Thursday, March 02, 2006

Funny alternatives to a standard proverb!

The original: Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime.


  • Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish. Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
  • Teach a man to fish, and you can sell him a ton of accessories.
  • Teach a man to fish and you've fed him for a lifetime ... unless, of course, he doesn't like sushi -- then you also need to teach him how to cook.
  • Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
  • Give a man a fish, and he can eat for a day. But teach a man how to fish, and he'll be dead of mercury poisoning inside of three years.
  • Give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man a fish he'll get drunk then fall out of his boat and drown.
  • 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!
  • Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, but give him a case of dynamite and soon the village will be showered with mud and seaweed and unidentifiable chunks of fish.
  • Give a man some 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.
  • Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll overfish, cause famine in the next three regions and pollute the atmosphere with his fish.
  • Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Give a man religion and he will starve to death praying for a fish
  • Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you can get rid of him for a whole weekend.
  • Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. Enlighten him further, he owns a chain of seafood restaurants
  • If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; if you give a man a machine that makes fish, teach him to operate it, and enslave him, you feed yourself for a lifetime.
  • Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is.
  • Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you can sell him fishing equipment.
  • Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
  • Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Unless he doesn't like sushi - then you also have to teach him to cook.
  • Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.
  • Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to sell fish and he eats steak.
  • Give a man a fish, and you satisfy his fish craving for a day. Give him fish aversion therapy, and you eliminate the craving for life.
  • Give a woman a fish and you'll be sleeping on the couch again.
  • Give a man a fish, and he'll wonder what you want from him.

Source: http://calum.org/files/teach-a-man-to-fish.php

3 comments:

vevck said...

Good one mate! Looks like we will be having another laughing session 2mrw @ workplace.

Now I know the source for all the messages u sent:)

priyaaa said...

funny :):)

good one !!!

Mick said...

Give a man a job and teach him to fish. He will soon discover that the worst day fishing is better than the best day working.