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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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