Five: One to change the bulb and four to pull the ladder out from under him/her.
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They turn from notating nuclear spins to notating unclear puns.
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Hot, because you can catch cold.
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10. One to hold the bulb and nine to rotate the ladder.
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I think I'm coming down with something!
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None: they just deny that the bulb ever went out in the first place.
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