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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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