It wasn't raining!
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A scale.
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Three. One to climb the ladder while the second kicks the ladder out from under her. And the third to say, "I knew that was too high for you dear."
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Fifty — one to screw in the bulb and 49 to guard him/her.
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Two. One to take out the bulb and drop it, and the other to try and sell it before it crashes (knowing that it's already burned out).
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