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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 .......~†*
$*†~...... TALKED A LITTLE. NOW BECAUSE  I WAS HIGH ......~†*$
&$*†~..... AND IT  WAS  SNOWING SO FUNNY AND  I HAD .....~†*$&
#&$*†~.... AN UMBRELLA  AGAINST  THE SNOW, BUT SNOW ....~†*$&#
##&$*†~... ALL  OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ...~†*$&##
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