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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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