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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Billllyuns and billllyuns. Light bulbs are part of the interstellar "goo" that pervades our universe; they are star stuff.
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Can I have your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand in marriage?
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A scale.
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Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
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Chili
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