An embarrased mime!
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Two. One to hold the bulb and the other to rotate the planet.
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A Chair!
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1,000,001: One to change the bulb and 1,000,000 to rebuild civilization to the point where they need light bulbs again.
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You go on ahead. I'll hang around for a while.
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Because pepper makes them sneeze
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He was trying to fetch a boomerang
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When the spider spied her!
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