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##¶@%*^-~¨           ¨¨#% AN ANECDOTE %#¨¨          ¨~-^*%@¶##
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##¶@%*^-~¨ TODAY IT RAINED, AND  I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ¨~-^*%@¶##
#¶@%*^-~¨¨ I  THOUGHT,  SO I  SMOKED A PIPE AND GOT ¨¨~-^*%@¶#
##¶@%*^-~¨ DRESSED,   AND  OUTSIDE  THE   RAIN  HAD ¨~-^*%@¶##
#¶@%*^-~¨¨ TURNED  INTO SNOW  SO THICK THAT  IT WAS ¨¨~-^*%@¶#
##¶@%*^-~¨ AS  DENSE FOG ... AND THEN I WENT TO GET ¨~-^*%@¶##
#¶@%*^-~¨¨ THE MAIL, BUT THERE  WAS A WOMAN  AND WE ¨¨~-^*%@¶#
##¶@%*^-~¨ TALKED A LITTLE.  NOW BECAUSE I WAS HIGH ¨~-^*%@¶##
#¶@%*^-~¨¨ AND  IT  WAS SNOWING  SO FUNNY AND I HAD ¨¨~-^*%@¶#
##¶@%*^-~¨ AN  UMBRELLA AGAINST THE SNOW, BUT  SNOW ¨~-^*%@¶##
#¶@%*^-~¨¨ ALL OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I  WONDERED ¨¨~-^*%@¶#
##¶@%*^-~¨        ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE         ¨~-^*%@¶##
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