>>> import cPickle
>>> x = cPickle.dumps([1,2,3,"ratsj"])
>>> y = x[:18] + "?" + x[18:]
>>> cPickle.loads(y)
"If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0"
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Hot Sauce On My Burritto ,Michael Blackson