Fifty — one to screw in the bulb and 49 to guard him/her.
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Because the chicken was on vacation.
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Because there's no one else to wag it for him.
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None. There never was any light bulb.
Notes: Probably the only really good light bulb joke of 1984.
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Two. One to hold the bulb and the other to rotate the planet.
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None. Bill Gates will just redefine Darkness® as the industry standard.
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