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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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