Re^2: New to perl

[GrandFather]

Or maybe:

Give a man a fish and he owes you one fish.

Teach a man to fish and you lose your monopoly.

Fortunately that's not how PerlMonks generally works though. ;)

[Fletch]

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -- Pratchet

(Not that I could name more than a few specific serial clue-impervious people that I'd like to set alight of course . . .)