A waist of time!
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Climb up a tree and act like a nut
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Twenty. One to hold the bulb, two to turn the ladder, and seventeen on the guest list.
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Climb up a tree and act like a nut
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You go on ahead. I'll hang around for a while.
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Fifty — one to screw in the bulb and 49 to guard him/her.
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Does it have to be a light bulb? I've got this neat candle holder...
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