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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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