Indeed, The Pig Wanted The Acorn

One of my favorite blurkers called a few minutes ago to challenge my statement earlier in today’s thread that “even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and then.” Said the blurker: That can’t be right. It must be a “blind squirrel” — after all, pigs don’t look for acorns, but squirrels do. Well, that made sense except for the fact that the saying really is what I mentioned. I Googled it. One site said it was an old Russian proverb meaning that we’re all occasionally lucky. SEOChicks claims it’s a southern saying here . Phrase Finder questioned which had more hits: “blind pig” or “blind hog.” Bottom line? Sorry, squirrels.

Question: What is your favorite colloquial saying?