1. A day that begins with getting out of bed is bound to be a horror.
2. Even a blind hen occasionally lays an egg.
Source: none
The second quote is a perversion of the German proverb:
Das blinde Huhn findet auch einmal ein Korn.
(A blind chicken also occasionally finds a corn).
Idiosyncratically speaking, the first quote amounts to a New Year’s welcome greeting, the second, a reminder of the human predicament of birth.
and another: A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.
— Sholem Aleichem
I am told the Russians have New Year toast which goes, “Well, it won’t be as good as the last one, but at least it will be better than the one after”.
I note with interest that the blog software (or one of the ghosts in the machine) classifies as a ‘related’ article to this one, something called ‘Is Militarism All Bad?’. I wonder if that is more closely related to getting out of bed, or to the blind hen…
Judging by the photo, the relation to the hen is closer - militarism: showy outfits with plumes: lovely pheasant costumes and fizzy visions: blind hen. I don’t see how this relates to getting out of bed at all.