Give a Man a Fish

by **Woodruff** on Tue May 14, 2013 5:12 pm

The old adage: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.

thegreekdog: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Don't teach a man how to fish and feed yourself; he's a grown man and fishing's not that hard.

Serbia: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll be drunk in a boat all day.

Creepersweiner: Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks.

BBS: Give a man a fish, and you stimulate demand for your product. Teach a man to fish, and you introduce competition to the market.

Also BBS: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you just lost your best customer, you dumbass, the first one's always free!

Also BBS: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you miss a wonderful business opportunity.

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue May 14, 2013 5:21 pm

DY: Give a neuroscientist a dead fish, and he will prove that it is active, just like a human brain.

by **crispybits** on Tue May 14, 2013 5:35 pm

Viceroy: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and he will prove that the Earth is only 6000 years old.

by **Timminz** on Tue May 14, 2013 5:52 pm

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

by **rdsrds2120** on Tue May 14, 2013 6:12 pm

Timminz wrote:Set a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Nailed it!

BMO

by **Timminz** on Tue May 14, 2013 6:24 pm

Give a man a gun, and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank, an he can rob the world.

by **Symmetry** on Tue May 14, 2013 6:36 pm

Give a fish a man and you'll have a movie; teach a fish and you'll have a school.

by **thegreekdog** on Tue May 14, 2013 6:39 pm

Woodruff wrote:thegreekdog: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Don't pay the government to teach a man how to fish and feed yourself; the government will waste half the money to teach the guy to fish and you can teach him much more efficiently yourself.

Fixed.

by **Orwell** on Tue May 14, 2013 6:49 pm

My favorite:
PETA: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
But what about the rights of the fish!!!

by **Symmetry** on Tue May 14, 2013 6:53 pm

Orwell wrote:My favorite:
PETA: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
But what about the rights of the fish!!!

PETA prefers the term "Sea Kittens"

http://features.peta.org/PETASeaKittens/

by **Orwell** on Tue May 14, 2013 7:05 pm

Symmetry wrote:
Orwell wrote:My favorite:
PETA: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
But what about the rights of the fish!!!

PETA prefers the term "Sea Kittens"

http://features.peta.org/PETASeaKittens/

I stand corrected!

by **john9blue** on Tue May 14, 2013 7:09 pm

john: give a man a fish, and he eats for a day, but he still owes you a fish. teach a man to fish... seriously? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+fish

by **notyou2** on Tue May 14, 2013 7:17 pm

Name a fish Wanda and you have a movie.

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue May 14, 2013 7:20 pm

Give a fish a blowjob and you have a better movie.

by **AndyDufresne** on Tue May 14, 2013 9:27 pm

Andy: Give a man a fish, and he'll likely repay you with animated Star Trek gifs.

--Andy

by **Orwell** on Tue May 14, 2013 9:49 pm

Animated gifs?!?!
Give a man a fish, teach a man how to make sushi...

by **2dimes** on Tue May 14, 2013 9:51 pm

Brieana Winn: A fish a fish, give a man a fish. Yay fish! ~kick jump~

by **Haggis_McMutton** on Wed May 15, 2013 2:23 am

Louis CK - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out. What the f*ck are you bothering him for?"

by **rdsrds2120** on Wed May 15, 2013 2:28 am

Haggis_McMutton wrote:Louis CK - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out. What the f*ck are you bothering him for?"

Whenever I read Louis CK aloud, I start to feel that it's his tone that makes things funny, and not usually his content.

BMO

by **Haggis_McMutton** on Wed May 15, 2013 3:10 am

rdsrds2120 wrote:
Haggis_McMutton wrote:Louis CK - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out. What the f*ck are you bothering him for?"

Whenever I read Louis CK aloud, I start to feel that it's his tone that makes things funny, and not usually his content.

BMO

huh maybe.

When I read that one I hear him saying it, so maybe that's why I find it funny.

by **Dukasaur** on Mon May 27, 2013 8:12 am

Give a man a fish, and he'll smile for a day.

Give a man A Fish Called Wanda, and he'll laugh for weeks.

by **Evil Semp** on Mon May 27, 2013 3:48 pm

PhatScotty: Give a man a fish and you have a government entitlement program.

by **Lootifer** on Mon May 27, 2013 3:59 pm

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, help a man design a sustainable fish farm which can effectively feed his whole village and BBS will tell you his village doesnt like fish.