Lewis in satirizing the extrapolation of evolution from biological theory to philosophical guiding principle, in his 1957 poem "Evolutionary Hymn": In more recent times, the phrase has been used to describe a variety of unfulfilled political promises on issues such as tax, and was used by C.
The passage inspired the title of the 1979 musical But Never Jam Today. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know." "It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day'," Alice objected. "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day." "You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate." "Two pence a week, and jam every other day."Īlice couldn't help laughing, as she said, "I don't want you to hire me – and I don't care for jam." "I'm sure I'll take you with pleasure!" the Queen said. In the book, the White Queen offers Alice " jam every other day" as an inducement to work for her: This is a pun on a mnemonic for the usage of the Latin word iam (formerly often written and pronounced jam), which means "at this time", but only in the future or past tense, not in the present (which is instead nunc "now"). It originates from Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. Some pleasant event in the future, which is never likely to materialize. Jam tomorrow or jam to-morrow (older spelling) is an expression for a never-fulfilled promise.
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