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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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