Nordlinger Gives a Laugh

Jay Nordlinger's Impromptus on National Review Online: "In last Thursday's Impromptus, I published a letter containing the old wisdom, 'Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for life.' Another reader wrote, 'I think the more appropriate line about fishing is, 'Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll try to replace you with someone who'll give him fish every day.''

And still another reader wrote, 'Here in Wisconsin, we say, 'Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll stay out on the lake all day drinking beer.''"