He wanted to win the no-bell prize!
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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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They keep dropping their trunks.
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Five: one to handle the bulb and four to contemplate how David Sanborn would've done it.
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Five. Four to decide which way the bulb ought to turn, and . . .
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Aye, Aye, Arr and the Seven C's
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It's called "Trump It or Dump It".
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