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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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