Spouse had weird parents. She loved fishing. Her younger brother hated it. But “Fishing is for boys” so dad took her brother and very seldom allowed Spouse to come along. Some of her best memories are of fishing trips when everybody was in the cabin and she could fish along with her dad. Who apparently never caught a clue.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.Teach a man to fish and he will disrupt the predator/prey balance of the Earth’s ecosystem and threaten the planet.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.Give him a hand grenade, and he clears out the whole pond.—Joe Sacco
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.Unless there are no fish.—Maimonides, Al Franken
Q.: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A.: A fish.
4 oz lead weight & M80 in a mayonnaise jar, short lit fuse, toss over side of boat. wait for explosion plume, gather stunned fish that float to surface, repeat when hungry.
Bilan almost 2 years ago
Want to eat for a lifetime? Don’t leave your parents house.
Erse IS better almost 2 years ago
Spouse had weird parents. She loved fishing. Her younger brother hated it. But “Fishing is for boys” so dad took her brother and very seldom allowed Spouse to come along. Some of her best memories are of fishing trips when everybody was in the cabin and she could fish along with her dad. Who apparently never caught a clue.
Rhetorical_Question almost 2 years ago
Keep reminding!
Harumph almost 2 years ago
I grew up going on fishing trips. “You catch ’em, you clean ’em” was the rule. Could clean ’em like a pro when 5 years old.
HarryLime almost 2 years ago
The phrase includes S the word “man.” Obviously this character is a girl (note the hair clip), ergo she is not going fishing!
The Orange Mailman almost 2 years ago
Sad but true.
well-i-never almost 2 years ago
Cat’s in the cradle, fish in the river…six of one, half-a-dozen of the other.
Dogtreat Premium Member almost 2 years ago
New character, or am I behind?
Ignatz Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Teach a man to fish and you can hire him to fish for you and take his fish.
Jhony-Yermo almost 2 years ago
Yet another BRILLIANT Frazz comic. Thanks Jef
Caldonia almost 2 years ago
Keep teaching? But it’s so unrewarding, when there are kids like Caulfield in your class!
Jefano Premium Member almost 2 years ago
If he has a lifetime of nothing to eat but fish, how many weeks will that lifetime be before he realizes he’d rather be sleeping with the fishes?
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he’ll starve to death, while praying for a fish.” —Timothy Jones
puddleglum1066 almost 2 years ago
“Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll spend his weekends drinking beer in a boat.” I forget who said that.
khjalmarj almost 2 years ago
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.Teach a man to fish and he will disrupt the predator/prey balance of the Earth’s ecosystem and threaten the planet.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.Give him a hand grenade, and he clears out the whole pond.—Joe Sacco
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.Unless there are no fish.—Maimonides, Al Franken
Q.: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A.: A fish.
Kidon Ha-Shomer almost 2 years ago
4 oz lead weight & M80 in a mayonnaise jar, short lit fuse, toss over side of boat. wait for explosion plume, gather stunned fish that float to surface, repeat when hungry.