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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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