I have a not too clear memory of a joke version of the “Teach a man to fish” adage with the traditional element “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day” paired with something like “dazzle him with your ostentatious lifestyle and he’ll be inspired to …”.
I’m not having luck Googling it, so I’m turning to the wisdom of the teeming millions. Anyone recognize this version and know where it’s from?
You’re not thinking of something along he lines of the “teach a man to fish and he can spend the entire weekend riding around in a boat and drinking beer” version are you? That’s the only one I can think of.
Wait, Punisher coat isn’t biblical?
Give a man a fish, you’ve fed him for a day; Teach a man to fish and you can destroy an entire watershed.
Give a man a fire and you’ll keep him warm for the night. Set a man on fire and you’ll keep him warm for the rest of his life.
-Terry Pratchett
Give a man a fish, and you’ve fed him for a day. Lend a man a fish, and he’ll have to give you back an even bigger fish by the end of the year. Teach a man to fish, and he can spend the rest of his life trying to pay you back for that one lesson as the offshore commercial fishing industry is dying and he’ll have to work two minimum wage jobs a day just to keep up with the interest on those fishing lessons, and that debt will follow him for the rest of his life, providing you with a steady income off his labor, since student loan debt is not dischargeable through bankruptcy.
-Itinerant male shrew, early 21st century
Teach a man to fish and you can sell him a boat and all manner of other equipment, collect rent on a marina space and winter storage, and tax any resulting income.
Sell a man a fish, and you feed him for one day.
Teach a man to fish, and you lose a steady customer.
-Ferengi Rule of Acquisition.
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him commodities arbitrage and he can feed his village for life.
Since despite the request in the OP this thread inevitably will become a series of jokes, let’s move this to MPSIMS.
Colibri
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My contribution is bad, bad, bad, so I’ll just keep it to myself, and maybe one other person.
I thought it was determined that it was one of those Classical Greek guys, but I can’t find the post.
I’ll go with Maimonides, although the oldest reputed version seems to be “Old Chinese Proverb.”
I apologize for my frivolous answer. I read the question and thought of John Train for the first time in decades. I don’t know if anyone remembers John Train but he wrote books of excellent advice for the small investor in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. The books are still excellent and well worth reading. Wrote with humor, but still taught the subject, like the best teacher.
Warren Buffett’s take on the quote: Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to arbitrage and you will feed him forever.
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; give a fish a man and it’ll eat for a month.
But in all seriousness, though, it’s probably so warped that tracing its origins is all but impossible by now.
Any votes in favor of the Belkar version?
Since John Train wrote a book on Warren Buffet, it’s probable that I have misremembered Train quoting Buffet.
Reminds me of the rules for eating wild mushrooms.
I guess I should have predicted this outcome … 
I was looking for that specific version though. 
As to the origin of the … original, the earliest version specifically about fish and fishing appears to be by Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie in 1885.