msolga wrote:Eva wrote:I asked Hubby, and he explained it to me.
I am told that there is a difference between being a fisherman and "going fishing." The point of being a fisherman is catching fish. The point of "going fishing" is the going.
Is this right?
I suspect it is, Eva.
I think it's a form of meditation.
Actually catching fish is
nothing when compared to sitting quietly on some river bank, contemplating the calm & beauty of the country around you, far from all the things that had you in a tizz during the week.
Sigh.
Thats exactly what the men are doing except they can't tell their wives their going to go contemplate the calm beauty of the lake. Their wives (and freinds) will think somethings wrong with them.
But If they say, "I'm going fishing" Everybody says, "Great have a good time"
If the ranger see you drinking beer by the lake you are a drunk bum but if you have a fishing pole, a fishing licence and some takle you are a "Sportsman!".
It's the common mans little way of beating the Wife and Ranger (oppressors).
But I know you already know this Msolga. You know you give us macho men a reason to sound off about how much woman don't understand "The Fisherman!" We are still little boys on the inside.
