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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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