Blind Squirrel (1951)

[Sam Clements]

Blind Pigs in 1928, courtesy of NewspaperArchive.

Sam  Clements
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> BLIND SQUIRREL--3,570 Google hits, 6,900 Google Groups hits
>
> I saw this today and just realized that I hadn't talked about "blind
> squirrels." Sometimes the phrase ends in "acorn" and sometimes in "nut."
>
>
> (WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
>  Odessa American    Thursday, July 08, 1971 Odessa, Texas
> ...at the seventh. I suppose even a BLIND SQUIRREL finds an acorn once in
a..
>
>
>  Times Bulletin     Tuesday, July 30, 1974 Van Wert, Ohio
> ...at Edgecreek. Comments like "Even a BLIND SQUIRREL will also find an
> acorn..
>  Daily Herald   Tuesday, October 16, 1984 Chicago, Illinois
> ...we arc. Vmcc Lom- bardi said 'even a BLIND SQUIRREL can find an acorn
> once..
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
>     Mouse Trap' Play Successful on Bay
> By WALTER HAIGHT Post Reporter. The Washington Post (1877-1954).
Washington,
> D.C.: Jun 26, 1951. p. 14 (1 page):
> And please, no wisecracks like "even a blind squirrel funds an occasional
> acorn."
>
>     Haight, Admitted Duffer and Puffer on Links, Almost Stymied Himself
Into
> Apple Business
> By Walter Haight Post Reporter. The Washington Post (1877-1954).
Washington,
> D.C.: Jan 3, 1952. p. 19 (1 page):
> But as a blind squirrel finds an occasional acorn, Haight came up with an
> occasional big inning.
>
>     Horses and People
> By Walter Haight. The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959).
> Washington, D.C.: Nov 7, 1955. p. 17 (1 page)
>