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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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