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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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