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Friday, May 20. 2011

QQQ

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he'll spend the rest of his life on a boat drinking beer.


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Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 11:53 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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Damn straight. Ok, maybe not the beer part, but the boat thing is dead on.
#1 Tom Francis on 2011-05-20 12:02 (Reply)
Took my 8 y.o. son fising on Tue, first time ever. After three hours he still wanted to stay and keep fishing.
#2 DrTorch on 2011-05-20 12:08 (Reply)
Atta boy - keep him doing it. Catching pan fish is a great way to keep them interested in the sport. Gud on 'yer...
#2.1 Tom Francis on 2011-05-20 18:32 (Reply)
I haven't been fishing in years, but did alot of it growing up when we vacationed on Saginaw Bay. Had my own pole and tackle box and gear/lures when I was just a nine-year-old girl, could set up a three-hook line with sinkers, or bobbers, or casting lures.

Thanks to my big brothers for teaching me all that. Fishing is good for everybody.
#3 D on 2011-05-20 13:19 (Reply)
My Uncle Dan actually - took me out to Brown's Lake near Racine, WI for my first trip. Caught some bullheads, some panfish and the rest is history.
#3.1 Tom Francis on 2011-05-20 18:33 (Reply)
The saying actual goes...

Give a man a fish and you can sell him an aquarium and the accessories needed to run it.
#4 Alan Kellogg (Link) on 2011-05-20 20:23 (Reply)
Had not heard that before.

But I do recall (given my usual bad memory, perhaps distorted) the Terry Pratchett version:
- - - - -
Build a fire for a man, he will be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.
#5 John A on 2011-05-20 20:38 (Reply)
I took my 13-year-old son drinking last weekend, first time ever. After half a case (each), I let him drive (first time ever) to McDonald's so we could get filet o' fish sandwiches.

Did I get this whole process backwards or something?
#6 Big___Al on 2011-05-20 22:13 (Reply)
One variation goes:
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the night.
Set a man afire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
#7 Tom Armstrong (Link) on 2011-05-21 13:46 (Reply)
Great minds department: I did a 'Gansett post on Friday

http://assistantvillageidiot.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-gansett-videos.html

No fishing, though. Never been much interested.
#8 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2011-05-22 18:15 (Reply)

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