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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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