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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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