1,622. One to tell the original joke, and the rest to submit give some minor variation of it! For example:
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What's the use, they'd still have bear feet
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it was Wedgie Kray.
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50. One to screw in the light bulb and the remaining 49 to guard him .
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It's not a shrub, it's a lemon tree my dear Watson.
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Because the chicken was on vacation.
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