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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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