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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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