Two. One to assume the ladder and one to change the bulb.
A': None. If the government would just leave it alone, it would screw itself in.
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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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"Let me see your birth certificate".
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What's the use, they'd still have bear feet
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Stairs.
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Just one, but he'll also want to do something about your nose.
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What's the use, they'd still have bear feet
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