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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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