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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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