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 You can modify this file to create no-op changelists.
 Try to write something funny. And please don't add trailing whitespace.
 
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 Once upon a time there was an elephant in Stockholm.
 Why did the elephant get kicked out of the Swedish Parliament?
 Because it kept making trunk calls!