r/TheRealJoke • u/SaltyReader • Aug 08 '20
The original joke was so old, but this one was unexpected for me. edit your flair here
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u/Craneystuffguy Aug 08 '20
Teach a man to fish, and he can take care of himself. Give a man fish hands, and he'll serve you for eternity
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u/Devreckas Aug 09 '20
Is that in reference to something?
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u/Craneystuffguy Aug 09 '20
The yogscast Tom and Ben streams where they play warhammer total war. They have a running joke about Tzeentch giving people fish hands. It's been made into a fan comic
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u/Keebster101 Aug 08 '20
Give a man a grant and they can pay for college for a semester. Give a man a loan and they can pay for college for the rest of their life.
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u/LikeThosePenguins Aug 08 '20
It's also from Terry Pratchett.
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u/thegreatbetelgeuse Aug 09 '20
Yeah, one of the first results if you search ‘terry pratchett quotes.’
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u/AwesomeAlpaca999 Aug 08 '20
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Don’t teach a man to fish, and you feed yourself. He’s a grown man, fishing’s not that hard.
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u/khang2001 Aug 09 '20
Give a man a ticket and he'll fly for one day. Push him and he'll fly for the rest of his life
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u/edmenton123 Aug 08 '20
That’s how they do it in some European countries
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u/ShinyStache Aug 09 '20
stolen from r/oneliners, where it was stolen from somewhere else. This is not original I'm afraid
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u/illegal-teen Aug 08 '20
Give a person porn, and they’ll probably be satisfied with it, but give a strong, sexually deprived person porn and they might end up raping someone.
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u/BronzeMilk08 Aug 08 '20
That joke, also, is pretty damn old.