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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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