“A centipede was happy – quite!Until a toad in funSaid, “Pray, which leg comes after which?”Which threw her mind in such a pitch,She laid bewildered in the ditchConsidering how to run.”

— Katherine Craster

Perhaps most preeminent of all points in regard to catching proverbial fishes is that not all fishes are worth catching.

Jellyfish are utterly unpalatable—they don't even go well in stews. Also, thinking about these enterprises without engaging them is useless—a red-herring or jellyfish goulash. We acquire true understanding only through direct experience, not through the intellect. Our understanding may begin with the latter, but it cannot end there.