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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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