Everyone has heard the saying “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” I always really liked this.
A few years ago, I heard someone that I think was Al Sharpton say that "sometimes you also have to give the guy a ride to the river so he can fish." That got me thinking that the original saying is not quite so simple as it seems. It also got me thinking of fun other ways to expand on it.
Republicans:
- You also need to give the guy (or girl) a tax break on his income to encourage him to fish more,
- You need to give the guy a waiver on environmental regulations so he is allowed to keep whatever he catches and can use his old gas guzzling boat.
Democrats:
- You have to give the guy a subsidy to purchase fishing equipment.
- You need to force banks to finance low income fishermen at decent interest rates.
- You need to stoke demand for fish through public service announcements or restaurant sales quotas.
Taliban
- You have to give the female fish a hijab to shade their nakedness from the male fish in the net.
In the comments, please add more. I am interested to see what other stereotypes arise.
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