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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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