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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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