ,-~`    ,--~`
   ;   ,`   ,-`   ,-~`   ,--~`
  ;  ,`  ,-`  ,-~`  ,--~`
 ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~`
;,`,-`,-~`,--~`


and this:

5/1 4/1 3/1 2/1      1
 :   :   :   :       :
 :   :  :    :      :
 :  :   :   :      :
 :  :   :   :     :
 :  :  :   :     :
:   :  :   :    :
:  :   :  :    :
:  :  :   :   :
:  :  :  :   :
:  :  :  :  :


and this:

/0 5/1 4/1 3/1 2/1  3/2    1
:   :   :   :   :    :     :
:   :   :  :    :   :     :
:   :  :   :   :   :     :
:   :  :   :   :   :    :
:   :  :  :   :   :    :
:  :   :  :   :  :    :
:  :  :   :  :   :   :
:  :  :  :   :  :   :
:  :  :  :  :  :   :
:  :  :  :  :  :  :

> That may really have been an unavoidable consequence of doing your
> best to make a straight line in ASCII art, but if one assumes that you
> deliberately sought this effect - when it seems to be all one could do
> to make a line going in that direction at all - and achieved it could
> well seem miraculous.
> 

Then there are:

     *  *
  *        *

*            *

*            *

  *        *
     *  *


      *   *
  *           *

*               *

*               *

  *           *
      *   *


    .-.                                                              
.-.
   /   \           .-.                                 .-.           /  
\
  /     \         /   \       .-.     _     .-.       /   \        
/     \
-/-------\-------/-----\-----/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\-------/-------\--
          \     /       \   /     `-'   `-'     \   /       \     /
           \   /         `-'                     `-'         \   /
            `-'                                               `-'



1           _..--""--.._
2       _,-'            `-._
3     ,'                    `.
4   ,'                        `.
5  /                            \
6 /                              \
7|                                |
8|                                |
9|                                |
0|                                |
1|                                |
2|                                |
3 \                              /
4  \                            /
5   `.                        ,'
6     `._                  _,'
7        `-._          _,-'
8            ""--..--""




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    /`        `\
   /            \
7 ;              ;
  ;              ;
   \            /
    \          /
     `'-....-'`

     .-"""-.
   /`       `\
  ;           ;
6 |           |
  ;           ;
   \         /
    `'-...-'`

    .---.
   /     \
5 |       |
   \     /
    '---'

   .--.
4 /    \
  \    /
   '--'

   .-.
3 (   )
   '-'

2 /^^\
  \__/

1  ()  o O  0


     .-.     .-.     .-.     .-.     .-.     .-.     .-.
`._.'   `._.'   `._.'   `._.'   `._.'   `._.'   `._.'   `._.'



  .-.-.   .-.-.   .-.-.   .-.-.   .-.-.   .-.-.   .-.-.   .-.-
 / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \
`-'   `-`-'   `-`-'   `-`-'   `-`-'   `-`-'   `-`-'   `-`-'


.''..''..''..''..''..''..''..''..''.


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'       '
 .     .
  ' . '


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  ,8"         ,dP"'         `"Yb,         "8,
 ,8'        ,d"                 "b,        `8,
,8'        d"                     "b        `8,
d'        d'        ,gPPRg,        `b        `b
8         8        dP'   `Yb        8         8
8         8        8)     (8        8         8
8         8        Yb     dP        8         8
8         Y,        "8ggg8"        ,P         8
Y,         Ya                     aP         ,P
`8,         "Ya                 aP"         ,8'
 `8,          "Yb,_         _,dP"          ,8'
  `8a           `""YbbgggddP""'           a8'
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               ``""YYbaaadPP""''




    *  *              *  *
 *        *        *        *
*          *      *          *
*          *      *          *
 *        *        *        *
    *  *              *  *



d=3
       .--.
      |    |
       `--'


d=3
       .--.
      |    |
      `.__.'



d=4
       .---.
     .'     '.
     :       :
      `.___.'


    _     .-.      .--.
   (_)   (   )    :    :
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 | | | | |   | | | | |

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 | | | | |


Credits? Well... can you copyright a basic curve or line? I doubt it!

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