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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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