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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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