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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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