Only one. But he'll leave a big puddle of spit on the floor underneath him.
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If one side has one, the other side has to get one. Once launched, they cannot be recalled. When they land, they screw up everything forever.
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Fifty — one to screw in the bulb and 49 to guard him/her.
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Because he want to wake up some day as America's First Dictator.
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