Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 23, 2021

It’s not but it could have been

Wasn’t it a blind pig finding an acorn?

In our country the saying goes something like “even a blind man can find Brăila” – I always found it so interesting that the name of that city itself is not far from “Braille”

every now and then a blind nut finds a squirrel

I don’t think they know that he wrote them all. They’re folk tales attributed to him.

Does anyone else remember Aesop’s Fables the Smothers Brothers way?

Could be Caulfield is describing our political system, which actually is more like the 4 blind men who are trying to describe an elephant. Each touches a different physical feature and describes a different beast than the other 3.

considering squirrels locate nuts by smell vision is not necessary

In the land of the blind squirrels, the one-eyed squirrel has 95% of the nuts.

My boss once told me that (but said “acorn” instead of “nut”) but his southern accent was so thick I had to ask him to repeat it. I kept hearing “ackin” until he explained it was the nut from an oak tree.

Sturgeon’s Law: “Ninety percent of everything is crap.” And we think it used to be better because we only remember (or keep) the good stuff.

Aesop was okay, but James Thurber really modernized these tales. Check out Jazzbeaux Collins take on the fable:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWv60HVmdNE

“Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.” could be the moral of a fable. What story (fable) would lead to this moral?

More likely than a blind nut finding a squirrel.

Was there something about a tortoise finding a nut before the hare?

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Frazz15 hrs · Even a little research into Aesop reveals that he was, indeed, prolific. Or at least his legend is or his followers were. He’s also kind of harsh. At first I thought Aesop might be a little jealous that someone else came up with the blind-squirrel-finds-a-nut moral, but upon further reflection, that’s not his style. I think Aesop would have had the blind squirrel winding up eaten by a sharp-eyed hawk. While a mighty oak grew from the nut. That sheltered squirrels who did a better job of remembering where they put their glasses. I may be overthinking this.

Squirrels hide the acorns and between each other and the blue jays most of them are found. The ones they don’t can grow into mighty oaks.

Ha. I golf with a guy who has a bunch of fun sayings that relate to this game. One, when he’s making an important putt, is “I need this like a baby needs milk”. Another, when something good happens during a challenging round, is “Even a blind squirrel finds a nut”. I hadn’t thought about the latter in ages, but this comic reminded me of it. Made me laugh.