Because E.T. eventually went home!
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Three skunks fighting over a pickle
First dog: My master calls me Furball. How about you?
Second Dog: My master calls me Sitboy
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Only one, but it may take upwards of five years for him to get it done.
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Two: One to screw you out of a fee, and the other to send you to a store where they ran out of bulbs weeks ago.
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Because the chicken was on vacation.
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Two, one to call the electrician, and one to mix the drinks.
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