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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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