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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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