Give a man fish and you feed him for a day. Give a man a fishing pole

[KurtNYC]

and he will sell it and buy booze.

[pokerfan]

1. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;

Teach him to use the Internet, and he won't bother you for weeks!

[DS1]

2. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of the night

Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life

[alarimer]

3. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.

Or so I've heard.

[struggle4progress]

4. Give a man tada fishes an he won't be no canary

[BlueJazz]

5. Give a man fish and you feed him for a day. Give a Woman a fish....

...and she'll smell like one.

[The Straight Story]

6. Well, he won't be able to fish unless he buys a license for it

He will have to sell his pole to be able to do that though :)

[qwertyMike]

7. Give a man a fish

and he will eat for a day
Teach him to fish and he will eat all his life
Give a man religion and he will die of starvation waiting for the fish"

is the way I heard it.

Not really sure what it means but it sounds, like, profound.

[Guava Jelly]

8. Give a man an internet connection for an hour

And he will use it to find pictures of Naked Women,Give him one for a day and he will use it to find more pictures of naked women..
Um... s\So I have heard :yoiks:

[Dr. Strange]

10. Wait.

There's pictures of naked womenz on the internets?

[Rhythm]

9. My problem with this analogy is this:

Give a man a fish = Give a man money.
Teach a man to fish = Give a man your time/effort in a meaningful, concrete way in order to help him earn his own money.

Teach a man to fish ≠ Lecture him about "personal responsibility" and walk away. But most "personal responsibility" types seem to practice this method, rather than the other. This moral lesson also assumes that a there are always fish available and ready to be caught. In America these days, that isn't always the case.

[Inchworm]

11. I heart you

:loveya:

:thumbsup:

[Deja Q]

15. How DARE you think!

:yourock:

[BurtWorm]

12. Give a fish a man and if it's a piranha, you feed him for a day.

[datasuspect]

13. Give a man some funbags and he'll turn into an blithering idiot

[Deja Q]

14. Give him a pole, and he'll whap everybody else on their heads with it.

:shrug:

[Bragi]

16. Teach a man to tax fish, and his whole village will eat forever /nt

[struggle4progress]

17. Teach a man to fish and he'll dare you to eat anything he catches

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