To give us some sort of appreciation for flutes.
Did you hear about that music composer who committed suicide? He didn't even leave a note.
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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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A stick.
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Because it goes good with chips.
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Three. One to climb the ladder while the second kicks the ladder out from under her. And the third to say, "I knew that was too high for you dear."
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