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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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