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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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