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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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