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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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