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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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