It was in a jam!
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10. One to hold the bulb and nine to rotate the ladder.
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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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Because all his uncles were "ants"!
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He was tired of working for peanuts.
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Two. One to change the bulb, and one to write a song about how good the old light bulb was.
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Twenty. One to hold the bulb, two to turn the ladder, and 17 to be on the guest list.
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