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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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