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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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